Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Gwen 005
This isn’t about money or fame. It’s not about “selling out”. It’s about survival, ladies. The fleeting chance to keep doing what we love is right here in our hands.
So no. I don’t care why she really wants us here. All I know is that she’s giving us an inch, and we’re gonna take a mile.
mary jane watson
Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man (2002)
The great thing about MJ is when you look in her eyes and she’s looking back in yours everything feels not quite normal. Because you feel stronger and weaker at the same time. You feel excited and at the same time, terrified. The truth is you don’t know what you feel except you know what kind of man you want to be. It’s as if you’ve reached the unreachable and you weren’t ready for it.
The words used to describe Mary Jane range from vaguely sexist to downright derogatory. She is shallow, selfish, bitchy, winey, and, yes, the old time favourite, she’s a slut. If you need a feminist translation, Mary Jane is independent, opinionated, caring, confident, self-sufficient, and has been in a relationship with more than one person (the latter should not be relevant, but until slut-shaming dies a fiery death, it sadly is). Mary Jane and Gwen are so firmly trapped in the virgin/whore dichotomy, that it should be no surprise that one character is currently experiencing a renaissance, while the other is either written out of character to serve a plot, or not written at all. Mary Jane is just a little bit too loud. A little bit too messy. A little bit too…non compliant (a little bit too on the nose? I apologize).
a mary jane watson fanmix
raise your glass – pink // queen of the world – ida maria // how to be a heartbreaker – marina & the diamonds // new romantics – taylor swift // the wire – haim // patron saint – regina spektor // all this time – maria mena // i don’t wanna be a bride – vanessa carlton // manhattan – sara bareilles // mary jane – alanis morissette
