All of this, plus DW is very similar to LJ and allows them to easily import their stuff. So it's a very logical choice for moving just as it was for us all those years ago.
"butch women are just stereotypes and thus bad representation because all lesbians in media are depicted as butch" is sort of like that adage about bi women in m/f relationships. It keeps being passed around, and yet nobody can really name many butch women or any butch lesbians in media which were anything but background joke character in the 80s-90s. And when asked, no one can name the mythical problemtic bis in m/f relationships, despite claiming they're everywhere.
And then when asked the most butch they can manage is maybe Xena, who was long haired and ran around in a leather dress. Actual butch women, not futch, or a extremely femme girl who just wears jeans and is labeled butch for some damn reason are pretty much shunned as anything but joke characters, because god forbid your lesbians not be fap worthy for dudes.
I totally support lesbian Zarya. To make a badass butch who gets to be more than "isn't it hilarious how unattractive lesbians are? she'll totally die alone" jokes in mainstream media would be refreshing.
Oh you sweet summer child. You don't remember how much LJ tried to curry favor with the English-speaking community that left, once they realized how much money they had chased off.
The Russians and Ukrainians aren't going to pay for shit, and they're bringing along Big Brother Putin and his ddos besties. Fuck that.
mte, i'd love lesbian zarya. where, oh where is this ocean of stereotypical canon butch powerlifter lesbians? somebody please point me in their direction.
The only butch lesbian i can think of in popular fiction is Big Boo from Orange is the New Black. Of lesbian representation, femmes definitely get the lion's share (which still isn't all that much).
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