That’s the thing though. I avoid the topic entirely. As I do any topic we can’t see eye to eye on.

This just upsets me to no end... I hate trophy hunters, and my father (a veterinarian, no less) is one. He actually *knows* how I feel about it and decided during my last phone call to throw in my face that his next hunt is to kill a leopard (I love cats, including large ones) and that I “just have to deal with it.”

Beat me to it! Juggie was always a favorite of mine for this very reason! I stopped reading in the late 90s because it just got so shallow and cookie-cutter.

I’ll answer as a girl who loathes moe. The story in the anime, at least, is of girl friends bonding and developing strong friendships that withstand sometimes overwhelming odds. All the girls have distinct personalities that—while at times can be cliche—are often surprising in their nuance.

I was going to post this exact thing!!

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I’ve gotten away from anti-perspirants because of various reasons (and because I find blocking my sweat just makes me smell worse), and I’ve finally landed on a brand I love:

I’ve gotten away from anti-perspirants because of various reasons (and because I find blocking my sweat just makes…

My ex got engaged months after I did and then planned his wedding the weekend before mine. Not a horror story but it’s such an asshole petty thing to do—which I know he did on purpose because he always resents my husband for “stealing me away.”

I am in a similar boat (I prefer yuri to yaoi though—never could get into it, I like my girls!) and I found that moving on to other cultures can really shake things up! Enter the Korean drama! They have their own tropes and cliches, but it takes a bit for them to get old, just like over-saturation in any culture’s…

YES THANK YOU.

Nice attempt, but I just keep seeing That Hiro. :/

Yyyeah no. If I’m going to put effort into lip illusion, it’ll be with the Korean-style ombre lip.

It’s painfully slow at times, but Maria-sama ga Miteru (Maria Watches Over Us) is on Hulu and definitely fits that role! It’s considered by many the descendant of “Oniisama E,” much like “Utena” is the descendant of “The Rose of Versailles.”

Oh definitely! It originally ran in the girl’s manga-zine “Margaret.” The animation came quite some years later.

I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself.

I’m perfectly content with my avocado+garlic+salt guac, tyvm.

Tacking on to what you said, I’d argue that the best yuri out there is the stuff aimed at the female demographic. While shoujo-based yuri doesn’t exclusively mean that it doesn’t contain fetishization, it’s far less likely than those series aimed at men. I hate over-generalizing like this, so I will include the…

Not who you were responding to, but yes, it’s very, very common. (I’m actually the same way—I’m a target audience member for yaoi but yuri is my shit!!)

Tell me about it. It’s either that or “I will always cherish these special memories as I move forward in my life and grow up” — typically indicative that these girls had a “one off” and will end up marrying dudes anyway because that’s the expectation.