okay, that whole thing, the mpdg thing, that’s actually why i held back, on liking her. so i mean, i get it? i get recoiling a bit from that whole concept. sure.

but like, whoa. it’s not zooey deschanel’s fault, that our culture is fucked up and every successful girl needs a group or category or goddamned box to be put in, and that’s the one that she ended up in. even before now, i didn’t specifically like or dislike her, despite my maintained distaste for the manic pixie dream girl thing. she’s a person. and my neutral feelings about her came more from how i never really saw her step out of that box, or work within it in a way that i found interesting or compelling or different. it’s entirely possible i wasn’t looking closely enough, because, guess what? it’s really easy to not take her seriously, and dismiss her. that’s part of the whole point of getting put in a ‘manic pixie dream girl’ box, that now you don’t get to be taken seriously.

look, i’m like super-fucking-exhausted like i had to type exhausted like 5 times ‘cause i keep making typos but let’s not take valid criticism of archetype boxes that actresses/women/people are put into and use them as an excuse for girl-hate, okay? or, trying to shame me for appreciating zooey deschanel. all of that. let’s not. 

in fact, look to the quote i am about to post from new girl (which is what inspired me to make my original post) ‘cause it feels kind of relevant right now.