Speaking of my morbid imagination

[pantryslut]

"Once you become aware of dead girls’ being used as scenery or decoration, you see them everywhere — all of these young women’s bodies, laid out in expressions of terror and relief, one shoe off, with unfocused eyes and a pancake-makeup pallor. As gender roles shift and evolve, this set-up — man as predator, woman as prey — is one we seem reluctant to let go of. These are roles we play willingly, or at the very least resignedly. It can be difficult even to see there are other alternatives, what with how frequently the girls are scattered about to motivate world-weary detectives to make bland statements about just how out-of-control the world has become."


http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article04281101.aspx

OMG. This article, folks. Nails something I've been worrying at for years.

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[kiya]

teinedreugan was reading a post-apocalyptic novel a few years ago that, through discussions, led me to make a comment along the lines of, "Ah, here's how we know that it's post-apocalyptic: everything is full of rape."