That also bothered me about LOST. Well, that and the fact that the obese character stayed just a obese while being stranded on an island on a fish and fruit diet.
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I feel part of the reason pads are discluded would be the same reason taking a shit is. It's basic function that adds nothing of plot or interest if included, unless it was an actual plot device. Like bears that are attracted to periods. The other tropes though I agree with, and have commented on previously when watching movies. Even non-apocalyptic when women wake up in bed with perfect hair and makeup makes me laugh.
I guess we have to watch people take a shit too, every episode.
I only disagree with the middle comment. You can see the image I linked OP it's fucking exactly the complaint here lmao.
They don't often show people scavenging toilet paper or toothbrushes either, it's just something they skip, not necessarily people not knowing how to write women
The trope that bothers me is when they make the single minority character also the lead female character and also the gay/bisexual character.
Conveniently squeezing all the required diversity into one convenient character.
As always, no such thing as a bisexual man.
Yep! Extra points if she's not white
That was what I meant by "Minority"
Ahhh sorry Delphia missed the word in your comment
Sure ok but if they made movies with stats without make up and hairy legs and gross teeth, all about finding hygiene products in post apocalyptic society... not many people world watch it.
I would.
There was a really good Swedish detective true crime drama with the lead female detective or anyone wearing makeup. Yeah they looked wrinky as shit, and yeah they still looked beautiful. It gave the show an open honest feel.
Hairy legs can be bypassed by just having a scene showing a little normal leg hair from time to time with shaved legs from time to time. The audience will figure it out.
Gross teeth I'm not sure what you mean by this. Yes they won't have perfect american overly whitened tictacs, but have you never met someone with dull crooked teeth and still thought they were still pretty?
I might be wrong and I’m happy to be corrected here. Isn’t it possible to stop getting your period because of high stress on your body? I would guess living through a post-apocalyptic situation might merit that level of stress. But I could be wrong; I have a pretty cushy life all things considered so it’s not like I have direct experience with this kind of thing.
Humans lived in an environment similar to a post apocalyptic situation for 1000s of years and still reproduced just fine. I'm not saying it isn't a thing at all, but I don't think it would be common or widespread.
I'm not an expert either but yeah stress and poor nutrition can mess up your cycle but I don't think indefinitely.
As in, you might not have a period for several months but sooner or later your endometrium will shed.
Endometrium shedding and taxes, like I always say.
I recently got one of those IPL hair removal machines. Hopefully it'll remove body hair permanently 🤞
(realistically it'll get rid of most of it, and grow back slower)
Tbf the jackets are usually oversized but the rest is true
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