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TMS’ Teresa Jusino went to GirlGeekCon and chatted with Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian about Bob’s Burgers, what’s new at Feminist Frequency, and the importance of safe geek spaces. Read more: https://goo.gl/p4yBEL
Cue shippers blowing up our mentions to yell about the couples we “forgot.”
We had a blast at Momocon 2014! My friends and family did a Bob’s Burgers group cosplay where I played Tina, my sister played Louise, my brother played Gene, and my friends were Bob & Linda. Too fun!
More awesome Bob’s Burgers family cosplay.
Tina Belcher’s sexual desires are weird. They’re weird and more than a little off-putting and not meant to be particularly palatable for the average straight male viewer. And it is glorious to watch. The show makes you recognize her desires as a young woman and the possibly that other girls feel the same way. Tina’s budding sexuality might be an exaggerated view of how a lot of teenage girls feel as they grow up, but there are girls out there that relate to Tina and it’s a point of view that rarely gets told. And when it is, it’s almost always bent to fit how men want girls to express their sexuality. But Tina’s sexual desires aren’t there to titillate the audience. They’re there because they’re a part of her.
