#although if you like the Trunchbull I WILL seriously side-eye you

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did someone seriously just try to Girlbossify Meredith from The Parent Trap because "society just hates childfree women and she's villified for not wanting kids?"

like. yes the pressure on women to have children is real and needs to stop, but that's not the issue with Meredith

the issue with Meredith is that she tried to marry a man with a child (because she didn't know Hallie was a twin at first, but she knew Hallie existed) and remove said child from his life

I swear, this completes the trifecta of Horrible Female Characters People Try To Insist Are Good Actually Because They Defy Society's Expectations For Women, along with Miranda Priestly and the Trunchbull

#meta #I'm not saying you can't like them- my fave is a brother-fucking serial killer -but they're not Heroines Who Did Nothing Wrong #although if you like the Trunchbull I WILL seriously side-eye you #just saying: Miss Honey is also a childless single woman until she adopts Matilda #shows no signs of ever wanting more kids or wanting them before this one specific child entered her life #not a whisper of interest in dating #(granted she is also 23 and severely traumatized but. still!)