Slave Leia

Social justice parasites have claimed another scalp of contrition. "Slave Leia" is being airbrushed out of the group photo, and erased from the Star Wars mythology. This is because the character is "problematic" on two levels: The depiction of Leia as a slave, and the depiction of her as a "damsel in distress."

I'm curious why Feminist Frequency hasn't critiqued Carrie Fisher's Leia portrayal. Seems they never critique popular culture outside of video games. Feminist Frequency produced an entire video entitled Tropes vs. Women - Damsels in Distress. Slave Leia should have been a suitable topic. That is, if the issue that feminists have with the character were valid in any way.

The fact is, "Slave Leia" doesn't fit the "damsels in distress" cliche. To quote Feminist Frequency, the damsel construct "disempowers female characters and robs them of the chance to be heroes in their own right. They exist only to further the story arc of the male character.

But "Slave Leia" is anything but "disempowered." In Return of the Jedi, Leia impersonates a bounty hunter named Boushh to infiltrate Jabba's sanctuary. After she is captured, she is chained and imprisoned by Jabba. Then, Leia literally uses her chains of oppression to strangle Jabba.

"Slave Leia" should be a feminist icon.

What this seems like to me is a politically correct gesture being made to people who are afraid to parent their children. Seeing an action figure at a toy store, or in a comic book, could be made into a teachable lesson. Parents should actually look forward to such teachable moments, and savor them when they come. So much parenting is done via mainstream culture. Parents should appreciate the rare chances they get to explain to their children difficult issues like human bondage, using their own words.

Why not reframe "Slave Leia" into something else? "Slave Leia" is just shorthand used by hardcore Star Wars geeks. She could be called "Prisoner Leia." Goes to the brutality of the Hutt regime. And what the fuck is a Hutt, anyway? Not human, that's for sure. Why not think of Jabba being so alien that he keeps people as pets. "Pet Leia" has a nice ring to it.

It's not like SocJus has a problem with slavery being depicted in Star Wars. If they were, they would be working to remove young Anakin Skywalker from the mythology. Anakin and his mother were slaves, too.

It's especially rich that Disney is giving in to pressure to erase "problematic" characters and themes. Disney property ABC shows a program, Scandal, which routinely features extended scenes depicting torture. ABC Family aired a program mainstreaming transgenderism, called Becoming Us. Anti-Christian homosexual advocate Dan Savage has an ABC production of his own.

So spare me the notion that Disney is just promoting healthy or wholesome entertainment. They are just another media company infected with cultural marxists, continuing the cultural push toward normalizing pathological behaviors.