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Toxic masculinity is a fuck, the standard of fearlessness and dominance that patriarchy demands you uphold is unattainable, accept and embrace your fear as part of yourself.

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[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago

there's a really good book about this (more so movies than video games, but i think the analysis is largely the same) Capitalism Hates You by Joshua Gooch.

basically horror films CAN be a tool to explore how fucked capitalism is, especially the more modern, elevated horror films (get out, hereditary, we're all going to world's faire, etc.)