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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091209071638/http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/blog/6367 This review] of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' eventually shrieks out "God dammit this show struck down basic feminism so hard that it still hurts!" Entirely because the main character is a teenage girl that likes to go shopping, likes boys, and fails at school. Nevermind that the series shows ''many'' different kinds of girls and makes a point of noting that Usagi is the ''only'' one like this. Nevermind even that Usagi [[Character Development|actually grows up and matures quite past this]] (which is lampshaded more than once in the storyline, and once by Usagi herself). No, let's just enjoy the irony of a series created [[Naoko Takeuchi|by a woman]] that provided strong and varied female role models in a setting that actually placed women as the central power in the universe and showed all dominant powers as ''matriarchies''... being attacked for ''killing'' feminism.
** Shadowjack on rpg.net commented on how ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' averted this trope:
{{quote|What I find fascinating about the series is that it really is ''girl power'' in action. It does not take traditionally "masculine" action tropes and simply gender swap them, no, and it does not deny or condemn the attraction of the pretty princess fantasy. Instead, it takes all the "feminine" girly stuff like frilly princess dresses and pink unicorns and ''makes them into implements of power''. The hypothetical girl in the audience is being told that she can be ''as girly as she likes'' and ''still'' dream of growing up into power and responsibility. Feminine articles are not shackles or playthings to be eschewed, or tools good only for obtaining the approval of men -- they are treated as cool and desirable things, in and of themselves.
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'''Mercury''': That's right! Scorning women is positively feudalistic!
'''Moon''': Down with sexual discrimination!
'''The three''': We must fight against Jadeite, that arrogant man! }}
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