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openspace4lifeA completely ridiculous analysis of the environmental themes in the Decemberween issue of Teen Girl Squad on Homestarrunner.com
After her three friends have jumped into a lion's mouth to get their Decemberween presents, What's-Her-Face says "I'm vegan," which in this case clearly indicates not that she doesn't eat animals but rather that she doesn't want to be eaten by an animal. But the author of the comic doesn't let her escape death so easily, as she is immediately crushed under a "wave o' babies," which clearly represents the problem of overpopulation.
Thus What's-Her-Face, consistently the odd one out in this comic (see esp. issues #3 and #5), is clearly cast here as an environmentalist. Further evidence of this can be obtained by observing that What's-Her-Face, by refusing to take a risk for material gain, is rejecting basic capitalist values, another trait common to environmentalists. The other three teen girls are good capitalists, as we know from the trip to the mall in issue #3; in the Decemberween issue, after being swallowed whole, they appear to be happy with their place in the belly of the beast.
The message here is clearly that if we refuse to accept short-term dangers like the lion (or like converting our economy to use renewable energy sources), the long-term threats will get us. Thus, perversely enough, the other three girls turn out to have a better environmental plan than What's-Her-Face. And if you believe any of that, I've got a bridge in Strong Badia to sell you.
After her three friends have jumped into a lion's mouth to get their Decemberween presents, What's-Her-Face says "I'm vegan," which in this case clearly indicates not that she doesn't eat animals but rather that she doesn't want to be eaten by an animal. But the author of the comic doesn't let her escape death so easily, as she is immediately crushed under a "wave o' babies," which clearly represents the problem of overpopulation.
Thus What's-Her-Face, consistently the odd one out in this comic (see esp. issues #3 and #5), is clearly cast here as an environmentalist. Further evidence of this can be obtained by observing that What's-Her-Face, by refusing to take a risk for material gain, is rejecting basic capitalist values, another trait common to environmentalists. The other three teen girls are good capitalists, as we know from the trip to the mall in issue #3; in the Decemberween issue, after being swallowed whole, they appear to be happy with their place in the belly of the beast.
The message here is clearly that if we refuse to accept short-term dangers like the lion (or like converting our economy to use renewable energy sources), the long-term threats will get us. Thus, perversely enough, the other three girls turn out to have a better environmental plan than What's-Her-Face. And if you believe any of that, I've got a bridge in Strong Badia to sell you.
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