The more I see younger (so, under 40) autistic women talk about women, womanhood, female friendships, femininity, and popularity, the more grateful I am that I was a teenager in the 90s. At least I grew up with pop culture that let me know there were some alternatives to that narrow view of things.

Oh my god, he's literally The Man Who Stole A Leopard

From a shoot perspective, it's clear that Dick Togo had to end up with Myon Myon so that the rest of the story could play out in the tag matches. But I like to think about what the kayfabe reason for Togo stepping in and being like "move over SHO, the leopard is mine now and we're going on a date."

Sometimes I'll find myself thinking about a band I love and how much I think they deserve a comeback or reevaluation. And then I run to make sure they didn't disappear for reasons related to anything terrible anyone did.

So I loved the majority of Sasaki's BOSJ run (I hoped for a bit more trickery against SHO and Kanemaru and was deeply annoyed by the JAY match) but I also get why many uninitiated fans on the English speaking side couldn't click with it. Here's my theory as to why the divide exists:

My dad can beat up your dad.

After years of idle curiosity, I finally got one of those f'real milkshakes at a corner store in my hometown last week. And I'm still thinking about it.

Because I'm still hung up on this... I find it weird that so many nd women only picture themselves as the person who rightfully can't trust other women, with no awareness that we are also seen as the other women who can't be trusted by other women and judged through that lens by them.

None of you are free from the autistic wrestling posting, by the way. Sasaki's BOSJ misadventure is wrapping up just in time for Endo's big title quest to start ramping up. And Endo is my actual favourite.

I wish I'd taken a screenshot of my explanations. I said he made everyone shine, including commentators, for the first one. That he never gave up, even when mathematically eliminated and I looked forward to BOSJ 47 for the 2nd. And that his submission and chair flinging were the best for the 3rd.

I voted for Sasaki in all three categories.

Apparently he did this because it was a posthumous portrait of Dick Togo. Anyway, Dick Togo has some concerns about this: 1. Why did Sasaki tase the portrait? 2. He's not dead.

He’s got a point there, Despe.

I think one of the fledglings has chosen a ledge on the building next door as its post-first flight cliff.

As many as two people have asked me about this so... 1. Dead Ringers 2. Videodrome 3. Last Night 4. Crash 5. Exotica 6. The Silent Partner 7. Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

From what I can gather, Sasaki did a signing in character before the BOSJ show today and an even staff member asked one of his fans if he was always like that.

Tetsuya fanservice Endo

My most vicious childhood bullies were all girls, but I still struggle with the reductive narrative that friendship with boys is easier for nd women. They can be shit, too. Other weird women who might be like you exist. And the idea that women are all shallow, manipulative bitches hurts us, too.

English coms was not prepared for Gon the Fox.

Don’t worry, guys. Just because he’s been eliminated doesn’t mean he can’t turn this this around.

And now we've got people wondering why Sasaki was thwarted by a picture of Dick Togo in the Dick Togo Was My Dad First match.

Me: maybe I am reading too much into Endo and Sasaki's potential references to each other Endo: I am going to imply that my new partner looks like a blond Charisma here and use Charisma's words to do it

I would have been happier with approximately 2.5 more tricks from the T.A side in the SHO match, but Sasaki crossing himself over a portrait of Dick Togo is one of my highlights of the tournament.

OMG Don McKellar!

Going to a screening of my third favourite Toronto film tonight.

Important BOSJ update: Daisuke Sasaki hasn't lost any matches. He's also competing in the G1 this year. And he thinks SHO's antics have gone too far. And he's not sure if anyone knows this, but Dick Togo is his mentor.

If international audiences—and wrestlers—keep thinking that Sasaki is a hardcore wrestler, do you think he might rebel by going through a whole technical phase?

I'm digging the new Inspiral Carpets song, but holy 54-40.

These are the dead stock Docs, by the way. A little crushed on one toe but in otherwise excellent condition and not full of any previous owner’s foot stuff.

Defenders of the Queen west SHEIN popup are saying people can’t afford anything else because thrift stores are gentrified now, but I recently got dead stock Doc sandals for ten dollars at the vintage store right next door to this abomination, so I don’t know what they’re talking about.

I know daredevils think very differently than the rest of us, but I still don't know what possessed Karel Soucek to attempt the stunt that killed him. Evel Knievel told him it was a bad idea!

There’s a 25% risk of me following though on Bela Tarr’s suggestion that kids should just make films on their iPhones and shooting something that looks like this in my hometown.

I’ve been obsessed with this look all BOSJ. It says Playboy but it screams Playgirl.

The YouTube-to-Horror Feature Filmmaker pipeline is very real, but we must acknowledge who has access to it in the first place. YouTube is not a democratized platform, and we're doing the next generation of creatives a disservice by pretending it is www.slashfilm.com/2181604/back...

I'm going to keep this on my phone so I can whip it out every time I need to keep living on with a heart that this world has hurt.

Now there's some of the pathetic Sasaki backstage drama I've been waiting for!

Maybe it's my personal bias as a 40-something failure talking, but I wish the takeaway from Obsession and Backrooms was that it's worth it to take risks on new and unproven talents and not that all art should be handed over to younger and younger people now.

Listened to a podcast last night where both guys seemed to think that Sasaki is one of the puro elitists' very special boys. This isn't the first time I've come across this assumption, either. But how does it happen? How do you encounter a single western Charisma disciple and think that?

Big day for Sasaki and Endo/Sasaki lore lovers: Sasaki broke out the NOW OR NEVER during his match.

After all of that silly stuff about winning tournaments and whatnot, Daisuke Sasaki is finally talking about the things that really matter.

Wait… do newer Daisuke Sasaki converts know about The Asakusa Kid?

Just thinking about how many photos of him in this position exist in the world.

I went to the weekly food truck thingy they have behind the Fallsview Casino and it was very cute and full of good food and local cider, but it's also funny that a bunch of us were wandering around like "ooh, food trucks!" and mostly ignoring the thundering natural wonder right below us.

Woman who barely squeaked out 300 words this morning reflects on old George’s last moments and feels kind of weird that you can just hang out and take pictures with the actual vessel he died in.

My mom is looking at me funny because I said that the pop I'm drinking tastes like Play-Doh.

Anyone want to come watch me talk about autistic headcanons before a sensory friendly screening of the Bob’s Burgers movie at TIFF in July?

Today’s loss against Kanemaru is a good example of how to keep Sasaki down without making him betray his character! That shit was all his fault and he deserved it. JAY and UE could never.

Oh goodie! It's Everyone Is An Expert On Japanese Business season again!

Oh hell yeah, Ilusion in BOSJ!

Endo makes a good small, plucky underdog against against the big boys.