Media:but. . how do we represent the Gays™ if we dont kill them we'll have to keep them on the show .. we'll have to give them story arcs and . . personalities. .. we'll have to . . write them ...... like .. straight characters . how could we possibly write a character . . who likes the same gender but inherently has all of the other characteristics of a Strait person .....................how
the people going “if it’s about equality, why is it called feminism?” are probably the same people who don’t support black lives matter because “all lives matter”. OF COURSE men and women are of equal worth. OF COURSE people of different skin color are of equal worth. but society doesn’t always see it that way, and to gain equal rights and equal opportunity we need to help the groups that are being discriminated against
"While fans don’t have a right to dictate what a storyteller writes, they can demand that what they write is done in good faith and an understanding of harmful representation in the past. They can demand that our representation be fair. They can demand that our on screen lives, and happiness, matters as much as any other character. They can demand when being wooed by showrunners to watch, that they keep their promises."
"To summarize: many progressive white people, deep down, probably worry they are racist due to their upbringing. This is painful to them, especially given our complete societal ostracization of racists, and they don’t want to believe it. So, they act in many ways to counter this on a high level (expressing anti racist views, shaming other people perceived as racist, maybe protesting or something, etc.) and then convince themselves that they aren’t racist. However, if you call them out on behavior that points out that, in some ways, they’re acting racist they will refuse to absorb this information. They will deny it, say they were misinterpreted, get angry, maybe apologize without any deeper understanding of what they did, because it is painful for them to touch that place that secretly worries they might be racist.
What it is very difficult for people acting out of white narcissism to do is empathize with people who have experienced racism. If someone brings up an incident with racism in it, their number one concern (as someone desperately trying to cover their own racism, even to themselves) will be how can I show that I am not like this racist person."
so remember that anime dating app called Astoria with the bisexual main character, a highly diverse cast, and a super hot female medusa?
well, they’re making a new storyline for a nonbinary character by the name of Cyprin due to popular demand! I believe this makes Cyprin one of the first explicitly stated non-binary characters in a popular game/app! (Correct me if I’m wrong please)
Jai Dará Latto, the winner of the Miss Transgender UK pageant, lost her crown earlier this month when the pageant’s organizer saw footage of Latto in an upcoming BBC documentary wearing boxer briefs while lounging around the house. The organizer, Rachael Bailey, stripped Latto of her title, claiming she’s not a “full-time woman.” But wait, Bailey’s transphobic comments about Latto got even worse.
What the fucking fuck
In case you needed proof that trans women are held to unrealistically high bullshit standards
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Opal is a young girl living in Dewdrop, a bustling suburb southeast of New York. Life is a constant struggle for her, until she befriends newcomer, Hope Adaire. With the girls’ friendship slowly beginning to grow, Opal’s life begins to change in mysterious ways, as the secrets of Hope’s enigmatic life begins to unfold.
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~Written by a nerdy black girl~
Features a black female MC struggling to understand herself
Contains an emotional core
WoC dominated cast (damsels-in-distress free)
Diverse characters with magical powers (who also kick butt)
This is my first novel from the 12 year old black nerd who carried a huge folder around recess and would write The Path to Dawn on looseleaf. Writing this long story and publishing it has been one of many dreams, and now I can check that off my list and get to work on the next one :)
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“Finn and Rey are wholesome which does not work in larger than life story. Also, they have exactly the kind of comfortable, tension-free chemistry that kills any sexual tension. They are great friends. That’s the kind of chemistry they have.
I can see why some fans like this, especially people leaning SJW. It checks all SJW Approval Boxes: he’s beta, she’s alpha so ZERO “rapey” vibe that SJWs tend to feel every time boy wins an argument. He’s totally inferior to her. She has to save him 100 times aka she comes off as a super woman. They are interracial so there’s big “If you don’t ship them you are racist end of discussion” sign above their heads.
All that isn’t interesting or romantic to me. It doesn’t scream epic. It’s cute, wholesome, easy to like but hardly something that inspires passion (either love or hate). And great romances are about passion and should not be afraid to be polarizing. Reyfinn is simply too afraid to be divisive so much so that they sanitized his character to nth degree. He’s a Storm Trooper who never hurt a fly and therefore has everyone’s approval to court Rey. Please cite great movie or literally romance where everyone approved of the couple because they were so freakin adorable and politically correct or whatever. You can’t. because Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights, Gone with the Wind, Ana Karenina are not about cuteness and easy going-ness and everyone-likes-them-and-approves-of-them-ness.
This is the reason why so many Star Wars fans didn’t fall in love with Reyfinn, despite marketing effort to direct their shipping, and discovered Rey and Kylo, a total opposite of Reyfinn. Rey and Kylo have all the makings of the epic, classic literature-like couple. First of all, they inspire passion. Their shippers love them, their antis hate them. Great romances inspire passionate response - love and hate - in viewers/readers.
Second, they have the right kind of chemistry. Sexual, unsettling, tense, gives one feeling that they are lost in their own world and nothing else exists around them.
She’s Light and he’s Dark. Nobody approves of this so there’s struggle to be together against the odds which is staple of all unforgettable romances. Also, Star Wars movies never explored romantic relationships between Jedi and Dark Siders, though EU is quite rich with those stories.
She is stronger than him and he admires that and likes her because of it. So that would be a little bit of political correctness thrown into the mix. Strong, mentally stable woman knows how to handle mentally unstable, broken soul of a man. She isn’t abused because she wouldn’t let him and because he’s really trying to be his best around her (he doesn’t want to kill her, or even hurt her).
Their relationship is bigger than them. The fate of the galaxy pretty much depends on whether he’ll turn completely Dark or see the Light. In epic stories like Star Wars, romance has to be epic. Padme and Anakin were essentially epic (he turned Dark because of his love for her) but poorly executed to get the point across. But they were. Han and Leia had the iconic the Princess and the Scoundrel interplay that transcended class and status and therefore resonated with millions. Rey and Kylo are the only pairing from TFA that has potential to be not just as epic but most epic of them all. I cannot stress enough the importance of Jedi and Dark Sider falling in love and changing the course of history. It’s never been done before and it’s in the very heart of the main plot which is Rey the Heroine and Kylo the villain and outcome of their conflict.
The iconic imagery that their interaction already produced. They are full of subtext, overtones and classic romantic tropes that resonated with people since the beginning of storytelling and still do in modern times.”
So many of you will swear you’re not racist and then uncritically post and reblog a comment that calls Finn a “beta” and inferior to Rey. So many of you will write meta upon meta about how it’s terrible that fans call Kylo “Crylo Ren” because men should be able to show their emotions, and then in the same breath treat Finn as though he’s less of a man because he isn’t an awful toxic masculine stereotype.
As long as you’re not caping for the KKK, you can’t possibly be racist right?
Newsflash, the reason why people are calling y’all racist isn’t because you don’t ship finnrey, the reason why people are calling y’all racist is because there are multiple instances of YOU BEING RACIST.
Finn is “beta”? Wtf? He was literally the leader of his squad, was able to think for himself, and make his own moral decision to leave the First Order once he saw what they truly stood for.
Finn “never hurt a fly”???? Are you serious? He didn’t kill innocent civilians, but as soon as his friends were under fire from the First Order, he started shooting Storm Troopers (his former friends) left and right.
This reads as someone who’s deliberately ignoring Finn, both his character and his impact on the plot, because they don’t find him “relatable”. Gee I wonder why? *cough*racism*cough*
Finn and Rey don’t have chemistry? What? They forge a bond so fast that Finn is willing to go back to Starkiller base once he sees that Rey has been captured. That’s the last place in the universe he wants to be, except for the fact that he can’t stand for anything bad to happen to Rey.
Maybe their relationship will stay platonic. Maybe it won’t. I’m up for either possibility.
The thing I’m not up for is the sexualization of violence that leads to shipping Rey/Kylo, and the assertion that having a “good girl” fall in love with a “bad boy” despite his horrific treatment of her is a story that anyone needs to tell in the 21st century.
