Soooo
My 2012 (or 2013) post called The Pink Penis Clause still exists but because Tumblr is bullshit now, the links to it and the About page aren’t available to view (or you have to dig it up)
So, I decided to go ahead and repost it (and pin it):
The Pink Penis Clause
The Pink Penis Clause is a thing I made up to describe when a fandom blatantly ignores POC characters (even if they are canonically queer or represent even other parts that are underrepresented in the genre) for the -usually- straight white dudes.
Fandoms that would twist over backwards for white/white passing characters even if said character is bland as Wonderbread in personality or is downright evil, fandom will excuse them for the sake of ‘misunderstood’-syndrome and woobification. Even when presented with viable and interesting POC characters, fandom generally ignores them and if required to deal with them, will sideline them for their Pink Penis favorites.
(Pink Penis clause as a sister clause called Pink Labia Law which is the same thing, essentially.)
