Lad in a Lesbian Way

[clownlove4u]

YOU live in a society, i live in a circus tent

[whataboutit-main]

lmao the dad in atypical literally admitted to leaving his family for 8 months because sam wouldn’t smile or look him in the eye?? grow up & get over it

[jessieflemlng]

the worst part about atypical was having paige represent the Normal Girlfriend when she clearly doesn’t have a neurotypical bone in her body. like. this show lacks so much self awareness it’s incredible. i wish i could stomach all the ableist shit in it for the wlw rep but god,, it’s just so bad,, ? nah. can’t. sorry

[huffleporg]

Okay can shows like Parenthood and Atypical stop portraying Autistic spectrum boys as incapable of handling rejection or having a crush makes them do creepy or stalkery things. 

This sort of b.s. is not okay. 

[b0kunoanime]

Hey non autistic person here, this actually me trying to educate myself what's wrong with Atypical

So, look. I can’t say I’ve seen the entire series. I was internally cringing so hard I quit the pilot after 20 minutes. And don’t think my reaction to the show is in any way directed at you. I’m so glad you asked because I’m just really passionate about media representation of autistics.

Sure, okay, main character is a stereotypical autistic white male like the Good Doctor, so why is it so different?

First - it’s supposed to be a comedy so why is it not funny to me? Because it’s a comedy at the expense of the main character (whose name I don’t even know?) being AUTISTIC. That isn’t funny to me. Like, the overplayed aspects of his “deficits” literally had me turning it off after they had him “smile” at a girl. I don’t know about you but I have never seen an autistic kid “smile” like that, and if that was supposed to be funny - it sure felt like a laughtrack moment - I’m not laughing. And worse, if you’re supposed to pity the main character, then I definitely hate it. That and the dad holding up a card of facial expressions going “This is that face he made that one time” really rubs me wrong. Check Shaun Murphy in The Good Doctor, he had better, more accurate autistic emotional reactions than anything.

Second - his family seemed pretty accurate in the ableist kind of way. Like yep, there’s your Autism Mom ™ and the dad is like “hey let’s go on a date and have some fun” and Autism Mom™ just goes NOPE CANT DO THAT DONT YOU SEE HOW OUR SON NEEDS ME. Code for “Don’t you see how having an autistic kid is ruining our family”. Yes, the Good Doctor had themes of “Family Breakup” but in a more believable sense. Abusive parents exist in multiple households, not just with Autistic children, so the brother’s protective reaction to run away with Shaun is understandable and I found it much more endearing than “I CANT DATE MY HUSBAND BECAUSE MY WELL BEHAVED TEENAGE SON WHO HAS STARTED TO UNDERSTAND BOUNDARIES CLEARLY SINCE HE CAN HAVE A JOB AND DOESNT HAVE A FULL TIME AIDE FOLLOWING HIM AROUND SCHOOL NEEDS ME TO BE WAITING FOR WHEN SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG.” Ableist bull.

Finally - of all the things the show could have done with an autistic teenager wanting to date, trying to emphasize that he just “couldn’t” from everyone around him EXCEPT his therapist was way too accurate. The fact that his mom went to the therapist to try and basically get the therapist to, I dunno, take it back? The things she had said about the kid dating, really bugged me. It’s an ableist show. The fact that the first thing he says is “I’ll never be able to go to Antarctica to study penguins” really rubs me wrong, whereas The Good Doctor is like - “Hey the kid is good at and (most likely) obsessed with medicine, he definitely should have a job because wow! He’s good at it!” I don’t care if Atypical tries to show that at the end, that - oh look at the progress! He’s going to get a girlfriend and study penguins! If you shut me out by offensive world building I’m not gonna watch your show.

So far, the Good Doctor has great accurate world building (outside of the exaggerated hospital romance whyyyyyy) but with regards to Autistic characters - it’s beautiful. (So far. Jury is still out on the overall.)

[autisticmiqote]

Things that make me angry about Atypical

Mkay so I’ve heard that this show has a canon bi character and !!!! Yay but its primary thing is autism and its so bad at it (keep in mind these are just the opinions of one autistic person but still)

“He’s awkward” the stuff hes saying is awkward but the delivery is totally normal?

His mom is such an Autism Mom

He doesn’t know how to smile???? I hate to break it to you but we still know how to use our faces

Honestly this mom is just a dick in general

Literally the sole saving grace of this show is that Wen from Lemonade Mouth is in it

Literally no teenager is this open with their mom ever have the creators even met a teenager ever

I know that I’m focusing primarily on the autistic parts but this is just in general a really poorly written show and I wanna make a note that all my complaints were from 20 minutes of watching

If someone’s only experience with autism is this show, I feel like it has the potential to be harmful to everyone. This rep is just plain inaccurate, and it’s shameful to pretend that it is.

I know that some people were excited about a major bisexual character, and that’s fine!!! May I suggest alternatives such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine (I think we all know how great it is) or Torchwood (It’s in the Doctor Who universe and the main character is played by John Barrowman, the gayest gay to ever gay (I wanna specify that I haven’t seen Torchwood but I trust the maker of Doctor Who)). If anyone has another show with good lgbt rep, feel free to add it in a reblog!!

Now I’m aware that the primary point of this post was autism, so I’m gonna touch on that one more time. I’m not aware of that many shows with autistic characters, but I do know one that is very good: The Good Doctor. I’m sure most of us have heard of it, but it really is amazing autism representation. I, an autistic teenager, am watching it with my autistic mother, and the other person I know who watches it is the teacher who works with students with learning differences. See a theme? It’s a good show with a rich story, and honestly the only people I wouldn’t recommend it to are people who get squeamish around doctor shows. I’m aware that it doesn’t have any lgbt rep, and that’s not good, but the representation of autism is a thousand times better than Atypical.

[femcassidy]

prophecy class cancelled due to foreseen circumstances

[bey]

me trying to express how I feel: Idk I just feel like…idk…idk…idk man. Nvm I’m good.

[gahdamnpunk]

This is actually so messed up…Making African women use substandard hygiene products is absolutely ridiculous

[ororomunroedontpullout]

People are mad about them taking the female symbol off the package but are silent about this.

[metalslugx-deactivated20220413]

Goth Clowns are just Mimes 

[mariopowertennis]

My gf who works with clowns says that mimes came first so technically clowns are just Scene Mimes 

[orchidvioletindigo]

Your gf who works with clowns

[wilwheaton]

[valtsv]

[owenology]

fuck algebra i don’t need it just give me a dead body and i’ll figure it out from there

[owenology]

i feel i should clarify i am a mortuary science major

[avielsusej]

Bowsette gives you a friendly reminder

[i-used-to-be-zelda-deactivated2]

Dude why does this look like an actual screenshot

[assdevourer]

gamerbros be like “im not a transphobe but if you acknowledge that trans people exist in your game i will absolutely refuse to play it or stop immediately if i am currently playing it”

[rottingandlovingit]

Is the post about that one boomer game reviewer who was seething over a game’s dlc having a scene with 2 10 pixel sized pride flags?

[rottingandlovingit]

This one

[crisedoctobre]

You left out the best part

[soulmatetours]

i know everyone makes fun of ya dystopian fiction and books like the hunger games or divergent, etc. like “lmao one teenage girl can’t save the world” but uhhh 

that is literally????

what’s happening?????

right now?????

like idk about you, but i can smell a revolution coming

and she’s leading it. 

[spooniepumpkin]

Happy Birthday Hatsune Miku.

[oddpocalypse]