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[cherrishnoodles]

i hate you shein i hate you temu i hate you amazon i hate you microtrends i hate you fomo culture i hate you aesthetic restocking videos i hate you constantly on the grind mindset i hate you overconsumption i hate you fast fashion i hate you tiktok influencers i hate you i hate you i hate you

[cratercowboy]

some first red flags about the Pitt’s “realism” were all the way back in season 1. Remember when Santos threatened that father who may or may not have been molesting his kid? Remember when Robby REFUSED to report or investigate??

Yeah well there was a lot of (rightful) criticism around that scene. Doctors spoke up and said that you only need a suspicion to report something for CPS to VISIT. This doesn’t go on some kind of record for the parent and it’s weird that Robby would be so hesitant. Especially with a child’s mental and physical health on the line.

Then, knowing the child will be living exclusively with her father now that her mother’s imprisoned, I found the Santos scene odd. Threatening the abuser will most likely lead to him punishing the victim for speaking out. I know the show was trying to show how badass Santos is (and she is) and give insight into her backstory, BUT I’m not really a fan of sexual assault storylines being used to advance the story-arcs of others, or show how gold-hearted they are, when doing so just brings more risk to the actual victim.

AND THEN the worst thing is that they did it again. In season 2. Robby said the same thing, that they wouldn’t report. They could have totally reported.

I remember reading about how concerned ppl were abt this. They said there shouldn’t be misinformation about these types of procedures and they’re right. There shouldn’t be.

Realism, or something being “realistic,” is a narrative tool. Nothing can ever be fully realistic in story telling. The point is to give the impression that it is and that’s where the art lies.

So while child abuse happens and even false allegations happen, I found the way the show handled it to be unrealistic for actual scenarios. It was pretty obviously story driven.

But now, when they say that Samira Mohan leaving is just “realistic” for a hospital is SUCH obvious crap. Sirs you are writing this story. There is intention behind everything. Don’t pretend that this hospital is real and Gloria came down with her clipboard in the writer’s room and said: “You know we need to make some cuts. Let’s start with Samira. Randomly cut all her scenes.”

No one’s forcing anyone’s hand. So I’m just wondering like what happened? Why was she cut? They’re back peddling on all their answers so that’s super promising lol.

[love-quinn]

i think a big reason that the pitt’s fan base is so upset with season two was because it set itself up so differently. it spent the previous 12 months as an ensemble show, one made up primarily of women, and hugely of woc. it won awards for its ensemble, it had one of the most beloved cast of characters on tv right now. and sure everyone had their personal dislikes in the cast, but there was someone for everyone.

the pitt season two took all of that goodwill, that huge, diverse, incredibly intelligent and kind audience, and instead of continuing to give them the stories they wanted - that the show promised in season one - once it grabbed their attention it directed 90% of it towards the white men.

i think if season one had been more robby focused, people wouldn’t have been so disappointed by season two. but they also probably would’ve had a smaller fandom.

“oh but robby was always the main character even back in season one, the show was always going to be about him! he’s always been the most important to the narrative!” if you genuinely believe this i have a beach to sell you. the show SAYS robby is the main character, and everyone took that at face. but the problem with a show trying to say something is that it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t back it up with on screen evidence. it spends so much time telling you to read between the lines and then gets surprised when people call out the sexism and racism.

i think to a lot of people they felt like their identity was leveraged for views, and once the show had the audience it wanted, it stopped focusing on them at all. and if your character is robby or langdon or whitaker then there’s nothing wrong with that, but they’re definitely not the reason that i watched the show i’ll tell you that.

[ny-ji]

basically, we ended up having a parasocial relationship with the pitt

we thought robby‑mohan was gonna be one of the hearts of the show… meanwhile it looks like there wasn’t even a real discussion between nw and supriya, given how wildly different the way each of them talks about their characters’ dynamic is

and on top of that they straight‑up erased samira (and thus supriya) from the show

and tossed out plenty of genuinely interesting storylines just to make room for a byke and a clumsy white boy

and try to justify that overused, recycled storytelling of the poor sad white man – who, to be fair, can’t really help it if he’s awful to his coworkers and subordinates, notably women – with "it’s realism"

[medusasbush]

which version of the pitt are you watching?

[vaguedisapproval]

This is genuinely something SO important to point out, because otherwise fandom interactions can feel so insane. Maybe you're commenting on someone's post, who's only watched the show, and maybe it's someone who's combed through every piece of interview of every cast member.

The two of them have not watched the same show.

However much the creators like to tell people that the pitt is supposed to be a show that doesn't spoonfeed the audience, it's interesting that one of the actors involved seems to need to explain the exact motivation of his character so much. And when that supposed motivation is SO at odds with what has been actually portrayed on screen, you have to wonder: was that actually how they played it, or is this just damage control?

You have the audience noticing robby's misogyny, and the female cast members playing it as dealing with someone with intrinsic prejudices, and Wyle "joking" about needing more women to shout at. It feels like maybe someone is getting a tad bit defensive, and is trying to explain away things, while ignoring what the show is telling us about the character.

If they want to claim that it's ultimately a prestige drama, and everything is plainly evident to the audience, if they are observant enough, then why the sudden attempts to deny those same observations?

[samirasystole]

if i was a retired nurse and my adult son, who i took care of and raised while being a full time nurse, who grew up and created a medical show, said that he doesn't want to focus on a healthcare crew that has a lot of mothers because it would be 'boring and sedate' i would genuinely crash out

[hatosyscurls]

[blossom2blossom]

just in general samira was SUCHHHHH a good teacher 😭😭😭😭😭😭 mckay was mostly relegated to triage with javadi, and all of the doctors aside from her mostly saw the med students as funny kids. which is fine, the med students are really young, but samira was the only one to welcome whitaker to use her first name and reassure him when he felt humiliated, she was the only one to give whitaker and santos meaningful feedback WITH EXPLANATIONS for why they needed to improve in those areas, she was the only one encouraging whitaker to keep taking ""risky"" cases even after his confidence plummeted like she was SOOOOO kind 😭 and the fact that her feedback wasn't about the medical procedures, it was about connecting with patients and making them feel heard, none of the other doctors who work with whitaker and santos address that at all.. and she was handling that level of responsibility as a third-year resident!!! and then s2... look at how they massacred my girl.....

[mistandshcdow]

robby is fueled by a classic misogynistic hatred towards al hashimi that stems from his belief she is incapable of matching his work quality or even surpassing it.

he watches her pull off a risky crike procedure that she admits to never having performed before, saving a child’s life. he watches how his colleagues like and respect her as a leader and physician. he’s fine with tense back-and-forth until al hashimi dares to call him out on his behavior towards mohan. why is this the point of no return?

robby views mohan, and all of the ER, as his. in his mind, al hashimi is a threat to his power, authority and dominance. he has this disrespect towards all the women of colour in the pitt. he is absolutely domineering to the point of violence both physical (overriding garcia aside to cut into the septic patient’s leg) and verbal (demeaning santos and mohan in front of their peers). notice how he is NEVER that way to dana, mel, or mckay.

this is not just a character choice. it is reflective of the deep misogyny and racism held by the showrunners and writers, and it is poisoning the show.

[nonbinary-wrath-month]

The reason why so many of y'all's feminism sucks is because you still believe deep down in your hearts that there are only two kinds of people in the world: precious, ethereal, fragile dollthings called "women", and violent, lustful, rage-fueled apes called "men". Until you throw that idea away, 3rd-grade-tier "girls rule boys drool, girls are princesses and boys are stinky :(" is as feminist as we'll ever get-- and I hope it's obvious that that's lightyears away from the bare minimum of where we need to be.

[nonbinary-wrath-month]

I don't know how I'm supposed to explain to ostensibly trans-friendly feminists that "women are beautiful soft things made of glass, men are obsessed with violence and sex" is exactly what the patriarchy wants you to believe. Patriarchy wants you to believe that being a woman and/or having a vagina (patriarchy generally believes those two things are synonymous) makes one shatter on impact with reality. It makes you easier to control if you are scared shitless of the other half of the population, and it makes you more compliant with your lot in life if you believe it is in the nature of the other half of the population to rape and kill rather than realise those were choices those individual rapists and murderers made. There is no way to make gender essentialism progressive and feminist, because it is one of patriarchy's tools of subjugation. Stop trying to make it progressive.

And I can scream all of that from the rooftops over and over again, and what I hear in reply is "Trans men really are men because no woman would ever decide to become an inherently evil repugnant rapist ape", and "You're so right. Trans women are women because they too are pretty delicate little objects I can fuck", and "You're non-binary? So are you fucktoy non-binary or sexpest non-binary?", and my patience runs ever thinner.

[redstonedust]

cutting your own hair is fun because a) if you mess it up you can tell people "well, i did it myself" and they will instantly understand that they should not be holding your haircut to hairdresser standards b) if you DONT mess it up then whenever you get a compliment on your hair you can say 'thanks, i did it myself!' and they will think you are even cooler than you already are. trust me works every time.

[redstonedust]

my aunt is watching some generic daytime tv talkshow and the hosts are very cheerfully going "yknow this AI thing isnt actually as cool as i thought it was- i keep noticing the google overview getting facts wrong! isnt that weird?" and its very funny watching regular middle aged people finally catch on. we did it lads it took long enough.

[redstonedust]

idk how to explain it but im never truly comfortable with the way people insinuate that all older folks are inherently bigoted. it always feels like it kind of hand-waves away personal responsibility like ohhhh grandpa cant help homophobic, hes old. well ive met plenty of older folks who are normal about gay people. i think grandpa could be better. i think we should hold grandpa to higher standards.

[blossom2blossom]

also people who say they think trinity needs to get "humbled" are so funny to me bc ???? wdym "humbled" she stole a scalpel bc she was on the verge of self-harming bro she HATES herself 😭😭😭😭😭😭 she's been humbling herself since childhood that's her whole thing

[jackkdaniels]

when i was a kid i decided that killing people was bad therefore war was bad therefore the military was evil. and adults would tell me it's more nuanced than that and i would understand when i grew up. well i'm a grown up now and idk i still think that killing people is bad and war is bad and the military is evil

[ny-ji]

not to be rude (lol)

but I feel like the diehard robby stans forget that the characters in a show are written and integrated into a whole by other people, and aren’t actual standalone individuals. at least, that’s the impression it gives.

You can chant all you want "if the women in the show worry about Robby, keep saying he’s not a bad guy, and take it upon themselves to stay warm and accommodating toward him, there must be a reason"

yes and the reason is : it’s a show produced by 3 men. and those 3 men have the final say on how everything comes across. doesn’t matter who’s in the creative team or the cast.

we’re not saying that robby is a awful dipshit. we’re saying that the way he was portrayed this season – and especially how his relationships with other characters, particularly the female ones, were depicted – reinforces harmful patterns.

There're good ideas, yes, not everything is rubbish, but that doesn’t stop there being legitimate criticisms that can be made.

[ny-ji]

apparently

getting worked up over wyle’s sexist comments – even though they’ve been nonstop for weeks and tied to questionable situations involving his female and POC collegues – shows a lack of perspective and discernment..

and if we’re not even giving him the benefit of the doubt about his good intentions, we might as well stop reacting..

ok

just so know.. it’s precisely with this kind of discourse – the one that tries to soften or excuse the misconduct of privileged men in highly influential circles and that the complainants are overreacting – that systemic discrimination is maintained ✌️