#media rep

[goldenonthemoon]

Last time I checked this was at 69 responses but god damn yall

Here are the stats as of rn:

(This was for the second picture because for whatever reason the responses were cut off)

Anyway thank you so much for those of you who responded this is really helpful for my project an a lot of people were asking for the stats so I hope they find this post!!

I’m reading all of your guy’s recommendations and I have a list and I prob won’t get to all of them but it’s been really helpful!

Here’s the form if you haven’t filled it out, I’ll post the finished slide deck when it’s done!

LGBTQ+ Media Project

Hi! I'm working on a project for school talking about feeling represented as a person in the LGBTQ+ community and if you are in the communit

[nonbinarymlm]

Gay men and mlm so rarely get to be complex and soft in media unless their love is subtext

[dirhwangdaseul-archived]

White LGBT people definitely do this thing where they base "good" LGBT media on fuckability. But as white folks, that's based in white conventionally attractive people. So automatically, they'll see brown or Black LGBT media and go "but is there anyone hot? Nope" especially if the characters are dark skinned. A white show can be pure shit, not just in a so bad it's good but be utter trash w/ racism, assault, etc. And they'll praise it cuz the actors are white bread attractive

Dude you put it into words that's exactly what's wrong about the way LGBT media goes around, and truly and particularly by white gay men, as long as there's someone hot they can excuse the shitty rep and even shitty tropes and stereotypes, fucking shit.

[emperorren]

Unpopular opinion: at this moment WW/BM relationships are the most popular interracial romances in American media, so F/Rey wouldn't be groundbreaking. Besides... I may have a wrong impression, but I have a feeling that when it comes to the most mainstream American media, BM/BW romantic relations are usually pre-existing, while WW/BM and WM/BW are shown as they blossom on-screen, which IMVHO is much more disturbing than groundbreaking =='

at this moment WW/BM relationships are the most popular interracial romances in American media, so F/Rey wouldn't be groundbreaking

well, still more groundbreaking than a wm/ww pairing, in terms of racial rep. Also, even if ww/bm are the *most popular* interracial romance in US media (which... I don’t know if it’s even true, just assuming it is for simplicity’s sake), they are hardly the norm in blockbuster franchises, and sw is like the mother of all blockbuster franchises, so it is more culturally impactful than Random Indie Movie 101.

(what I mean is---I would never deny that f/r happening in the star wars franchise would be absolutely groundbreaking if we consider the racial aspect alone. But aside from that, the actual dynamic between the characters isn’t terribly original or game-changing for the genre or in the context of the sw-verse)

I have a feeling that when it comes to the most mainstream American media, BM/BW romantic relations are usually pre-existing, while WW/BM and WM/BW are shown as they blossom on-screen, which IMVHO is much more disturbing than groundbreaking

heh, I have the feeling this happens because bm/bw are normally used as background or “beta” pairings in mainstream fiction, while central romances, i.e. the ones that develop on screen, tend to have AT LEAST a white character in it, you know, to give the white audience someone they can relate to, poor things. In other words, the white gaze remains prioritized in those pairings---which is why we should certainly celebrate finnrose in its own right, as an entirely non-white pairing at the forefront of the trilogy (although not as central as reylo, admittedly).

[dirhwangdaseul-archived]

Did you see that they announced Will's actor? He is so fuxking cute.... Love this king of color

Holy shit now the show is completely watchable no fucking drawbacks.

[mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora]

Fuck it all you know what I want from media? Fat girls rep

Where are we? Where the fuck are we?

[queerlyvisible]

When asked to name any canonically bisexual, pansexual, demisexual, or asexual characters in popular media (ie. television, film, web series, etc.), people were overwhelmingly able to name more bisexual and asexual characters than pansexual or demisexual; in fact, I have yet to receive any responses in which people can name a canonically demisexual character in the media. Though queer representation in the media is far from perfect - or even far from common - some less visible sexualities are more visible than others. In this case, bisexuality and asexuality are infinitely more visible than pansexuality and demisexuality, despite bisexuality and asexuality being infinitely less visible themselves in comparison to gay and lesbian. 

[moukavica]

Been a while since I made a vid. I didn't cover nearly as much as I wanted to but I'm sure there'll be more vids with similar topics from me in the future ;D