#representation matters.

[iheartmoons]

sometimes you don't realise how much representation matters. i have a big nose (south indian) and i've never been overly insecure about it but i also definitely did not like having it. ever since being exposed to (game) dina from tlou, i've found myself not seeing my nose as something Wrong. like i've always liked my front profile and i've just.... steered away from my side profile, sort of brushing it under the rug because i didn't want to get insecure over having an ugly side profile. but then dina comes along and i'm able to look at my side profile and instead of thinking 'ugh let's not look at that' i'm thinking 'wait i look like dina....'. and that small piece of representation subconsciously changed my self-perception. i'm not attracted to dina, and honestly don't even consider her stunning, but all that matters is that she Exists - that i've never seen people hating her for her looks. imagine how fucking proud of ourselves we'd be if media could show ethnic features more.

[whospilledthebongwater]

Thanks Obama It was lit

[kettcrdams]

I just got to The Reveal™ and I'm actually crying?

[niedobitek]

Representation matters. Not half arsed, politically correct box ticking in order to appease the people campaigning for diversity, but actual solid, positive, fleshed out, bonafide multi-faceted representation. Representation that treats people as PEOPLE, not the stereotypes with which they have been hounded. Give me representation that doesn’t pander to a racist and demonising agenda built on a single individual’s personal experience. That acknowledges that the world is not populated by cookie cutter characters, but by intricate displays of individuality. That people’s experiences shape them, let their ethnic, religious, political and sexual identities have just as much breathing room as their motivations and skills. Give us characters that people can identify with. That children can look at and think, this hero looks like me. That someone that shares my beliefs and orientations is someone to be proud of. A figure to look up and aspire to be.

                         Give me representation that doesn’t alienate and discriminate.

                                Give me the representation we damn well deserve.

[charmed1ofdoom]

It has officially been 20 years, why the hell hasn’t there been a female red ranger to lead a whole season of Power Rangers.  I know there were like two for 2.5 seconds but seriously.  Statistically speaking, there should be at least one woman to lead team in all of the cork screw time lines that they have because feminism should have happened at ONE POINT AND BE REPRESENTED.

I would like to watch the hell out of that.  I have been a fan for 20 years.  I NEED IT NOW BECAUSE A FEMALE RED RANGER WOULD BE THE BEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM!

Look at Jenn from Time Force.  She was amazing but she had to deal with not one but two Reds. So obnoxious.

Now, who is with me and where do we go to make this happen?

[didyoueverflashythingme]

Black Panther. Chadwick Boseman. That's all I need.