#DEFEND DIVERSITY

[jonasgoonface]

maybe consider violence.

#tools #direct action #blockade #land defenders #nonviolence #diversity of tactics #resistance #water protectors #strategy #earthday #climate change #pipeline #industry

[uncanny-tranny]

Trans people 🤝 transsexuals 🤝 transvestites

Being siblings in arms against those who'd rather bury us (and being mad hot while doing it)

#trans #transgender #transsexual #transvestite #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #lgbt #lgbtq #this is directed especially for those who are triple T people (transgender transsexual transvestite) #like we don't have to be the exact same at all to have similar goals and to defend each other #part of me is sad how much trans+ vocabulary has eroded or has been taken advantage of and twisted #by that i mean the amount of people who've said transgender/transsexual/transvestite like it's a slur or a horrible thing to be #when it is ALL part of gender diverse history. like genuinely if you can't stand the sight of a transsexual or whatever else then... #...that isn't our burden to carry. this pride i hope we can all be co-conspirators. we will always be stronger as one #like how far has strict barriers and scorn for one another gotten us? because i've not seen a ton of progress that way in my experience #anyway. i think the gender diverse community is stronger when we all band together and claim ourselves

[jesncin]

I really hope MAWS listens to criticisms like yours and improves in future seasons

I wish, but I wouldn't get my hopes up personally. The show has essentially universal praise so far, and criticism in the bigger discourse is largely dismissed as coming from "bigoted dudebros mad at diversity" and "at least MAWS triiied" which. Oy, haha. The usual critics I've seen who've come down so much harder on shows like cw Supergirl are suddenly so forgiving of MAWS.

I'll stick to fanon spaces :p

#askjesncin #jesncin talks maws #corporate has learned that audiences don't like whitewashing. so they found a sneakier way to do it. #corporate has successfully placated the demand for diversity by writing white people with the skin and voices of POC #corporate discovered ppl will unknowingly defend the aesthetics of progress no matter how shallow the representation is.

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

"A cornation reflecting multi-faith Britain"

Charles Defender of ALL Faiths

The unprecedented joint declaration from other religious leaders reads: "Your Majesty, as neighbours in faith, we acknowledge the value of public service. We unite with people of all faiths and beliefs in thanksgiving, and in service with you for the common good."

Something that would never occur in a mosque or temple:

After the Christian coronation service, the chief rabbi will join British Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist leaders in making a spoken declaration in unison towards their newly crowned king.

"It will be quite brief, but exceptionally powerful," Mirvis said, while stressing that he was not required to speak into an electronic microphone in the abbey, again to respect the Jewish holy day.

@hunnymae @honeytothebee

@sandiedog3 @skippyv20 @lovelycariad

"And it's not just within the Jewish faith. I know that members of other faiths as well hugely appreciate this. And now to be included in the coronation service, it's very special."

The service at Westminster Abbey will be overwhelmingly drawn from the Christian liturgy as Charles takes an oath to serve as "Defender of the (Protestant) Faith" and to protect the established Church of England.

#pluralism #marxism #brf #pluralism and diversity #defender of all faiths #wef #world economic forum #klaus schwab

[thresholdbb]

Let’s talk about some of the problems with Star Trek. There are obviously real-world, behind-the-scenes reasons for many of the things we don’t like about Star Trek, and they’re usually pretty messed up. A very non-comprehensive list includes but certainly is not limited to:

Geordi being bad with women - racism

Geordi and Worf being the people of color on the cast but in heavy make-up - racism/othering

Harry Kim not getting a promotion - racism (see: model minority)

Klingons all being black/dark skinned (pre ~2001 at least cause that’s mostly what I know) but sometimes played by white actors - racism (see: blackface)

Chakotay’s whole deal - racism (see: noble savage)

The Kazon not assimilated by the Borg - anti-black racism

Deanna Troi not wearing a uniform - sexism

Seven of Nine not wearing a uniform - sexism

Jadzia getting killed off - sexism

Ezri’s poor reception - sexism again

Miles/Keiko/Kira’s baby situation - theres a post going around calling it misogynistic and it’s a pretty good take

B’Elanna being reduced to angry Klingon - Racism and sexism double whammy (see: spicy Latina)

Keiko being perceptually reduced to nagging wife even though that’s not what her actions necessarily portray - racism and sexism double whammy again

Beverly Crusher’s trill episode - homophobia

DS9 flirting with different expressions of sexuality (many characters) but barely committing - homophobia

Pike’s fate - ableism

DS9 Augments - ableism

Later iterations of Spock losing the Jewish coding - antisemitism

I’ll stop the list there since we can keep pulling examples out as nauseam and find examples of any of the -isms, any of the -phobias either within the media itself or behind the scenes but especially in some of the fan spaces. There’s plenty of ethnic/religious/gender/sexuality coding, erasure, contradictions, and many other things that can be pulled out and dissected in ~900 hours of a franchise made over 6 decades. (Keep adding examples if you want, since mine do not cover the whole spectrum of the franchise and barely even touch alien species that also have issues.)

Star Trek is undeniably made in a capitalist Hollywood production company, so white supremacy, heteronormativity, and dominant cultural tendencies usually end up dictating what gets put on air. Hollywood has a dominant thread of white supremacy throughout its history, so even intentionally trying to diversify staff and talent is difficult because of the systems feeding into Hollywood or other industries/institutions. There can also be a great deal of privilege working in the favor of successful artists - not always but something to consider.

Additionally, Trek presents itself as a post-scarcity, futuristic utopia, and sometimes things stick out to us if they don’t meld with our personal understanding of what that would look like.

I’m sure we’ve all heard a little about the old production schedules, long days, demanding schedules, rotating writers, rotating directors, etc etc. It has been proven that implicit bias can drive decisions, especially when people are busy. Even if the production isn’t explicitly motivated by these things, they seep into the work. The -isms and -phobias are sometimes reduced to characteristics of a person/piece of media, but it’s sometimes more useful to characterize actions instead of people since it allows better conversation about the topics. Sometimes it is intentional and explicit, sometimes it’s not. The intention does not affect the impact, so how a storyline or message lands on the audience/viewer is important. Science fiction in particular is a genre that makes social commentary, so by design it lends itself to deeper analysis.

We also can’t forget that the shows are products of their respective times, and a lot of what was shown was pushing against cultural boundaries. For the most part, the franchise has tried to explicitly be diverse, but they are bound to make missteps in other areas, intentional or not. No piece of media is perfect or above scrutiny.

Now, all of that said, there are many schools of thought for how to analyze media. I’m not gonna give a whole crash course in literary criticism but we can look at it from a continuum of different perspectives. We can wonder what the production meant when they made it/what happened off camera (author intentionality), we can draw from the piece itself (in universe), we can focus on how the media was received either in its cultural context or outside (reader response), or we can do some combination of the three. No media exists in a vacuum, so they all end up working together to make the work.

My main point is this: it is ok to pick your analytical perspective. You can chose to ignore the real-world contributions and intentionality when analyzing media. If people want to stay strictly in universe to come up with reasons why something did or did not happen, that’s ok. If people want to focus on what happened behind the scenes and how that affected the work, fine. If people are just focused on how it made them feel, also great. Just maybe don’t get all worked up because someone is analyzing media from a different viewpoint or someone has a different take than you do.

#Star Trek #long post #infinite diversity in infinite combinations #I could put more in the bullets if I thought about it #there are plenty of examples floating around #a lot of the -ism tropes are so common they have names #I don’t remember all of them cause I lent that book out and never got it back #I am not defending the production for making bigoted decisions #the issue is nuanced #i like to stay in universe because it was hammered into me not to look to hard into author intentionality #intentional fallacy #like I’m not a Russian formalist or anything #I can acknowledge that behind the scenes and what resulted is far from perfect and may even perpetuate stereotypes #we contain multitudes #sure we can find plenty of white saviors too #I know I didn’t hit all the possible isms sorry #I have a lot of thoughts on the augment situation though #like yes x happened because whatever person was sexist racist etc but we can look deeper if we want #idk if this is a rant or what but I’m sorry I decided to go off on a million tangents today #a post no one asked for #just gonna keep writing long posts and tags people probably won’t read #meta

[ariadnesweb]

For a movie that markets itself as 'Making Barbie taste the Real WorldTM' and deconstructing what it means to be Barbie, it sure does dismiss the whole discussion for-against Barbie by looking the audience in the eye and saying, in an uwu voice: "You wouldn't dare ignore BarbieLandTM! Why do you hate women's hopes and dreams?"

Because, for some reason, a world in which women ostracize someone for being too WeirdTM (unless it's convenient), in which women are scared of getting cellulite, in which everyone's an educated professional but spends their free time partying, in which women's rights can be destroyed by the wrong people voting, and which in the behind-the-scenes-work is done by a bunch of conservative men (whose biases and how that affects Barbieland are somehow inconsequential) is the best Feminism can hope for.

No, there is no greater consciousness on how gendered oppression works, why would you ask?

#barbie #the barbie movie #fandom discourse #soilai's labyrinth #no one could do the barbie defenders dirtier than the movie itself #barbie defenders will bring up the history of the brand and the recent attempts at doing diversity #and the movie will dismiss their arguments with “But everyone knew the True Magic was Pink all along!”

[marklikely]

they announced they're canceling eternals 2 for a stupid reason and now people have to pretend they gave a shit about eternals lol

#be serious you have not posted about this dogshit movie in years but suddenly you care a lot about it.... #avpost #i just think its really telling if you go to defend a movie and all you have is a list of characters' identities #like. i remember the days we used to have to prop up worthless garbage media just bc it has shallow diversity in it #but i thought we left those days in the 2010s. thought we got standards and wanted to be represented in good movies. #unfortunately some people are still stuck in the dark ages :/ sad! #and like im also annoyed by the cancelation just bc they said the reason was 'avoiding risks' which is. CRAZY. #but i refuse to pretend that this movie wasn't the worst in the mcu which is saying a lot when the mcu is not very good.

[hartbreak-motel]

Some of y'all are totally fine with Punk working for an organization that is in bed with the Republican Party and the Saudis but will draw the line at him featuring Cornette in his stories? Really?

#not defending cornette because i know he says problematic shit on the regular but like #call me whatever but at least the dude claims to be a socialist? #like i dont see his overtly biggoted ass is worse than a company who claims to care about diversity but will make donations to fascists #cm punk

[lesamis]

As a writer, do you think you read fic differently in fandom's you've written in, or differently once you do write for them if you haven't before?

huh! yeah, i think i do. i'd never really thought about this until now. i guess writing or having written for a fandom makes me look at other fic more closely, especially at character voices - do i think He Would Fucking Say That? am i buying this? would they sound differently if i were writing this? i don't think it takes away from the enjoyment of reading fic at all, but once you've tried to pin down a voice yourself, you get more persnickety about it.

#like i'm glad we don't all write characters the same way (and im a defender to the death actually of ooc fic bc well. it's fic) #(it needs diversity even if some ppl find certain takes or cliches or fanon things bad. i think it takes all sorts yknow. healthy ecosystem #but i def look out for which writers make a character sound the way i'd also want them to sound if i've written for a fandom #and conversely for things that He Would Not Fucking Say etc #and i never really care that much if i've not tried to write for sth myself #asks #anon

[nr-yb-wm-hm]

Repeat after me:

STOP. USING. REPRESENTATION. AS. AN. EXCUSE. TO. NEGLECT. AND. MAKE. HIDEOUS. MOVIES.

#black widow #blackwidow movie #black widow movie #blackwidowmovie #black panther #blackpanther #blackwidow #blackpanthermovie #black panther movie #captain marvel #captainmarvel #carol danvers #caroldanvers #captain marvel movie #captainmarvelmovie #STOP DEFENDING BAD MOVIES JUST BECAUSE THERE IS DIVERSITY IN THE CAST #IF ITS BAD ITS FUCKING BAD #ITS NOT HARD TO CAST A DIVERSE CAST AND WRITE A GOOD FUCKING MOVIE #GOOD PLOT GOOD LOGIC GOOD CHARACTERS AREN'T HARD TO WRITE IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT #REPRESENTATION DOESN'T MEAN ITS GOOD #GOOD FUCKING LORD #star wars #starwars #starwars the force awakens #star wars the force awakens #the force awakens #rey

[vincentpriceofficial]

im so happy everyone loves daniel now. old bitch world domination

#i was an old daniel defender from the beginning #it makes the story for interesting and layered to have all kinds of diversity within the cast and that includes age. imo

[perenlop]

this is probably the meanest thing i have to say about the wc fandom but sometimes ill see a take and ill go “good on you for your analysis skills but i think you are giving the erins wayyy too much credit”

#‘’oh this book has an unreliable narrator!! this female character was ignored bc shes defying the narrative!!’’ #i do not think the erins care as much as you think they do #when they cant even keep one important support character consistent between two books #also this is not something typically found in books like this #i hate to say this but this isnt a passion project. its a factory. #its as tropey and stereotypical as it can get. the books are incredibly shallow #and like obviously do what u want u can find deeper meanings have fun #but i get annoyed when people are like ‘’you cant say this is poorly written you just dont know unreliable narration!!’’ #like im sorry but. read another book its not that deep. read henry james if you want genuine deeper meanings #echoed voice #for fucks sake they unintentionally wrote an abusive protagonist and to this day defend him and say they didnt mean it hes just snappy #these writers make these for money. they write what sells. thats why theres all these stock tropes and repeated plotlines #thats why the status quo never properly changes thats why we have cookie cutter protagonists #thats why we will never get proper lgbt representation in these books and the best youll get as a feminist diversive couple #is ‘’the man actually cares about his kids’’ #i am admittedly jaded but like. idk man read more books.

[wishing-well-art]

I think the worst thing about the whole madame web thing is that this has the potential to be the next morbius, but because of misogyny none of the jokes are gonna be funny

#like there's sooooo much joke potential here #but the people who think marvel is being ruined by women and diversity are going to make this so unfunny #notart #LIKE IT LOOKS BAD #sorry to women but i cant defend this #but i cant make fun of the movie because then I'd be rubbing shoulders with bigots. ew.

[bitegore]

worst thing ever is when someone says something about people in general which is both true for you and not insulting at all because you weren't aiming to clear whatever bar they were talking about in the first place. but you can't agree because then it sounds like you're like being self-deprecating or upset or whatever when actually it's just like yeah you're right i'm not trying to and as a result i do not. lol

#red rambles #<- his ass is not a character designer and at all turns will claim to be a bad character designer. because he does not have the interest #in spending time coming up with compelling and interesting character designs. so if he agrees his designs are not very good this #is a measured fact and furthermore one he is very okay with because he's just putting his efforts elsewhere #this is okay #we are allowed to do this #and then if someone is like Hey these designs are uhhh. idk lets go with not very diverse. bc yeah mine aren't. that's true #i wasn't thinking abt like body types or w/e because i was going for color coding and vague Types of Guys over anything else. good call! #and then other people try and DEFEND ME ??? like no!!!! shut up!!!!!!!!! #this isnt about anyone here this is about a conversation i had like two weeks ago with a couple friends on discord

[dragynkeep]

Im sorry but I don't think anon says that Azre is bad. Just saying in general that it takes more effort to good writing than to say: Look. Diversity! Without putting any actual work and thought into it - which you certainly had.

Like : No. A poc doesn't make a story automatically better for existing, but if its well written it certainly can and shows consideration.

but have we actually said that. no, we've said that the inclusion of poc from day one when a major part of the story is around racial struggles & trauma serves far better than rwby waiting three years to have anyone with a skin tone darker than milk on screen & having the face of their racism storyline be a pale skinned, european based white princess of an appropriative island.

anon is losing their shit because we think & know that azre is better than rwby in a lot of the things it tries to do. it's really not hard considering the writing team consists of 4 monkeys slamming on type writers pretending they're shakespeare while using their queer & poc fans for monetary gain. ✨

#rwby #rwde #azre #ais.txt #answered #also yes anon does think azre is bad #and insults it repeatedly to defend rwby #you can see in previous anons lol #none of you are slick in making this abt 'diversity' #sorry black & brown people being part of the main narrative scares you

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Its being alleged (emphasis on ALLEGED here) that Fate: The Whitewashed Saga is getting graphic novels in 2024 and while its not clear if they just random graphic novels, adaptions of episodes or if they a continuation, the fact that this whitewashed mess could be getting this shit...

#great #nice to know the people who somehow defend this show will be happy #if it even happens #which hoping it doesnt #and like #daily reminder actually good and diverse shows will still be getting dust in comparison after netflix cancelled them at season one