#corporate has successfully placated the demand for diversity by writing white people with the skin and voices of POC

[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.

[itgetsbetterproject]

📚 QUEERBOOK 2024 is hereee! We made a book by and for LGBTQ+ youth! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Last year, we asked LGBTQ+ youth: what's your idea of a "queer utopia?"

Not gonna lie - with more than 150 bills introduced in 35 states in 2023 that aimed to restrict student access to inclusive and diverse books and other library materials, the theme felt pretty radical.

And you DELIVERED. With the help of our Youth Voices (amazing queer youth activists from across the country), we compiled your amazing submissions of poetry, short essays and letters, visual art, photography, and more into Queerbook 2024. Like a yearbook, it captures what queer youth are feeling, going through, and hoping for - right here, right now across the U.S.

It's also no accident that it's the perfect small-ish size to stash in your locker or backpack so you can crack it open any time you're looking for some queer connection. :3

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