#how media can do better when different social issues clash in the way terry made them clash in his tweets

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some of you may be wondering why i’m mad abt ppl moving on so quickly from the terry debacle now that he’s apologized and it’s bc his tweets can be used for shit like this now -

a christian, homophobic blog, using it to justify why homosexuality (and “gay parenting” as they’ve so helpfully tagged) is “wrong” - never mind the intense internalized homophobia on display here.

whether he intended to or not, terry handed an overflowing box of ammo to homophobes with his tweets over the past few days. do i think he did it on purpose? i don’t. but that doesn’t change the fact that that’s what’s happening.

and yet, fandom is quick to move on from this, see it as nothing more than a little glitch in the simulation, just bc stephanie invested her own time, energy, and emotions into educating terry. personally, i find that a little unappreciative for stephanie and not challenging enough for terry. he still hasn’t quite owned up his words (his language was very much “i’m sorry you felt this way/you interpreted my words this way” instead of “i’m sorry i was wrong/i said something bad”), and yet everyone is trying to drop it.

this is why lgbtq+ fans have expressed their discomfort and shared negative experiences in this fandom space. ppl get to yell abt how much they want jake and amy to practically fuck onscreen, live on a nationally televised show, yet fans with queer hcs are shut down.

also, let’s not forget the fact that rosa has yet to have a fleshed-out romance with a girl a la her romantic subplots with pimento and marcus, also holt and kevin have never kissed onscreen???

so yeah i - and many other lgbtq+ fans - are still pretty mad.

but i’m glad you all feel you can just move on with your lives, sighing in relief how glad you are this is aaaall over. i would hate for others to have to feel this hurt. :’)

#anti terry crews #also inb4 someone comes after me for 'canceling' him #fuck cancel culture i just want to talk abt what he said why he said it what it means etc #and how he can do better so woc don't have to educate him #how media can do better when different social issues clash in the way terry made them clash in his tweets #learn better be better do better #but we can't do any of that if we ignore what happened or forget it as quickly as possible #and frankly i'd argue some of those who actually work on b99 and try to use it as a platform to address social issues #would be disappointed at b99 fandom's tendency to flee any real dialogue/conversation #also in case anyone was wondering i grabbed that screenshot from the blog ssa-love #madison.txt #b99 wank #homophobia tw #internalized homophobia #long post