#like growing up i've known and seen so many fat people. people with cleft lips. people with prosthetic limbs

[clamorybus]

its insane how my small town of <10,000 is more diverse than the majority of hollywood productions that are set in major cities

#im exaggerating obvs its not like i ran the stats or whatever #but in SO many movies and tv shows #even if there's people of color they're all skinny and abled #like growing up i've known and seen so many fat people. people with cleft lips. people with prosthetic limbs #people with burns. people in wheelchairs. people of all faiths and speaking all languages #like i could go on #and ive been to <15 cities and towns in my life and maybe two of them had populations over 1 million (boston and nyc) #i am not making a bad joke when i say that i see more disabled people in the outlet mall on a wednesday #than ive ever seen on tv or film #like that's legitimately fucked! #such large parts of the earth's population are just left out of media entirely #when they're such large parts of our lives and our world but they're just ignored #its just insane when you think about it #mickey.txt #(like obviously structural change and aid is ultimately more important than representation #but its still messed up how many people are left out of even the background or crowd shots #its really gross to put it mildly)