#someones dislike of jonny’s specific horror style is not an attack on myself or media i care about

[rowaning]

Reminders that are mostly for myself and maybe for other people if they need them.

People are allowed to have different taste in media than me. People are allowed to have the same taste in media as me but for different reasons. People are allowed to voice their opinions and have discussions about them.

I am not allowed to take other people’s discussion of their opinions on media I enjoy as a personal attack (and doing such is an issue rooted in my anxiety that I need to work on). I am allowed to have my own opinions and I am allowed to voice and discuss those opinions.

#read thrpugh the tma critical tag today #bc i think i need to be aware of issues in media i enjou #theres a decent amounts of personal opinion on horror and a smaller amount of commentary on racism and bigotry in the podcast #this is about the first thing #i get being defensive about media that means a lot yo me #but i need to understand tgat not everyone has tge same taste #someones dislike of jonny’s specific horror style is not an attack on myself or media i care about #its just a difference of opinion and by reading those opinions i learn about how other people feel #is it straight up weird that i need to talk myself through respecting peoples opinions #yes #but thats what im doing bc its helping me make progress in dealing with my own issues #also i figure a lot of us could use some coaching through separating ourselves from the media weve chosen to identify with