#representation in media

[alexseanchai]

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there's an extremely niche plot in romance fiction wherein our invariably heterosexual leads fall in love after a night of passion leads to an unplanned pregnancy and they're now bound together by an impending child. I cast no judgment on anyone who enjoys this, but since I'm an evil gay and this is my personal nightmare scenario I want to see a zany romance novel premised on the opposite resolution: a couple falls in love while on a whirlwind roadtrip to obtain a legal abortion

[eastasiansonwesternscreen]

Everything Everywhere All at Once Passes Return of the King as Most-Awarded Movie Ever

Everything Everywhere All at Once can add another historic win to its list.

According to IGN’s calculations, the multiversal hit is now the most-awarded film ever with 158 accolades to date from major critics organizations and awards bodies. This spot was previously held by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which earned 101 major awards by IGN’s math. (via IGN)

[fnafs-ex-boyfriend]

It’s a little hard to describe how important Alastor being aroace is to me. He’s just this cool, suave, mysterious, petty guy with a silly voice that has the same attitudes as sex and romance as I do and I think that’s really cool and awesome.

Edit: There’s a follow-up

[brsb4hls]

Ok I gotta jump in here cause I saw so many posts about Deadpool and queerness.

And what those movies do is a bit unfair, actually.

Yes, Deadpool is canonically pan, but to a regular straight audience he is not.

We live in a heteronormative world and actual queer rep has to be explicit to be recognized.

And no, I'm not discussing that particular point, you all know that's a fact and Deadpool 2 got his GLAAD nomination for Yukio and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and not for whatever Wade was doing.

But Wade never actually being with a dude (not even in comics sadly) is not even the main issue here.

The jokes in Deadpool are exactly the same lol gay jokes 90s and 2000s action movies use.

And people growing up with these kind of movies cannot differentiate.

How would they know if Wade has sex or hate boner for someone?

Sexual innuendo especially in fight scenarios is often used by straight men to ridicule their opponent.

So Deadpool truely manages to have the cake and eat it.

Queer audiences love it, because they know it's queer.

Straight folks think issa joke and homophobic people are elated the movie is allowed to make 'gay jokes' and is therefore not 'woke'. (No joke, I saw those reviews).

That's something pretty special.

And it would be kinda shitty but well, the homophobes basically watched two guys hatefucking in subtext for 2 hrs without noticing, so that's at least ironic.

I hope this explains the disconnect folks are feeling in regards to very different movie reactions.

[brilliantsnafu]

I can't stop thinking about Marshmallow saying her parents had never heard her sing. I don't think she meant that they'd never heard her sing in her life, but that they had never heard HER sing. They hadn't heard their daughter sing since she transitioned. And that's why it was so very special.

[sjbattleangel]

Whenever discourse around cartoons like Steven Universe, She-Ra, The Owl House, The Legend Of Korra, video games like Spider-Man 2, Life Is Strange, Alan Wake 2, Forspoken, Usual June, Dustborn, comics like Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, Champions, Unstoppable Wasp and other diverse media pops up...

I'll leave this here:

Lisa Simpson presentation: 'Diverse Media made by and/or staring women and marginalized groups are always held to way higher, harsher, unrealistic standards compared to media made by and starring non-diverse groups of people (especially cishet white men).'

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[pastel-kaleesh]

Dragon Ball has better representation than Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel.

Queer rep: gay, lesbian, aroace, nonbinary/agender, and polyamorous

We have disabled characters that aren't infantilized (Tommy, the blind boy that befriended Buu)

And after several years of donut lips on Black characters, we have accurately drawn and portrayed Black characters in DB (Uub, Janet, Sharpna, ect.)

Here are some awesome examples:

Piccolo: aroace and agender, also part of the main cast

Kakunsa and Bikal: confirmed and open lesbians in a relationship. Not fetishized or shown as queerbait.

Janet: Pan's preschool teacher and an accurately drawn and portrayed Black character, with a loveable design.

Caulifla and Kale: implied lesbians in a relationship. Not fetishized.

And we can't forget about our fat magical girl, Ribrianne. Not shown as a hated greedy glutton, and with an adorable and loveable design.

[thewistlingbadger]

I love Jayce Talis so, so much. Like you just wouldn't be able to understand. As a Latino, there's just no representation of us in the media. Not in American media, not in a positive way. Especially in children's media and especially in animation. Especially as a Latino from the Caribbean, not a latino from central or South America. When I think about latino representation in media, my brain can only draw a short list of characters, most of which have only existed for the last couple of years- very recent.

Representation matters so so much because when you go your whole life without seeing someone like you, it's a weight you carry around. A weight you've known all your life that you didn't even know you had until you see representation. I literally cried when I saw encanto in theaters because that was the first time I ever saw a character look like me. It was the first time I realized I didn't grow up knowing representation. And encanto only came out three years ago! And I'm not even Columbian!

Miles Morales is the only character I have ever known that is Puerto Rican, my exact same ethnicity. How sad is that? I literally can't think of a single other character that's Puerto Rican. And even though I don't look like Miles Morales, he makes me feel seen because his movies do such a good job showing the culture. Like it literally makes me tear up when I think about certain things said in across the spideverse and certain moments in that movie. Miles saying spiderman is more Dominican, miles telling his mom bendición, miles eating rice for breakfast, giving an empanada to Miguel. It means so so much.

And now this leads up to Jayce Talis. Although his background isn't explicit and treated as an important part of the story, he still means so much to me when it comes to representation. Jayce looks like me. He has the same skin as me, the same hair. And the fact that he gets to be a flawed hero, a gentle, kind, intelligent, strong man, who makes magic and falls in love with a beautiful and powerful woman, who gets to be intimate and fragile, who is put into a position of power himself and makes mistakes and acknowledges those mistakes and learns from them...the fact that he has such a strong conviction and such firm beliefs, the fact that he values his friend above all else and is just so, so much. Jayce Talis is so many things, he pushes the boundaries of what us latinos get to be. And I'm so grateful to have a character like him exist.

Jayce Talis I love you they could never make me hate you don't ever change.

[nwarrior777]

all i see with that "the substance" film are just images with real people features presented as bodyhorror and it pisses me off

the implication of the tittle itself, the meaning of the word - that, if human have body with features of some kind deformity - tittle itself says this body is not a body but a "horrific" and "scary" """ pile of mess """" and "" poor human is trapped in "" and supposed to want conventional body. hell, even the word substance is saying like, if you look like that, your body its not even a body but "substance". unbelievable.

yes i get it that film * is * about beauty industry and struggles about it blah blah blah oh wow, yeah mhm, but breaking news - showing that "overdoing" race for beauty standarts making you "ugly", or using " boo! ugly!" for scary spooky effect is bad choices then you trying to fight idea of ugly and beauty standards in your film ok

all i see on these HoorrIfiC oouUuuuU lOok aT thIis MeeeSs promos is just pictures of real people with burns and face differences i see every day on instagram. who are gorgeous and deserve much more variety of stories about them than "haha ugly lol lmao!" or "((( they ugly its so sad lets be sad about it"

fuck this narratives and this film.

even if this movie somehow has some interesting things in (didn't and will not watch) - if all movie promos looks offensive why should anyone go and check if it really is. i wouldn't take a bite from cake, even tell me its super delicious inside, if it is decorated with shit

[gemsofgreece]

People are saying why are racists commenting on the live action of How to train your dragon because they race swapped a female lead.

It's always the same comments "it's a fantasy movie, chill" "stop hating on the characters". Well dear Karen i wouldn't mind if Disney wasn't so obviously greedy. They defend a corporation αν είναι δυνατόν-

The movies are supposed to be about Vikings myths so of course all the characters in the original animation looked like Vikings. They think people are hating on the actors? No the studios are the problem 😭

Same with the Witcher on Netflix. In which the series was based on a POLISH BOOK. And guess what? Zero Polands and the material was ruined to make it the next Game of thrones.

Some things like dragons and monsters existed and meant something to these cultures, but of course they always think progress is more skin colour than cultural heritage.

I don’t know what other ways I can come up to explain to them that I and all who agree would 100000 times over watch a show taking place in Africa with African characters about African heritage than one about a race bent Viking in which Nordic culture becomes like a pop culture pie anyone can take a piece from because ✨visibility✨🤡

Visibility is showing the heritage of those who are neglected and showing heritage accurately.

(Also you gotta love them calling everyone racist when they are almost certainly the ones who spend the most time thinking about skin colour globally. Fellows do I have news for you )

Another thing, many of these projects that based on the plot would need white / white-passing actors inexplicably race bend one character and the rest remain accurate. What does this tell you? That creators only do this to be “approved” and play the “look I got the diversity too!” card and not because this is the way they envision their work. Otherwise, they would have a cast where everyone is diverse, people from all the parts of the world, and not 20 north European looking actors and one inexplicable African-American, for example.

It’s really so hypocritical, I can’t believe people eat it up…

[eastasiansonwesternscreen]

Here are some of 2024’s most anticipated new TV shows featuring Asians on screen. Which show are you looking for?!

📺 THE BROTHERS SUN (@netflix): 1/4 📺 EXPATS (@primevideo): 1/26 📺 MR. AND MRS. SMITH (@primevideo): 2/2 📺 ONE DAY (@Netflix): 2/8 📺 @AVATARNetflix (@netflix): 2/22 📺 @SHOGUNFX (@fxnetworks@hulu): 2/27 📺 3 BODY PROBLEM (@netflix): 3/21 📺 @SYMPATHIZERhbo��(@hbo@streamonmax): TBD 📺 THE ACOLYTE (@disneyplus): TBD

*List based on TV shows officially confirmed for 2024. Premiere dates subject to change.

(via capeusa on IG)

[summerongrand]

Just gonna take a moment to shoutout the WOC lead of The Rookie, Melissa O’Neil, for breaking barriers and being who she is. 👏🫶

This hasn't received much attention, but it’s worth noting that Melissa took the initiative to share about The Rookie’s NAMIC nomination and shed light on the significance of the NAMIC Vision Awards through a detailed IG story. This underscores her commitment to promoting ethnic diversity in media and ensuring that it receives the recognition it deserves! Way to go, Mel!

[vitiligo-is-not-a-trend]

just thought you should know "the dragon prince" (netflix fantasy children's show) is having a character with vitiligo in their upcoming season! his name is Kosmo and he belongs to a group of sky elves devoted to star magic - we don't know too much about him but the season's coming out in two weeks; I think he'll end up being an ally to the heroes ultimately even if the rest of his group could be more antagonistic. multiple characters wear the blindfold / the white eyes is when happens when ppl actively use star magic in series, so neither are exclusive to him, which i thought was good

I LOVE THE DRAGON PRINCE OH MY GOD IM SO EXCITED!!!! RAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[sun-ni-day]

People on this site like to complain about lack of representation, and be sleeping on half a dozen procedurals that have it up the kazoo.

SKYMED: out of 8 MCs 5 are POC, including 2 Canada first nation, 1 POC gay man and 1 POC gay woman, 1 asian, and out of 3 white MCs one is a gay man.

Tracker (CBS): out of 5 MCs 2 are older lesbian couple, 1 is east asian woman and 1 is disabled black man (played by actually disabled actor).

NCIS: HAWAI'I: out of 6 main characters 4 are POC, including 1 Polynesian and 1 east and 1 west asian. 2 of MCs are lesbians, a happy couple. The Boss is an east asian woman, FGS!

NCIS: Sydney: out of 6 MCs 3 are POC, including one indigenous woman. One is neurodivergent, and most likely queer.

ALERT: Missing persons unit: out of 5 MCs 3 are POC, and 1 of white ones is a trans man.

FOUND: same deal - 6 MCs, 4 are POC, including 1 gay married man, and only 1 of them all is (allegedly) not suffering from mental illness (all but 1 MCs are trauma survivors).

[alexseanchai]

The tactile fabric of the doll’s pink satin T-shirt and purple tulle skirt was chosen after testing the doll with blind and low-vision children, Mattel said in its statement. The doll was sculpted with elbow articulations to make sure that Barbie can comfortably move around her cane, has an elasticated waistband on her skirt to make playing dress-up easier, and the box in which the doll comes says “Barbie” in Braille, the company added.

Mattel also consulted the Royal National Institute of Blind People in Britain while developing the doll.

“It’s wonderful to think that children with a vision impairment can now play with a Barbie that looks like them,” Debbie Miller, an RNIB spokeswoman, was quoted as saying in the news release shared by Mattel. “It’s an acknowledgment that not everyone can see well, which means a lot to the blind and partially sighted community. This is a positive step forward.”