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takashi0:someoneintheshadow456:whistlingwombat:theroguefeminist:thefingerfuckingfemalefury:yayfeminism:^ NOTHING BUT TRUTH HEREI think about this all the time when I contemplate how terrible and self-centered nerd culture can be yet how much of their media furthers messages of self-sacrifice, cooperation and inclusionGreat art has always been about this. Ding dong you are wrong AGAIN. When people say they don’t want SJW politics in works, they mean they don’t want blatant tokens. They don’t want dated Trump references that will go over the heads of future generations. They want minority characters to be CHARACTERS and not walking stereotypes or mouthpieces for the author’s views.We want movies like Legally Blonde, that teach that a woman can be smart and beautiful at the same time, that we should never dismiss people because we don’t know what they’re capable of, that give ACTUALLY empowering messages to women. With characters like Elle who have depth and motivations - women who are HUMANS. Games like Fire Emblem Three Houses that show different politics without blatantly shoehorning current references, that show no side as purely right or wrong. With complex characters like Edelgard whose bisexuality isn’t portrayed as a walking stereotype and treated just as heterosexuality is. Movies like Zootopia that portray racism as a both sides affair and that we shouldn’t let the people in power create division between us. We should all stand together regardless of community. Books like The Lorax that show environmentalism while ALSO showing Onceler as human and wanting to give jobs to his workers - something that almost all current adaptations REMOVE because of people like you. We don’t want movies like Ghostbusters 2016, or Captain Marvel, or series like Brooklyn 99 and Veep. We don’t want media that claims it empowers women and minorities but treats them with kid gloves at best and demeans them at worst. We don’t want media that is trying to push a narrative and show one side as good and the other as evil. We don’t want people who make stories purely for clout.WE WANT ACTUALLY NUANCED MESSAGES. -- source link