[ SECRET POST #2976 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2976 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Homestuck]


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[NCIS: Los Angeles/Hawaii Five-0]


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[Left Shark (Katy Perry? Super Bowl?) and Bad-Dragon .com]


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[hindsight]









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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. And this is really what bugs me about the whole representation thing. It seems to assume that everyone identifies solely or primarily with their gender, race, or sexual orientation/identity. I don't. I identify more with past shared experiences and social class.

It drives me nuts when people trot out Girls, Sex & the City, and other shows featuring well-off urban women, usually in Manhattan or L.A., as proof of representation of women on TV. As a working-class gal in the suburban South, I couldn't identify less with these women. And as someone who doesn't want kids, all the mothers on TV don't help me, either. But somehow because they have boobs and I have boobs, I'm supposed to feel represented. Yeah, no. Most shows I watch have guys as the main characters and I relate to them more. Gender doesn't matter. I'll take Sam & Dean over Carrie & Samantha any day of the week.

[kallanda_lee]

Yeah, same. I'm not going to watch Sex & The city, because that's really just not a genre I enjoy.

It's my same issue with OITNB - like, in theory I really like the idea, but in practice it's just not a premise I find hugely interesting.

Hell, in terms of representation, give me Mako Mari over that any day, even if that film doesn't pass the Bechdel test or whatever, at least she's someone who has qualities I aspire to have.

But, a good male protagonist will do, too.

And then, the sad thing is, when we do get a show with a kickass female protagonist (I'm looking at you, Agent Carter) you have idiots who boycott it because it's not diverse enough. Yeah, brilliant strategy.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh god I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about OITNB. Everyone lauds it because it's so ~diverse~ but I watched a couple of episodes and found it boring as hell.