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[–]yousaythosethings 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I totally agree. I don’t want shit representation. It’s embarrassing. I can understand a gay-focused publication publishing on firsts for gay people but I have no idea why we need to hear from The NY Times, Good Morning America, Buzz Feed, or whatever every time someone is the first “LGBT person” to do something random like be the voice of a Disney Princess or the first male Disney Princess or first Disney Princess to get a double mastectomy. None of this is “news” in any meaningful sense. It’s just a weird prescription of culture and feelings from perhaps well-intentioned but insufferable people who are far removed from our real life experiences.

I just hate the widespread demands for an accounting of every type of diversity in every medium or work of art. Just focus on putting out good stuff and prioritize talent, skill, and merit, don’t discriminate and censor, and let the cream rise to the top.

Also a lot of this emphasis on diversity is misguided because it puts us all in weird boxes. Why should I be in the same box as a man who identifies as a woman? Why should I feel represented by that? And why should someone in a wheelchair feel represented by someone who is blind because they both have “disabilities?” Why should a Chilean feel represented by a Mexican because they’re both Hispanic? It’s just a weird, overly simplistic way of thinking. Everyone is not going to get represented all the time in everything.