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[–]SailorMoon2020 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I agree and disagree.

I agree in the sense shows that the characters are often white and the show is American mainstream, yes.

Shows however, with a black, Hispanic, or even Asian cast however, both American, non-American main stream and indie, have a good share of masculine women representation.

For example

Black Lightning has a black lesbian who is pretty masculine

Tasha from the L Word was pretty masculine.

One character from Spike Lee's show, She's Gotta Have it, was masculine and gay. The sex scene with her and the main character was bomb!

A Cuban American show that was on Netflix had a few.

Lip Service, a Scottish show had a couple of masculine gay women.

Haha, Gentlemen Jack.

A Mexican American show that was on Starz also had a couple but also had some NB ones too.

The whole Chinese YouTube channel, Rela has short films, and web series featuring masculine women.

[–]VioletRemi 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't want to sound wrongly or rude, but this sounds to me as it caused because of the racism - "men liking when white women are fragile, and when women of color are more feral/masculine/brutal". Maybe because of this it is more acceptable for people of color to be homosexual in media? For some reason, when I am seeing anglo-world depictings of people of color, they are more often than not "more masculine" or "more criminal" - both men and women. While here (in Ukraine) it is very rarely people of color shown in media (we most have none here), but when they are - it is often just a normal regular person like everyone else. I may be wrong, but I really have strong impression that it is like I've said shown in media at least to a some degree.

[–]SailorMoon2020 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is that you, child? It's been so long since I've seen you. My eyes aren't what they used to be...come closer. Closer...yes, it's been 34 years...

Jaaaa, you're right and I agree. I wondered if anyone would catch on...