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also i think that samira teaches whitaker something insanely important that robby never would be able to teach, which is that his idea of what a drug-seeking patient "looks like" is completely inaccurate and rooted in racism. the show doesn't outright say it, but whitaker's suspicion of joyce requesting pain meds was rooted in anti-black bias!!! samira is (as far as we're told) the ONLY doctor in the er who is specifically researching this niche of medical racism and prioritizing the care of the people who are most affected by it. but the showrunners were like nah, we'll write off our only doctor who talks about being anti-racist and initiates conversations about racial bias.... which could mean nothing

“that fandom is so annoying” i hate to break it to you but every fandom is annoying. all of them. if you’re in a fandom you’re annoying. i’m in several fandoms i’m extra annoying. everyone on this website is annoying.

there's like a specific kind of misogyny in media that really grates on me almost more than anything else. its when a male character is overtly misogynistic and the narrative frames this as a bad quality, but the presence of misogyny + any female characters in the cast only exist to provide characterization and depth for the man. its like a sleight of hand trick where you pretend to be Commenting on gender relations without ever actually having to do something icky like flesh out the interiority of a complex female character. or god forbid make a female character the protagonist/pov.

noah wyle we're looking directly at you