Meaningless Prattle

I’M SO SITH OK 

How many kids out there will see a badass, resourceful, handsome motherfucker who gets to be on the spectrum without being the comic relief, or a stereotype-laden shell of what the lgbt community actually is?

How many bigoted parents will see this and writhe in their seats because they have to accept the fact that the most successful franchise ever contains a queer poc who kicks ass and takes names, and their children are inevitably going to look up to him?

How many people will see these movies and see someone up there like them, someone who gets to be one of the stars without hiding or downplaying their sexuality?

How many people will talk about the lgbt community as a result of this decision?

How many people will have to face their homophobia when they trie to argue that a gay space pilot from a different galaxy is implausible because it doesn’t mesh well with their beliefs?

A ton of people.

Context to the story:

The girl cut her hair once so that she could have bangs. The mother disapproved and decided to cut off 15" of her hair as punishment. The girl later again decided to change her hair style and the above was the result; she shaved her daughters head.

Having a few personal experiences with this kind of invasive behaviour it really hurts to see someone go through these kinds of things, where the parent tries to live vicariously through their childs life, to attempt to shape them and make their decisions for them depending on what THEY would do and give their child NO independence or self expression.

Thankfully, this mother thought her actions were 100% justifiable and posted it to Facebook as a bit of a “haha, teach my kid a lesson” and has been hit with brutal recrimination from her community and has had visits from Child Protective Services.

Children are NOT their parents’ possessions.