Another Part of The Clown's Brain

the human body when you use it and exist in it

roundup of various common suggestions in the notes:

I'm always thinking about the phenomenon among fans where they'll be so afraid of being problematic they end up having even worse takes about things like gender expression, sexuality, disabilities, race and just like the human form in general. Back when She-ra was coming out I saw fans saying things like "you can't ship Entrapta with any of the main cast because they're all teenagers and she's in her 30s, but because she's confirmed autistic and is therefore ""too mentally young"" to be paired with anybody her age, so it's probably best to just not ship her at all." Like people were so afraid of being accidentally problematic they looped right back around to being ableist. Once saw someone say "if you're attracted to flat chests or small breasts you're a disgusting creep," like do you not know women with flat chests just exist in real life. Women who have had mastectomies, women who had breast reduction surgery for whatever reason, trans women who haven't full transitioned or just prefer their chest size as is, women who just, naturally have flat chests. Women who just come in all shapes and sizes with or without breasts. So afraid of being problematic you looped right back around to the value of attraction on what is deemed acceptable by heteronormative standards and expressed misogyny. Another crazy take I see is "if you're attracted to a short character / person you're sus," like??? short people??? exist??? People with dwarfism exist, some genetics just make you shorter than average. Not to mention shortness is often subjected as the average height is different in every region and country. You have once again looped back around to being ableist, racist and what is deemed "attractable" by capitalistic heteronormative standards.