By acting bravely we become brave

writing tip: put words on page. hope this helps. i will not be taking questions because i have not done this

i hate the "we should only have queer actors playing queer characters" argument for several reasons. but what annoys me the most is that people who argue this straight up don't realize that it's illegal to ask someone about their sexuality in relation to a job interview. like an audition. i don't think breaking anti-discrimination laws to screen people's sexualities to determine their employment is the woke take you think it is.

and just. setting that aside. if you're saying "we should only have queer actors playing queer characters" you're saying that queer people must be publicly out to play a queer character. even if that actor and that character have the same sexuality. that actor has to disclose that to the whole world. again. i don't think demanding queer people to out themselves in order to engage with a queer acting role is doing anyone any good.

head in hands. it's acting. it's playing make believe. i don't care if the actress playing a lesbian character has kissed a woman before. i care if she's good at pretending she has.

Look at this from the opposite point of view. Would you insist that only straight actors play straight roles? Was Jonathan Bailey any less effective in Bridgerton or Wicked because his love interests were women and not men? Should Nathan Lane have never been allowed to play Willy Loman, or Fiona Shaw Medea? Of course not. Because they're actors and their personal lives don't necessarily need to correlate with what they do on stage.

white people will literally be like if u arent nice to me Im going to become a nazi. and think they’re making a great argument

this stupid shit has been around for so long and it’s crazy to me there are still people with enough rocks in their brain to believe it. “Oughhhhh if you aren’t nice to you oppressors they’ll become bigots instead of allies” if someone’s support for marginalized groups hinges entirely on whether or not that group is niceys, they’re by definition not effective or useful allies and, by admission of this argument, an active danger to the communities theyre supposed to be allied with because they can Enter Bigot Mode the second they become displease

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Calling ineterracial relationships toxic or fetishizing just seem like anti race mixing or racism with extra steps

people who do a PhD are running from something