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Faking It Fans!

We’re trending “Bring Faking It Back” (No Hashtag) on Tuesday 6/14.

Tag @netflix, @hulu, & @mtv in your tweets!

Let’s stay active & save Faking It!

If you can’t live tweet, please schedule your tweets on Tweet Deck!

Faking It Fans!

We’re trending “Faking It Needs Netflix” (NO hashtag) Friday 5/20.

Make sure you also tag @netflix in your tweets!

Let’s Save a Faking It!

(Trend Poster made by @.karma_sasskroft on Twitter)

Last Friday when I heard the news that MTV’s Faking It had been canceled, I went through so many different emotions trying to process it. As a fan, and a big Karmy shipper, I was disappointed and hurt that the only show on television I actually watch would be airing its final episode without having a complete story line, and leaving many things unfinished. The last few weeks I have turned into a really big critic of the show, but this isn’t about my personal feelings. It’s about what we will lose in losing this particular television show.

I live and work in the deep south of the southern United States, specifically areas in Alabama and Mississippi. They are small, very rural communities and in spite of being small, isolated, and deeply rooted in conservative Christian values, Faking It has somehow managed to find its way in. I know that may seem insignificant to some, but let me try and put this into perspective. In many areas of the deep south, there really is no such thing as tolerance, love, and acceptance for those that are either a part of the LGBT community or supporters of it. Truth be told it really doesn’t matter what your orientation is, or your gender identity, if its even suspected that you fall into the LGBT community or you support it, you can and will be alienated and chastised for it. It’s more than hushed whispers or people just not talking to you or accepting you. It’s putting a target on your back for discrimination, bullying, and physical assault. Need an example of the mindset down here? Over the weekend I heard an educator, yes a high school teacher, comment, “If I find a transgendered in the bathroom with my granddaughter, I’ll kill it!”