ig my main point is that you can be happy that a person who looks like you is on your screen without being hypervigilant of what that character/reality TV personality/celebrity does and says at every moment. you also don’t need to agree with everything they do or say. people have taken representation to the point where they feel that the actions of the character they feel represented by are also reflected on them (on a personal level). doing things like not allowing people to critique a character or having a very devastating reaction when a character acts outside of the expectations you have of them is a really unhealthy way to interact with media. you end up flattening the character in the process too, and for groups of people who ask for more complex writing outside of stereotypes, you would think y’all would be against that

the mystification of Black people is so apparent on here in particular because of the lack of Black users 😭😭 y’all talk about us like we are something in theory not people who you see in your everyday lives (whether on or offline) and that’s scary

bc not once did i interact with Michael Jackson smut or some fuck ass hockey players???? is there a moderator that’s fucking up everyone’s timelines rn with showing their interests instead or something, i’m so confused. 😭😭😭 free me; i don’t know how many more times i can press “not interested”

the name would be something corny like “your choice or theirs”