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straight white people making a romance movie: haha what if it was illegal to have sex? wait what's lawrence v texas. wait what's mclaughlin v florida. wait what's loving v virginia
As preposterous and stupid as this fucking movie's premise sounded (for a light-hearted rom-com, and not The Handmaid's Tale) I didn't want to think about it too much until the movie actually came out, and then I could see if it was somehow more intelligent and subversive than the trailer let on, but guess what, it's even worse!
If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die.
Sex workers are thrown under the bus, shown only as thieves who fleece men in the woods at night, while queer sexuality is relegated to a few scenes with Allie’s roommate (a woefully underused Quintessa Swindell) and a handful of pans past blurry same-sex extras making out in the background. “This night is for the straights,” Swindell’s character says to Allie, before saying that queer people have worked around straight laws for centuries.
This is supposed to be a nod to queer resilience, but largely comes off as straightwashing the history of anti-LGBTQ legislation in this country that led towards raids of queer clubs and incarceration of queer people in the not-too-distant past (let alone the current barrage of anti-Trans and LGBTQ legislation currently in the works and on the books). It’s also ignorant of the long and fraught fight for the normalization of age-of-consent laws, which, by the way, did not happen in all states in this very country until 2003. Yes, that’s not even thirty years ago.
By the end, our intrepid protagonists have not had sex with anyone, because this is a film about Romance with a Capital R (and I guess sex is not part of romance!) and for that very same reason they ultimately embrace the fascist state of things. They aren’t the only ones who refuse to fight back. No one in this cursed film is protesting this mandate beyond “repeal” signs in various windows and some creative graffiti (...)
(...) If we are supposed to believe that the film is making some subversive statement about the state of sex and bodily autonomy in this country, it cannot end with its leads embracing their chains. That’s just warmed-over conservatism running around in sheep’s clothing.
yeah i wrote this post having only seen the trailer, but jesus christ. was this movie a psyop LMAO??
also, for the unaware: mclaughlin v. florida was a 1964 supreme court case that struck down a florida anti-miscegenation law that criminalized cohabitation (and thus, as implied, sex) between white people and people of color of opposite genders. anti-miscegenation laws made marriage and sexual relationships between white people and people of color, most often specifically black people, a FELONY in several states in the united states up until the 1950s and 1960s. though it was already struck down by the supreme court, the state of alabama didn't repeal their law until 2000! there were THREE ATTEMPTS at codifying anti-miscegenation into the us constitution!
like yes, the issue here is partially straight white people's ignorance on the united states's history of homophobic policy, but it's also really important to recognize that arguably the majority of the issue here is straight white people's ignorance of the united states's history of codifying eugenics and antiblack racism.
the premise could have been interesting as a serious dystopian story, especially taking that history into account, but it wasn't written that way at all. this movie should never have been a fucking romcom making light of the violence the united states (and many other countries) has enacted on any kinds of sexual relationships it deems undesirable.
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I've never read Homestuck but there's a type of media that I call "a Homestuck" and I think it's a useful categorization. The main criteria are:
long enough that the time investment is a serious barrier to entry
irrevocably changes your personality
brings something genuinely unique to the table. there is no real substitute for reading/playing/watching it in its entirety
Fate/Stay Night is a Homestuck. Worm is a Homestuck. When They Cry is a Homestuck.
Undertale has cultural impact similar to a Homestuck at first glance, but the fact that it's a pretty short and accessible game means that you don't get the particular mix of sunk cost fallacy and an intimate experience with a piece of media that results in you needing to connect with others who have already put in the time investment. You can buy your friends Undertale and expect them to play it if they're not too busy; telling a friend to read Homestuck is giving them a quest that, if accepted, will spark an odyssey. to read someone's Homestuck is an act of love without true equivalent.
I've been staring at this post for like 30mins and I'm not sure why it has me like this but I'll try to explain:
Fundamentally, a "Homestuck" must be something you assume your IRL friends:
Are not already into, and
Are probably not going to get into
for a combination of factors, which may or may not include:
Length
Difficulty to parse, for ANY reason(s)
Lack of mainstream presence
Dated/otherwise offensive elements
Notoriety of the fanbase, especially if it's full of literal children
On top of all of this, it must also bring a relatively unique experience to the table, especially one that changes how you see the world.
The result is a piece of media or experience that is almost impossible to share with any IRL friends. It is much easier to find someone online who understands than it is to introduce someone you know to a "Homestuck". In this regard, a "Homestuck" must be a simultaneously enriching and isolating experience for its fans. Without online communities and/or conventions, it must be extremely difficult to share what a "Homestuck" means to you with anyone else.
Ok so some of the examples I kept seeing in the comments and RBs (I haven't read/watched all of these but these are my thoughts)
Worm is a great example. Though the fanbase is different, format is traditional, and it's not "problematic" (I think), Worm is both extremely unique and impossible to introduce to friends.
Danganronpa is more mainstream, but otherwise fits the bill decently well. It's more popular than some of the other entries and its basic formula isn't unique, but it isn't easy to get into and its execution is pretty interesting
More mainstream examples like One Piece, Dr. Who, and Star Trek all feel more like semi-"Homestuck"s due to it being much easier to find someone into them, making them far less isolating experiences.
Touhou makes a lot of sense, as it's difficult to describe its appeal to people and it's a very unusual multimedia experience. However, Touhou can also be enjoyed without needing to parse all of its complexities, so I think it's a bit lower in the list
MLP would be difficult to introduce to people due to the perception of both the show itself and of its fanbase. However, I'm not sure how well it meets the other criteria (I haven't seen it)
I think most of the other examples can be thought of along these lines. Really, the "how isolating is it IRL" seems to be the biggest factor, as if something is both niche and meaningful, it becomes that much more difficult for the people around you to understand you
I've actually avoided reading Ward because I'm not the same person I was when I read Worm. I still read the occasional Worm fanfic, though. And I dropped Homestuck after Scratch's cosmic reset.
I've been slowly getting into Fate for awhile now, and the difference between it and something like Worm or Homestuck is that, for those two, all the fans I've spoken to have actively advised me to not try and get into it. And the first time this happened was with Homestuck in like, 2011 at a choir camp. Guy next to me brought it up in conversation and when I started asking questions he eventually said I probably wouldn't be able to get into it since it was so complicated. I don't think I ever even learned his name, but he saved me from ruin that day.
I passed a flower shop next to a tattoo shop and at first I laughed because I thought it was ironic and then i freaked because IMAGINE YOUR OTP IN A FLORIST/TATTOO ARTIST AU
I cannot BELIEVE a post I made when I was 13 is circulating! And also apparently started this trope? I thought somebody had the idea separately and it blew up that way😭
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I reblogged this post not because I liked it and wanted to share it, but because reading it elicited a pleasant sensation that I felt would be appreciated by others
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