you will never catch me complaining about an actress on a tv show having an imperfectly concealed pregnancy or a character going on a sudden trip somewhere while her actress is on maternity leave. so many actresses (and women working in any other field) are fired, punished and pressured into making reproductive decisions for their employers' convenience & if i have to try a bit harder to suspend my disbelief then that's absolutely what i'm going to do if it means people are getting to exercise reproductive & bodily autonomy without punishment
#special shout-out to the ones from my childhood#Everybody Loves Raymond where they just let the actress film her scenes while seated on the couch covered in blankets#(she always looked so fucking cozy)#The Nanny where they deliberately made the actress hold increasingly ridiculous props in front of her belly#because they were like 'we know you can tell she's pregnant so we're specifically going to be silly about hiding it'#and Xena Warrior Princess where they just made the character pregnant too#and were just 'yeah she's still going to ride into battle and murder things while pregnant because she's Xena'
