I don't think Disney's current stance is unmovable. There are queer artists in the company fighting for every scrap of representation, and if Disney decides there's more money in providing it than cutting it, they will.
But that's my point - Disney might have buried Owl House, but it was out long enough to be seen. If even scraps of representation can be shouted down by right wing extremists, then what good does it do for us to give up & be silent? Shouldn't we be shouting back to show Disney there's money there?
But they're still a powerful voice in deciding what gets into the media, YouTube or not. Shrugging and writing them off is giving up on a large part of the cultural landscape.
I'm not arguing that Disney is ever going to make a choice to put out trans-positive content if there's no upside to it for them financially, I'm saying that what they put out into the world defines what a lot of people see as normal. If they can make a buck off of telling trans stories, they will.
Maybe I narrowed my focus too early - your initial point (as I understand it) was that parents can go somewhere else for queer content for their kids. I'm saying most won't, but that doesn't mean there aren't households where Disney is the primary source of media, & it matters what they get to see.
Sure, but it matters that the scraps got in there. Disney thought it would make them money to put gay shit in their products, & currently they've decided that it doesn't, & some day they will maybe decide again that it does. Does it matter why they did it if it reaches someone who needs to see it?
I think you're using the most extreme examples to write off a lot of households with parents who still view Disney as the arbiter of what's "normal".
Yeah, I remember all of that. But for all the noise they make, how has that affected Disney's brand overall? They're still considered the wholesome family brand by most of America.
I just disagree about "none of this shit was going to reach those kids". Most parents just accept Disney's branding as the mainstream default of America. If Disney says being trans is a thing kids can be, it will reach kids, trans and cis alike.
It's not hypothetical; I was a trans kid whose life could have been changed by even the smallest bit of positive representation. I never got to see trans people be anything but a punchline or a tragedy until I was an adult. I grew up in the 80s, there's no reason for kids today to go through that.
Fuck Pete Docter yes, but the erasure of queer characters from mainstream entertainment isn't something that should just be hand-waved away. Queer kids across the country never get to see themselves because their entertainment choices are made for them by the same parents Pete doesn't want to upset.
You or I can choose to look beyond Disney for trans representation, but there are trans kids whose bigoted parents control their media access, and having a kid like them show up in a Disney show could be the only chance they have to see themselves represented, or even hear the word trans.
It’s the same handful of grifters writing the same handful of lies for the same handful of anti-trans publications, paid for by the same handful of right wing front groups funded by the same handful of transphobic billionaires
Well yes, but in Ben's case, it's also Genspect and the LGB Alliance. www.transgendermap.com/issues/topic...
Based on those 2 examples and knowing none of the artist’s other works, no, it is not the same across the board. The artist added angles and corners to Mercury’s jawline that don’t exist in real life.
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Please take a moment to do this, it's so important that someone hears actual testimony / this is available for the for the GMC to take into account.
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Yeah, it's weird living at the end of civilization, but it's been OK on a personal level.
It would take a real maverick to defy a pointless rule like this, like maybe that guy in San Francisco like 20 years ago who ordered that marriage licenses for same sex couples be issued in defiance of a court order. Too bad that guy isn’t governor.
Thanks Chuck!
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
ICE does not need more training. They’re doing exactly what they’re trained to do.
Democrats cannot vote for a single cent to ICE.
Picture of an old post from Mike Primavera from 2019 reading "My neighbor told me coyotes keep eating his outdoor cats so I asked how many cats he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new cat afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding shelter cats to coyotes and the his daughter started crying" which I have altered to read "My opposition party told me CBP keep breaking laws so I asked how many laws he has and he said he just goes to Congress and gets a new law afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just passing new laws for CBP to break and the his DNC started sending me texts asking for money"
There are gonna be a lot of people who are gonna be all "Who could have seen this coming" & "I was wrong before but I get it now" & "I didn't vote for THIS" & I encourage everyone to PLEASE ignore those voices & seek out the voices that were right at the beginning & have stayed consistent throughout
Share a television show that raised you.
Anyways, as William guessed, I've only listened to the reviews of episodes I boarded on or directed, but I have to assume the other 2/3 are just as good. Give it a listen!
I found out about when they started following me here as they were starting into Season 4, but I haven't posted about it until now because I didn't want to influence their reviews. Now that they're done, I feel like I can bring attention to it without effecting their judgement.
CALLING ALL TITANS FANS - Titans superfans Roz & William have gone through the entire series and reviewed every single episode & it's all available to listen to here!
Friends in Glendale, Pasadena, and Northeast Los Angeles, please be safe and alert your neighbors.
I'm staying inside today.
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What four classic video games to you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
These are mine:
