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kutsuwamushiI've noticed that a lot of people have trouble with the difference between criticizing a trend and criticizing an individual instance of at trend. That is, they think that because a trend is problematic, every single example that fits the trend must also be.
So someone criticizes a comic because the bisexual character has both male and female lovers, but it turns out that the creator is a polyamorous bisexual woman who has had relationships like that.
So someone criticizes art of a lesbian couple for making the darker-skinned character more masculine than the lighter-skinned character, but it turns out that the artist is a masc lesbian woc.
So someone criticizes a story because a gay character dies, but it turns out that the author is a gay man who is drawn to tragic stories, and other characters die too.
And so on. They assume that the reason for the trend is the same as a reason for an individual piece of work, without any evidence other than that it appears to fit the trend.
It's just one particular type of black-and-white thinking I'm noticing a lot more lately. Some people just can't hold both of these things in their head at once: That over-representation can be a problem while representation isn't, or whatever.
It's a lot harder to point fingers if you think this way, though.
So someone criticizes a comic because the bisexual character has both male and female lovers, but it turns out that the creator is a polyamorous bisexual woman who has had relationships like that.
So someone criticizes art of a lesbian couple for making the darker-skinned character more masculine than the lighter-skinned character, but it turns out that the artist is a masc lesbian woc.
So someone criticizes a story because a gay character dies, but it turns out that the author is a gay man who is drawn to tragic stories, and other characters die too.
And so on. They assume that the reason for the trend is the same as a reason for an individual piece of work, without any evidence other than that it appears to fit the trend.
It's just one particular type of black-and-white thinking I'm noticing a lot more lately. Some people just can't hold both of these things in their head at once: That over-representation can be a problem while representation isn't, or whatever.
It's a lot harder to point fingers if you think this way, though.
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Date: 2022-11-21 12:32 am (UTC)Bingo. Fans today just want someone to be angry at when a story does something they don't like. See: Rebecca Sugar being attacked for content on Steven Universe and called a "Nazi Sympathizer" when she herself is Jewish.
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Date: 2022-11-21 01:57 am (UTC)