Sebastian

@zenithstar95

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28 - queer dude - irish - 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴
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Sebastian @zenithstar9511/26/2023, 7:09 PM

I notice what feels like a cultural difference where queer people in the UK and Ireland seem to, for the most part, appreciate candid depictions of discrimination in fiction as having the ability to make you feel seen and heard, whereas queer people in the US lean more towards escapist fantasy and stories where that kind of discrimination doesn't exist. Or at least it's something I've noticed in online discussions about it.

It could just be a coincidence that comes from combinations of differing demographics that just happen to appear on my timelines and not at all a pattern. This is more me working out my own thoughts than it is any definitive statement or generalisation.

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Violet @OniLink11/26/2023, 9:06 PM

my thoughts on it are basically

i put up with enough of this shit irl already, i don't need to also see it in my media

with the exception of if the media includes it specifically to provide meaningful analysis of it, esp if that analysis goes beyond "it's bad to do this"

but then i have also read queer lit in the past (example i am thinking of is a web comic) where i got annoyed at the lack of discrimination being present. in those cases, it tended to be the case where it was said that bigotry exists and was a significant problem, but then it never actually... showed that happening. instead everything ended up fairly perfect with nearly no conflict. kinda felt like a cheap shot of "oh you're just being paranoid" even though that clearly wasn't the intent of the author, who iirc was queer themself

i dunno. shit's messy. i should prolly be better about letting it be messy. i can critique without being mad. especially when intentions are good.

Sebastian @zenithstar9511/26/2023, 9:15 PM

I do personally think there's value in media that includes it just to say "it's bad to do this" particularly when it's something mainstream and especially with a young audience. I know that seeing things like that when I was a kid made me feel less alone. Finding it upsetting and not wanting to see it is fair, though

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