Well see there are whole bodies of academia that have been devoted to critically analyzing media and how it intersects with society, just quantifying numbers and crudely applying the benchmark doesn’t really tell you the full story and if I need to point that out to you, you desperately need a more well rounded humanities education.
You can “hit the numbers” so to speak with a movie for diversity and do nothing for actual representation if you undermine and hamstring the representation of diversity and bottle it up as secondary to the story, or do the opposite and repeatedly elevate diversity as an inherently tragic narrative.
Experts warn this only makes it harder to combat dehumanizing myths.
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Streamers and big networks are caving to the cultural creep of conservatism, Rose said, and “consider trans stories, trans actors and trans characters to be too specific, potentially too alienating, as opposed to just part of human experience.”
The article itself uses quantitative data extensively to establish its argument. I simply asked how representation compares with population demographics, which is a perfectly legitimate question. Suggesting that makes me comparable to executives rejecting trans stories as “too alienating” is a spectacular leap in logic by someone bathing in their unpleasant emotional state.
What a weird and dehumanized way to analyze this problem.
How else would you analyse it?
Well see there are whole bodies of academia that have been devoted to critically analyzing media and how it intersects with society, just quantifying numbers and crudely applying the benchmark doesn’t really tell you the full story and if I need to point that out to you, you desperately need a more well rounded humanities education.
You can “hit the numbers” so to speak with a movie for diversity and do nothing for actual representation if you undermine and hamstring the representation of diversity and bottle it up as secondary to the story, or do the opposite and repeatedly elevate diversity as an inherently tragic narrative.
The post wasn’t about the quality of the representation?
Maybe you need to take your time reading before responding shittily? You’ll have much more fruitful conversations at the very least.
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Hmmm who does this sound like?
Who?
Captain Cherry Picker of the HMS Selective Quote.
The article itself uses quantitative data extensively to establish its argument. I simply asked how representation compares with population demographics, which is a perfectly legitimate question. Suggesting that makes me comparable to executives rejecting trans stories as “too alienating” is a spectacular leap in logic by someone bathing in their unpleasant emotional state.