aamalie:

glamaphonic:

show has a big obnoxious burst of heteronormativity

fandom blames the existence of the female characters and exclusively the existence of female characters

oh

i see

go fuck yourselves

 #if you watch season one of young justice and somehow don’t perceive that that shit was RULED by artemis and m’gann #their hopes their fears their secrets their ARCS #with bonus zatanna even coming in at a late date getting her own fucking arc#about family and heroism and sacrifice and dealing with the fallout #don’t perceive how they each have hella more development than half of the male cast combined (LOOKING AT YOU WALLY AND ROBIN) #then you need to rewatch #and get your shit together #the heterosexuality parade sucked #yes it did #but it’s not the fault of the female characters existing #and there wouldn’t be a fucking show without them #i want some queer characters sfm #and the lack of them HURTS ME #but that doesn’t mean that the female characters on yj are not fucking amazing #because THEY ARE #and the narrative actually treats them thusly #so i say again #go fuck yourselves

SO MUCH YES TO ALL OF THIS!!!

Like, holy shit, the fact is (heteronormativity aside) YJ treats its female characters so well. And this is a show that, for the majority first two episodes was nothing but ALL DUDES CENTRAL. And then it turned this show where M’gann, a cheerful, peppy girl who bakes and is super feminine, into the fucking powerhouse of the team. And then they added Artemis and her struggles and her relationship with her mother and her sister and trying to break away from her father’s shadow and being who she is despite her family’s legacy. And then of course Zatanna, with her storyline, and dang y’all. Yes, Rocket came in late, but we’ve seen glimpses of her throughout the series, and hello! Did you not hear? She’s the one who convinced Icon to become a superhero. And how he is a member of the Justice League. Yes, that’s badass. Sure, we haven’t learned a ton about her yet, but y’all are acting like season 2 is MONTHS AND MONTHS ON THE HORIZON.

Spoiler alert: IT STARTS NEXT WEEK.

So basically, let me break it down: THESE LADIES ARE BADASS. They have stories. They are meaningful to the story. They are meaningful to the team and contribute in fucking kickass ways.

And yes. Okay. I AGREE, the heterosexuality overloud is straight up irritating. Scratch that: INFURIATING. But fictional women are not the ones to blame for it. As I mentioned before, this show started out with a team of ALL DUDES. It has taken the entire season to reach parity — and that’s if you don’t count in Red Arrow’s brief stint on the team. (Also totally ignoring the fact that everyone on the team is presented as cis, which lol “parity”.)

You want someone to criticize? Criticize the TV execs and writers who act like no one will watch if they don’t start with a dudefest, who act like women have to be snuck into the spotlight after viewers are already committed to make a show profitable, who think that straight characters are the only ones suitable for children, and so on and so forth.

But if you wanna trash the female characters and act like they are only there to be arm decoration for your precious dudes?

NEWSFLASH: THIS IS 100% CONTRARY TO FACT & YOU’RE WRONG.

kristenique:

I will never be sorry when I get frustrated when another character is put forth/confirmed as straight when they could easily have been made queer.  If that frustration is off-putting to you that is your problem and you need to deal with it.  It is not like you don’t get exposed to multitudes of characters and relationships that are similar to you/yours at EVERY POINT OF YOUR LIFE.  You got to see relationships and people that looked like you when you were young in media that was meant for you. 

I didn’t realize I was queer until I was 15 and huge reason why I realized it then was because I got see stuff like Haruka and Michiru and Willow and Tara and have everything click that yes, my liking girls and not feeling attraction to boys was a thing that did exist in people outside of me.  It isn’t hard for me to hazard that a lot of the confusion that I felt leading up to that could have been saved had I seen representations of queer people in stuff like Disney and Don Bluth films that I watched when I grew up.   So just think about that.

If it really bothers you that people read characters (particularly young characters) as queer but not when people read characters as straight you should re-evaluate your thoughts and ask yourself just why that bothers you, and why you have to try and make queer people feel guilty for fully valid frustration with extent that heteronormativity is pushed in everything everywhere along with the complete dearth of representation of queer people in everything.

That is something you should feel uncomfortable about.

emphasis mine

ignatius-m:

Straights are already the dominant group and the majority. They don’t need to be “included.” They are the assumed default. No one is attacking straightness!

If you’re cis and straight, don’t try to make this about you. It’s not. You wanna feel special? Go paint or something. You want to help us? Great. Help (listen before you “help,” please).

But don’t think for one minute you need to be included.

scarlettshazam:

omgrocketships:

omgrocketships:

Yes. It is okay. Why? The short answer is: Because queer people are still oppressed for their orientation and identity, and heterosexuals are not.
Heterosexuals get all the representation in they could ever want or need in media. It’s the norm. It’s acceptable across the board, world wide.

Queer people do not. And often when queer people do get representation in media, they get very poor representation. Both poor representation and lack of representation are equally damaging.

By interpreting a queer character as straight, you are erasing their identity. Erasure is more damaging than a lot of people realize. Even in fanwork. On top of being erasing/oppressive in itself,  It reads as “they are not good enough because they are queer, so I will make them straight” which is very hurtful to us queer folk on a personal level.

By writing a straight character as queer, however, you’re not being erasing, because straight people are not an oppressed group.

It’s fine to write about straight folks. It’s also fine to write about gay folks.

Also feel, that if you do it delicately enough, you can write a queer character in a functionally heterosexual relationship, without having to erase their identity. After all, sexuality is a fluid thing, and people have exceptions. But what you really shouldn’t be doing under any circumstances, is erasing a character’s preferences and identity and queer history if you write about/depict them in a functionally heterosexual relationship.

You also brought up gender identity into this, which I have to make sure you realize is NOT the same thing as sexuality. At all. But the same principles apply, just substitute “heterosexual” with “cisgender”. Well. Mostly the same principles apply. There is no way in hell you can delicately write a trans/non binary character as cisgender and not be doing something terribly wrong. Just don’t do that. At all. Ever.

I probably skipped some major points but I tried to be as concise as possible. I’d be happy to clarify anything that needs clarifying though.

Reblogging for Scarlett!

 Thank you! This is what I was talking about. Said much better than I did.

more coherent breakdown of what I was talking about a few days ago.

thatsocialjusticebitch:

omfgjo:

killhoney:

Me caen mal esas pendejas que ponen en sus Bios: “NombreDeMierda, 15 años, lesbiana”. ¡Oh, Eres lesbiana! ¡Qué cool! ¡Trato especial para ti! Como si fuera un talento o una habilidad digna de admiración. Como si fuera un dato que tenemos que saber antes de ver las fotos que reblogueas. Como si fuera algo que te hace especial. Los heterosexuales no ponemos “NombreDeMierdaTambién, 22 años, heterosexual”, porque nos da lo mismo ser heterosexuales, no es un dato que nos engrandezca o empequeñezca. Si eres gay, lesbiana, heterosexual o asexual DA LO MISMO. No eres ni mejor ni peor persona. No te voy a tratar de forma diferente por tener la sexualidad que tienes.

Me caen mal esos idiotas que se quejan de las personas que deciden no ser calladas sobre su identidad. “Wah wah, no quiero escuchar sobre tu identidad por que en realidad no te acepto!”. Oh, que sorpresa! Un heterosexual que prefiere no saber sobre nosotros, y que nos quedemos invisible porque es mas facil para ti. Como si fuera un delito, como si fuera algo que a la gente le cae mal- espera… suena un poco familiar? Si en verdad no te importara, no hubieras escrito este estupido parrafo de mierda. Los heterosexuales no escriben eso por que es ASSUMIDO que eres heterosexual. Solo son la mayoria de el mundo! 

Si en verdad crees que nos creemos especial porque somos gay… wow. Definitivamente recibimos trato especial… COMO ESTO.

SOY LESBIANA. Y SIEMPRE LO VOY A DECIR. AUNQUE GENTE COMO TU ME TRATEN DE CALLAR. NO TE GUSTA?

JODETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^^ si no se asumiera ser heterosexual, no tendriamos que hacer la distincion.

y creeme, no nos callaremos. nunca.

(Source: painhatesme)

thatsocialjusticebitch:

thatweirdofangirl:

Hey guys, want to hear a joke?

Straight-shaming.




That’s it.

That’s the joke.

*ba dum tssssss*

(Source: batpersons)

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

captain-sonic:

ladyatheist:

buttsetcetera:

jayoublie:

luchadorable:

Attacking ALL straight people is bullshit and insulting.

Straight-shaming, much?

…Are you being sarcastic? What do you want to change here? Add a little asterisk and a disclaimer, “*this is a satirical message directed to straight people who have asked queer people these questions; ignore it if it doesn’t apply to you?” That’s a bit wordy.

lol oh my god 

STRAIGHT-SHAMING FOREVER tbh

Straight-shaming?!?! lmao!!!!!!!!!!!

WILL SOMEONE THINK OF ALL THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE?!! THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE WHO AVOIDED BY THEIR FAMILY IF THEY COME OUT, CANNOT WALK THE STREET HOLDING HANDS WITHOUT BEING JUDGED AND GET BULLIED BECAUSE THEY’RE STRAIGHT YO!!!!

How dare the makers of these posters use sarcasm to point heterosexist assholes out on their bullshit!/sarcasm

Straight-shaming. Best fucking joke I heard in a while.

I can’t decide if this is more or less hilarious than homophobe-phobic. :o

megara-the-unicorn:

showmeyourcolors:

OP is doin it right

I respectfully disagree.

Everypony has the right to regard different parts of their identity as most important. Some ponies place great value on their ethnicity, their career, their religion, their hobby. Why should sexual orientation be any different? Just as the OP has the right to not place his/her/zir sexuality above anything else, others have the right to do so.

I am pansexual, and this is important to me, because I spend a lot of my time researching GSM issues and doing what I can to work for equality. That doesn’t mean I need to “expand my personality”. My personality is plenty expanded! Just because my sexuality is a huge part of who I am doesn’t mean nothing else is. I am also a computer science student, a geek, and a redhead. I like to crochet, write, bake, and design clothes. These things are all a part of my identity, but you know what? GSM equality is damn important! So I’m extremely proud to be well-known among my friends and acquaintances as a supporter and activist of the movement.

tl;dr: Do whatever you want, OP, but you’ve no right to criticize how anypony else chooses to express their identity.

Good words, mom. 

Also, the difference between GSM pride and “straight pride” is that “straight pride” is the default. As people are wont to say when this matter is brought up, “every day is straight pride day”. Queer people are still struggling to make ourselves adequately heard, and that’s not a problem that straight people face in regards to their orientation.

If I do not actively explain my orientation to people – my gender, my pronouns, who I like and whether or not I want to have sex – most people will assume that I’m a girl, that she/her is my pronoun set, and that I want to fuck and marry men. They don’t give me the benefit of the doubt. Most don’t ask, “So this person you have a crush on – are they a boy or a girl, or neither? What about you? What are your pronouns?”

Straight, cis people don’t have to deal with that, usually. As I said, straight (as well as cis, and non-asexual for that matter) is the default. If you’re straight, if you’re cis, if you’re not asexual, you have the privilege of not having to explain yourself to people. So saying that we don’t see straight people going around talking about how they’re straight as a way to tell queer people to do the same? It isn’t a fair comparison at all. 

As Meg said, if the OP does not feel the need to put themselves out there and make their orientation a central facet of their personality that they tell people about, that is fine. But not everyone has the same desire or luxury, and they might do well to remember that.