I get really turned off when people explicitly promote a gender/racial identity, but I really like it when I see it implicitly promoted.
E.g., "feminism" in media makes me feel gross, but I love the feel of good shows that feature women telling women's stories.
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Or for example I am skeptical of the BLM movement, but I saw a big mural the other day that had a huge cast of characters, not a single one of them white, and the obvious cultural-racial pride expressed in that felt good to see.
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Or, to clarify all of this - when "I AM WOMYN HEAR ME ROAR" or "BLACK LIVES" or any other group is obviously felt, but is expressed through pure creation and not through a sense of war, that feels good and I love it even if I'm not part of the group being celebrated
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I picked the two least controversial groups to talk about here but you betcha I feel this for all of them.
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And sometimes you owe it to yourself to ignore the hamfisted promotion, eg you're a fool if you didn't watch Fury Road just cause some people praised it in a cringey fashion
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When a thing is not explicitly "[identity] stories", but implicitly so. When the story isn't about jerking off that group, but without the specific traits of that culture or group the story would be fundamentally different or lacking.
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I remember a conversation with a woman, a child of the depression.
She argued against the ERA in the 70s because she believed that women were better served by being equal and acting equal than they were by demanding equality.
TLDR; Show by doing/being rather than whining.
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I recently saw the movie Annihilation and it seems like it has that quality of implicitly promoting feminism, super cool movie too
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The issue lies with the constant manufacturing of outrage over perceived injustice. While seeing people actually create genuine and positive changes to address actual issues is heartwarming. In short, it's put up or shut up.
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A sizable portion of how I determine if somebody is a person I want to interact with is tied to their tendency toward implicit rather than explicit signaling. It contributes heavily to how much 'righteousness' I detect in my impression of someone.