People often say "I didn't think I needed it, but I saw someone who looked like me in this show and it was really impactful"
What underrepresented part of your identity would impact you if it had better representation in media?
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id looove to see a non-othered homeschooler character from a culture that feels like where i grew up. the closest we get are the duggars :(
also POLY PEOPLE
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I never realized how important polyamorous representation was to me until a piece of writing I follow had a vote as up whether one of the characters should begin a poly relationship.
(This also helped me internalize the importance of representation in media.)
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oh yeah. i remember the first time i saw an even vaguely poly relationship depicted in a movie, i nearly cried
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I know what you mean. I grew up in a tiny far right ACE creationist church/school.
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I remember watching Hanna and being like "oh nice she's homeschooled" but yeah. not non-othered
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You're likely to see a lot more of the latter as Gen Z grows up and into the workforce, I expect.
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This is actually something I think would be really helpful and which is at least somewhat more likely reflecting actual conscious bias in hiring writers, selecting projects etc
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