Anyway the character was an offensive stereotype like everyone on that show but I feel like that kind of thing explains underdiagnosis >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Makes sense given how they misrepresent autism She was shown to be a mathematical genius in later seasons
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Replying to @mesosuchus
Ah, so the writers had the same thought but in Ableist Language
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
They were far from nuanced. Plus Brittany's mental health was usually played for laughs
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @mesosuchus
i enjoyed the first half of season 1. Then i got sick of it REAL fast. Only thing worth remembering is the evil coaches sick burns.
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Replying to @Plutoburns @mesosuchus
I mean, that character was a weird example of trying to unFlanderize a character who began as pure stereotype
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But they had no idea how to do that because they eventually settled on "she's sadist, evil, and LOVES DISABLED KIDS" but she's also ableist
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Also, the character was obviously gay from the start, partly by stereotype (being an actually straight female gym teacher would be ROUGH)
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The character looks and acts exactly like the coach for the cheerleaders at my high school
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Who was married, extremely Christian and had three kids (the eldest of whom was cheer captain and got all her mom's shit dumped on her)
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