I haven’t looked at the TLOU2 leaks but reactions to them reveal there are still folks out there who think that stories about straight cis people are “neutral” but who can only conceive of stories about anyone else as “political,” agenda-driven, etc., (1/2)
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...as if NOT telling stories about queer people, trans people, etc. isn’t itself deeply political, a way of asserting that our humanity is lesser, that our lives are less meaningful, less relatable, less worthy of attention, exploration, and (yes) empathy.
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In fact, of course many on the right who react so vehemently to stories that center queer people and trans people do so because they know that the stories we tell matter, that they do have political and cultural power.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
While I am not trans, I ready your flustrations and I can get that. There needs to be more cool trans characters out there for people to see themselves more in the art they enjoy. I’ve always been of the Roger Ebert way, “it’s not what it’s about, it’s how it’s about it.”
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Always loved that quote.
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