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@mothmanmalewife

Chuck | he/him | 18 | bisexual | i ramble so much on this blog

While mlm contents are getting loads of promotion and in turn public attention and even bigger platforms, wlw contents are getting screwed (with $0 promotion) and axed left and right. While mlm audiences can sit around choosing what they want to watch, wlw audiences literally are moving mountains to try keeping even one ounce of their contents alive.

Of course everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community face discrimination and are in the minority when it comes to on screen representations. But it’s frustrating to see how contents featuring queer non-men are disproportionately getting screwed over and over again in recent times.

Please go and look at GLAAD’s “Where we are on TV” report for 2022-2023, because what you’re experiencing doesn’t reflect the state of LGBT+ TV at all.

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[Image ID: A graph showing that in 2022-2023, there were 261 LGBT+ men characters (44%), 310 women (52%), and 25 nonbinary characters (4%)]

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[Image ID: A graph showing that in 2022-2023, there were 210 gay characters (35%), 180 lesbian (30), 149 bisexual (25%), 25 queer (4%), 14 straight with another LGBT+ identity such as straight trans people (2%), and 12 with undetermined orientation (2%)]

[Image ID: A graph showing that in 2022-2023, series cancellation got rid of 61 LGBT+ men characters (44% of cancelled characters), 73 women (52%), and 6 nonbinary (4%)]

[Image ID: A graph showing that in 2022-2023, series cancellation got rid of 52 gay men characters (37% of cancelled characters), 44 lesbian (31%), 39 bisexual (28%), 2 queer (2%), 1 straight (1%), and 2 undetermined (2%)]

I think it’s fair to say that there’s a slight slant of shows with female characters getting cancelled a bit more, but it’s nowhere near “mlm audiences can sit around choosing what they want to watch, wlw audiences literally are moving mountains to try keeping even one ounce of their contents alive”.

It’s fine to be upset about your shows being cancelled. That sucks and it’s always a blow against good representation! But it’s also important to remind ourselves of what’s happening in the big picture, rather than just in the parts of fandom that we usually interact with.

Mr president we have reason to suspect their is a masquito in the oval office

Reading guide

  • "Mr president" = me
  • "The oval office" = my room
  • "Their", "masquito" = errors for comedic effect

Behind the scenes

This post was inspired by the Mosquito Bite that appeared at or around 1:30 AM on my right elbow. As of 1:39 AM, the culprit remains at large. Some say a faint buzzing can still be heard

It’s always “revenge won’t give you back what you lost” and “murder is wrong” and never how was the bloody violent revenge the bloody violent revenge looked fun was it fun

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mikkeneko

Yeah it was pretty fun, just a lil messy, hang on let me just wash my hands real quick

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mikkeneko

Oh no

jb-blunk

in this terrifying world you continuously have the power to offer someone else a little relief . why would you withhold that. do you remember what a little relief feels like? it feels like a lot

excuse me? are you suggesting i frolic directly into someone's emotional space and assume what brings them relief, potentially causing more stress? are you encouraging people to reach past their own boundaries to help, increasing net suffering if it costs more than the other gains? surely not; that would be advocating for emotional self-harm.

jb-blunk

this is a post about the woman who waived my late fee at the bank .

good for you, good for her, the wording on the initial post feels closer to blaming people who don't reach out than celebrating those who do by a large enough margin that i feel the need to hit back

jb-blunk

you are a tar pit

i got these knockoff boots online and instead of the brand name on the tag they have the name of an apparently nonexistent martin scorsese movie??? what the fuck

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loseremo
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dunkstein

How the fuck does his have less than 200k after setting the internet on fire for months

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tparadox

This lack of notes is probably a big part of why TikTok seems to think they invented the meme.