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Just a few more thoughts on #AsWeSeeIt because I'll bust if I keep them in...
Harrison says no suit. But apparently that's unimportant because it's "his sister's big day!" JFC how about we show people giving an inch rather than shoving a mile. Acceptance looks like a clean tee.
Harrison says no suit. But apparently that's unimportant because it's "his sister's big day!" JFC how about we show people giving an inch rather than shoving a mile. Acceptance looks like a clean tee.
Violet "thought they were in love". Well, did anyone take time to discuss relationships? Did anyone have a safer sex talk? Or did they expect a grown woman not to have a sex life? The messaging here is so wrong here on such a grand scale. #AsWeSeeIt
This is giving me shades of Blaxploitation albeit with a patently inferior soundtrack. We have the stereotypes, the tokenization, the well-meaning "let me civilize you" white folk, all wrapped up in autistic leads played by autistic actors.
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#WrongSideOfHistory
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As with "Love On The Spectrum" before this, I'm needing to take frequent rage breaks as I screen #AsWeSeeIt. The infantilizing. The do-gooding. The dismissiveness. Perpetuating that we are odd, difficult burdens only serves to make the audience feel good about themselves.
For the record, casting authentically is great. Great! But without us in creative positions, the narrative is still the same old othering we've seen forever. #AsWeSeeIt
Further, just because autistic people are included, does not magically absolve productions of responsibility. We too live within this "normal", are exposed to the same belittling messages then believe we are less. Being autistic doesn't grant powers of transcendence. #AsWeSeeIt
