A lot of people: "This piece of media is causing actual harm by depicting vulnerable people as less than human and reinforces harmful stereotypes that create barriers in real life."
Others: "But you're not thinking of the people who AREN'T being negatively impacted!"
Others: "But you're not thinking of the people who AREN'T being negatively impacted!"
We do this over every single thing. "There's a lot of racist stuff in this movie." "But it empowered me as a woman!" "This thing is really misogynistic." "But I identified with the character and it made me feel good!" "This was deeply fatphobic." "You're erasing MY experience!"
Something makes you feel empowered. Okay.
Something echoes your real life experience. Okay.
Something makes you feel good. Okay.
But it's not the responsibility of people being harmed by a piece of media to make sure your experience of that media isn't hindered.
Something echoes your real life experience. Okay.
Something makes you feel good. Okay.
But it's not the responsibility of people being harmed by a piece of media to make sure your experience of that media isn't hindered.
I've seen more than one person today say, on more than one subject, roughly, "I don't find [whatever] to be a problem, but if people do, I'm not going to argue." I've also seen accusations of "making everything a problem!"
Like what you like, I guess. Don't tell people to shut up about it, that they're overreacting, that they don't really understand what they consumed, etc.
