So, I don't get this. I really don't.

[lyssie]

There's a lack of well-written female and non-white characters on TV and in media. But people who whine about that, still watch things produced and created by people who are shit at writing anything but white males

HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT LOGIC WORK?

If you want more well-written women and non-white characters? STOP WATCHING AND SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT DO IT.

Otherwise? Shut the fuck up about how you want no sexism and racism in TV and media. Because you are PART OF THE FUCKING PROBLEM.

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

But how else will people justify only caring about the white men on TV?

(Yeah, all "sides" tend to use the argument, but...)

Also, this may be why most English language stuff I watch is SFF and period dramas.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

SFF actually tends to be fifty times WORSE in the treatment of women and non-white characters.

It's not doing so great this season, but when I used to be able to point at NCIS and say they were being better about race and gender than fucking Stargate, BSG and any OTHER SFF show?

Yeah.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, my brain was mostly FS/early-SG1/Eureka/B5/Whedon-before-he-lost-it, etc

(This is what I get for consistently being years behind the rest of fandom.)