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a recurring point I find myself making in private conversations is that I believe that representation might possibly be the #1 most powerful force for social change. it's the tip of the spear. if you want to help a marginalized person or group, create media that centers them https://t.co/qnkJocC1ry
I'm revealing my own media bias & the limitations of my worldview here, but until I know better: I think Ellen, for eg, is *disproportionately* responsible for hundreds of millions of people learning to see LGBTQ people as, well, people. I feel like everything else is downstream https://t.co/QrNZknBsqM
Representation matters. I know some intellectual folks have galaxy-brain takes about how you shouldn't limit the way you see yourself, but this isn't about how you see yourself – this is about how other people see other people. https://t.co/PNKykGEFVP
For most people, before you first encounter a high-resolution depiction of a person in all their complexity and nuance, all you have is low-resolution caricatures. Gay people are like this. Black people are like that. Disabled people are like this. And so on. https://t.co/6FVYDpMai7
But every person is an entire universe. And it's quite radical, really, to simply sit down and take that in. Once you recognize that That Other Person is actually full of richness, nuance, struggles, etc, it becomes quite obvious that they matter; just as much as you do. https://t.co/Md3826KylK
Let's end on this: https://t.co/tDzhcZLYVr
regular shmegular show https://t.co/bzq2MY2P3G