...where in the fuck is the straight while male ?
I'm a straight white male, and I don't give a shit about whether or not straight white males are represented. I care about whether or not the show is entertaining.
...where in the fuck is the straight while male ?
It's not. The idea has rather been shoved down theirs.I don't understand the word "representation" in these contexts. People are people. It's studio execs that try to shove this idea down my throat.
True, but I'm working on the fact it's really a show for humans made by humans. Call me Nigel Farage but I don't care that much about Andorian representation.
It's not. The idea has rather been shoved down theirs.
"I don't see *characteristic*, people are just people" is a deeply inadequate response to the issue as it does not actually address the problem, and denies the reality of those who rarely see themselves represented in media. There are some great resources out there, as an example, from queer women about their experience seeing Willow's coming out story on Buffy, and the representation that gave them on network television when that just was not happening. Representation really matters.
Casting "just people" led to the establishment of white straight dudes as the default character, and we are only just beginning to sort that out. Discovery makes missteps like the Bury Your Gays story, but it's done fairly well.
In the late 60s? And without making the character an object of ridicule? I’d say yes.That's the girl, but until now I'd no idea she wasn't ethnically Indian, or even part Indian.
Points for trying ?
Possibly not.
No worries, and so do I!Good points. My apologies if I came off negatively or dismissive. I watch to be entertained by good characters and good stories.
So quit fucking worrying about representation.
Context is for kings.Wow..
I take it you were addressing the op with the quote Kemaiku quoted?Context is for kings.
Context is for kings.
Conversely, Trek has never really handled post-humanism very well. It did as well as it could, and it is a bit locked in a part now. I would imagine in 300 years people would adopt and replace designer bodies as they wish. Want to look like Nefertiti or Erik the Red this year? Go for it. Planning to spend some time on tax holiday as a ice-mermaid in the seas of Europa.. ok, see you later. Trek can't go there because, well, that's not Trek. That's fine.
I take it you were addressing the op with the quote Kemaiku quoted?
Yeah. sorry I should have just shaken a tamborine and yelled shame at the OP. When identiy is involved we must all scrape our scalps with abalone shells and yell to the gods for vengeance.I guess it's fine for people who have it everywhere to tell people who don't have any what to worry about.
It’s fine for someone to tell a straight white male not to worry about it—which is the point of the post as a whole. Snipping a tiny bit, out of context, to make his point the opposite of what it actually is, however, is not fine at all.I guess it's fine for people who have it everywhere to tell people who don't have any what to worry about.
For whatever it's worth, I'm gay and the longing looks between Kirk and Spock were all the representation I ever needed.
To be fair, with your talk of a homogenized human species the final paragraph can easily be read as a statement towards people who care about representation in general, not just people like the op who think that there aren't enough white men on the show, but also those like @Kemaiku and me who've never been represented on-screen. Hence my asking for clarification. FWIW I mostly agree with your previous post.Yeah. sorry I should have just shaken a tamborine and yelled shame at the OP. When identiy is involved we must all scrape our scalps with abalone shells and yell to the gods for vengeance.
Yes, i thought it was a stupid thread, a hate baiting thread and my reply was to him, but apparently i was't as overt about it as need be. Jesus
thank you. I owe you a jipper, sans beach.It’s fine for someone to tell a straight white male not to worry about it—which is the point of the post as a whole. Snipping a tiny bit, out of context, to make his point the opposite of what it actually is, however, is not fine at all.
To be fair, with your talk of a homogenized human species the final paragraph can easily be read as a statement towards people who care about representation in general, not just people like the op who think that there aren't enough white men on the show, but also those like @Kemaiku and me who've never been depicted on-screen. Hence my asking for clarification. FWIW I mostly agree with your previous post.
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