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Alright, so I finished She Ra and it was definitely good, really enjoyed it! But I think I& #39;d have enjoyed it more if I were LGBTQ? The whole thing has me thinking a lot about my own possible hetero/white privilege. Keep reading if you wanna read about somebody& #39;s "Oh!" moment >
I think I& #39;m your typical liberal millennial - I care about equality, I try to be "woke" n& #39; shit. It doesn& #39;t escape me that I have some privilege based solely on being a straight white lady.
I like to think I have the upper hand on understanding the struggle because I& #39;ve had >
I like to think I have the upper hand on understanding the struggle because I& #39;ve had >
hate thrown my way for who I am. (not to the same, but enough to get the idea) I am a female nerd and artist who is NOT feminine and I grew up in a community that was more traditional and assumed that me being like this meant I was gay and I needed to be & #39;fixed& #39; before it was >
too late! Being the empathic person I am, my feeling of outrage at my own discrimination very quickly turned to outrage at other people& #39;s discrimination. I didn& #39;t like people trying to tell me who I was, or that what I am was wrong. This has made me a HUGE fan of people who live>
their truth unapologetically. I adore the shit out of strong lesbians - so when I watched all of She Ra I loved the characters and watching them be them and make friends and families of their own... but I didn& #39;t see me in the show. And this next part I don& #39;t want split up -
I didn& #39;t feel represented at all - none of the characters made me feel like, "That& #39;s me!" Each had a trait or two here and there that I identify with, but no one was me. This is totally okay! I& #39;m not complaining at all. But I was kind of waiting for that moment of, "this one!"
and, well, it never happened. And suddenly I understood. Holy shit guys - I mean, I knew in my head that this was happening to you guys. I knew I didn& #39;t understand, and I& #39;m not like some others who demand to continue to be represented in EVERYTHING - no, I& #39;m cool. You have your
own things, that& #39;s cool! I& #39;d just never actually experienced it, and with all the, "I& #39;ve felt something kinda like that" I& #39;ve experienced in my life, this was a real mind blower for me. I grew up watching the original She Ra - I don& #39;t feel like anything was taken from me AT ALL >
