I always think of fanfiction as gift. I will remain endlessly grateful to it for teaching me to take what I need from media and leave the rest, for teaching me that the images on our movie and television screens matter, and for reminding me that there is so much more to it than that.
“When I read the interviews I’m like this doesn’t sound funny at all. But I swear it is. Just watch the show.”
I’m here to bitch about the one thing I feel like not enough people speak up about when listing things Glee did wrong, like how they continued to let Matthew Morrison rap or how Finn outed Santana: The way they treated Sweet Marley Rose.
The Silence of the Lambs was right. Trans women and law enforcement are enemies. All it got wrong was the villain.
“I spoke about gender identity, sexuality, and my past with journalists and people in Hollywood who just didn’t understand the language I was using. It was a culture shock for me.” — Daniel Sea
When Marissa asks Alex if she ever misses her parents, Alex’s answer comes quickly: “Sometimes. But my friends are my family you know?”
“All around I wanted something sweeter. We so rarely see two BLACK women loving each other I was hoping it would be triumphant. I get that love and relationships are complicated but I feel like you can portray that in more interesting ways.”
“I wasn’t afraid to make myself the villain. I wasn’t afraid to make Denise not likable at times, because even in doing that, my hope is that you will see yourself.”
People want to believe that friendships are forever but Jill and Bethenny are striking examples that sometimes all you can do is wish each other the best and move on.
I’m grateful for Ellen. And I hope she does continue to try to do as much good as she can in the world. I also hope, along the way, she learns that calls for civility have most often been used to silence the oppressed, that kindness is not justice, and that being nice isn’t enough.
Friends was the first time I saw my transness on TV, but it wasn’t Chandler’s dad — it was Chandler.
The show with the most chaotic bisexual energy should have featured a lot more bisexual chaos.
The one image that stands out to me after all this time — the one that I still, to this day, cannot believe — is during the series finale when all the straight couples were having sex, and, instead of doing that, Emily Fields and Alison DiLaurentis rubbed their bare ankles together.
Maybe they were the anti-fanon. Maybe Waverly and Nicole were the only couple who could’ve won this all along.
Whedon and Rowling don’t get to lay claim to the stories we wrote, whether they were in fan fiction, on forums, or even just in our own, quiet thoughts. We own the narratives that give us meaning.
This should be chill.
WayHaught vs Juliantina vs SuperCorp vs Villaneve! It’s Mayhem!
Yeah, I’m not sure March Madness is doing much for my sanity.
Some of these choices are going to really test your loyalty!
32 couples remain!