Are their some people who are kinda...fed up?
I like Netflix. A lot. And their originals, but lately they're been making me extremely uncomfortable with all the straight things they put into their 2018 and up shows. This usually wouldn't be a problem IF I didn't only watch shows that young children would watch. Thinking about it that way makes it much more uncomfortable for me. As of recently, i was generally fine with it as i was there for the story. However, with the 5 season of one of my favorite shows, Prince (idk what show they were talking about let me know it sounds bomb) and the princesses of power, it gave me the feeling that Netflix no longer has the intention of pushing out gay relationships anymore. Firstly, there are officially 3 heterosexual relationships in the show. There are 2 gay relationships, however there wasn't a lot of clarity whether the characters were actually in a relationship. They did say 'I love you', but that word was overly used over the course of the season, mainly between friends. Unlike the straight relationships, there wasn't any kissing or loving looks. 2 of my favorite characters were one of the gay relationships who weren't given any of the kisses and such the straight relationships did. Which is kinda disappointing to me as a lesbian, because i was hoping for the kiss between them the most. Along with the 2nd straight couple, because there wasn't even any confirmation the female liked the other male character back. And honestly i still haven't found out whether they're in a relationship now. I've told a couple of people about this, but they're straight and they say Netflix is doing it to represent the heterosexual community. But with the release of that season, i feel like Netflix needs to take a chill-pill back with all the heterosexual representation. Im sure im not the only person that feels uncomfortable with all the straight things major companies are constantly pushing out onto the minds of children. However, i have no one to talk to since it seems like nowadays every person is simply okay with this. So i want to talk to people who actually understand me. And if you don't, thats okay.
I agree. Too much straight representation. There can only be 2 shows that represent straight couples per month to fulfill the minimum diversity quota obviously.
On a serious note though, I'm so sick of people thinking diversity as a quota and think there's a such thing a "too much female/poc/lgbtq+ representation." There's NEVER enough representa......
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10 06,2020