kinomatika:

its really disheartening to me when i see teen girls specifically being violently shit on for reacting to/digesting media made for marginalized people in a way that isn’t completely socially sensitive or acceptable. 

girls between the ages of 10-15 are really fucking impressionable and when they find an outlet to express their enjoyment for something that’s considered “taboo” like two dudes or two ladies kissing each other or a trans lady and a trans man finding solace in one anothers company or whatever fucking combination you can come up with, dont fucking shit down their throats for not reacting to or enjoying it in a way that you’d expect of a much older, much more socially aware adult.

children are children. you can’t yell at them for not understanding social cues that they have not yet had the chance to learn about. im so tired of seeing teen girls being shit on for being EXCITED about gay media. i’m so tired of seeing their excitement being called “fetishizing.” THEYRE FUCKING TEENAGERS YOU SKIDMARK WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM THEM

give them time to learn!! fuck!! give them time to process and enjoy the media in ways that make sense to them, and like, GENTLY correct them if something they do goes out of bounds, but do not fucking lambast them for their enthusiasm, even when it’s not expressed in a particularly “good” way, whatever “good” might mean to you, however arbitrary that word is.

people learn over time. i know for fucking sure that you didnt come out of the womb knowing all there is to know about the history of the struggles of LGBT people and how you should behave once you have that knowledge. i sure as shit didnt. 

im also tired of seeing the word “gross” be applied to teen girls who are enjoying lgbt media. im tired of them being shoved into a corner of dirty and wrong and eye roll worthy just bc they aren’t behaving in a very specific way.

theres nothing WRONG with wanting people to do better, please don’t misquote me on this. there’s nothing wrong with wanting to help people become more sensitive and more thoughtful abt the way they react to lgbt media and what they produce etc etc but like good fucking lord dont come at me with the word “faghag” in regards to a teen girl and expect me to give even the slightest shit about anything you have to say

signed, a nb, queer artist who produces lgbt media!!!