eshusplayground:

eshusplayground:

It is not progressive or revolutionary to romanticize abuse between characters.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to whitewash a character of color.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to use LGBTQ visibilitiy to justify racism, misogyny, or other forms of fuckery.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to ignore race and gender when talking about the impact of slash and femslash ships.

It is not progressive or revolutionary for rape, sexual assault, and/or sex between an adult and a minor to be the basis of a slash or femslash ship.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to erase or downplay the racial and ethnic identity of an actor of color.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to have a single-issue analysis of media and fandom.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to prioritize the agendas of white LGBTQ people over LGBTQ people of color.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to demonize a female character (especially a female character of color) to advocate for a slash or femslash ship.

Continuing from the first time…

It is not progressive or revolutionary to use the Holocaust, slavery, Jim Crow, or other atrocities as a romantic backdrop for a slash or femslash fic.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to write fanfic or make fanart that makes people of color into members of racist organizations that would kill them as soon as look at them.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to go “ew het” in response to a ship that has at least one person of color in it.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to erase characters of color who “get in the way” of a ship between white people.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to headcanon characters of color as asexual or aromantic while squeeing over the white characters fucking like bunnies.

It is not progressive or revolutionary to undermine the relationship between a woman of color and a white fave.