TLo on Glee
Heavy stuff this morning. I don’t watch Glee, but I was curious as to what they thought of the latest episode, given the response I saw on Tumblr last night.
I’m staying away from judging the show or the episode, because as I said, I don’t watch it, but I think this last paragraph was powerful and goes beyond the show.
“The way for the creative community (and indeed, the entire world) to address anti-gay bullying is not through weepy portraits of its victims, but through SHEER RAGE. Fuck “It Gets Better.” Show us a campaign against gay teen bullying called “THIS SHIT HAS TO STOP RIGHT NOW” and we’ll sign on in nano-seconds. Because the people who need to address anti-gay bullying definitely aren’t the victims – and not the bullies, either. it’s society that needs to change its attitudes toward gays, from the top down. And when the majority of people are righteously angered by any attempts to dehumanize gays or treat them as inferior – and more importantly, moved to act on that anger, rather than sitting at their computers and shaking their heads over it – then anti-gay bullying will practically evaporate. Every time a gay kid takes his life, it’s not him who’s at fault, nor is it the parents, the bullies, the church or the school district. WE ARE. WE ALL ARE. You should be furious about it, not gently weeping over music videos.”
I don’t watch Glee so I don’t know the context—but I *really* like this quote.
The whole article is really good. I linked on Facebook a few minutes ago. The part that had me nodding my head in agreement was where they talk about how the coming out stories have culminated with the gay characters getting progressively more alienated and self-hating, and what kind of message does that send to young gay viewers who may not have come out yet?
(Source: alpha-lima-lima-papa)
