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humanodon  ·  4035 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I'm not here for #WhiteGirlsRock

I remember.

    If there are to be real changes in just about any major industry, hollywood certainly included, people need to vote with their wallets.

When it comes down to it, this is true although I would like to point out that advertising is designed to get people to like things and billions of dollars have gone into research on how best to appeal to the consumer. Furthermore, such research was going on as early as the 1960's (yeah yeah, Mad Men but some of that stuff is real).

That said, it can be hard for consumers to find the writers, directors and actors whose work they might like to support as those people tend to be part of a system that favor certain things and is informed by its own research and decision making and may be less than visible to the casual consumer.

I agree that in general, media needs to become more human. One of the chief things that I would love to disappear is the treatment of women of color as overly sexualized and exotic. I mean, everyone likes variety, but no need to be weird about it, you know?