You Are Not Immune To Bias - Tumblr Posts

... You can, in fact, do both.

You can love a work of art for the things it has to say, for its emotional impact on the audience or just for the fact that it talks about specific things you care about, WHILE ALSO recognizing it's not immune to harmful cultural bias. You can recognize that a piece of art was really well made, and enjoy it for that, and love it for what it is for itself or for you with all your heart, while also going "that thing it casually throws into the scene is actually kinda fucked up and maybe says something really concerning about our society".

(... Which is also, coincidentally, exactly my opinion on book of Mormon the musical.)

Oh you love that musician that wears a strait jacket in a music video?

Oh you love haunted house attractions that are 'insane asylum' themed?

Oh you love that horror movie where the villain is portrayed to be psychotic?

But do you respect and care for mentally ill people who have been restrained because they were a danger to themselves or others?

But do you respect and care for people who are constantly in and out of psych wards, or have to live full time in psychiatric facilities?

But do you respect and care for people who have psychotic disorders, especially if they are poc and/or homeless?

Do you see us as real people, or do you just like the aesthetic of our suffering for your entertainment?