Tumblr crosspost (9 October 2020)

[anghraine]

Pet peeve: “[X] is only popular because women think he’s hot!!”

I mean, it’s fine if that’s why a given person likes the character. But as a lesbian who often finds it easier to align myself with male characters, it’s this sweeping heterocentric (and frequently misogynistic) generalization that is just … constantly frustrating.

Tagged: #i mean it's also because my ~femaleness~ feels so purely socialized and non-innate that i have a lot of hang-ups #around the pressure to ID with cis female characters #unless they trigger 'wow MY TYPE' in my brain instead of 'ack gender feelings red alert!' #like. these things are messy! you don't know people's lives /unless they tell you/