Stereotype Fail and Shatmanapalooza

[wook77]

My racism/minority groups class is depressing me and not due to subject matter, either. I really thought that in a class that has an entire segment of the textbook that addresses the fallacy of "some of my best friends are..." that I wouldn't receive a comment that stated that "over-the-top portrayals of gays is all right because one of my best friends is gay and he laughs at himself all the time". Um, dude, just cause you find campy stereotypes of gay people to be lolarious doesn't mean that everyone does. I shouldn't have to explain the segment of the motherfucking textbook to you. I also shouldn't have to explain that his vote doesn't cancel out my vote and that makes it all right that the only portrayals of gays on mainstream television are the campy ones that never have a relationship.

Ugh, I did it anyway but, still. So much depressing bits because I shouldn't have to do it in a class based on racism and minority groups.

Then again, this entire weekend has been filled with this. I had to defriend someone yesterday (and block them from my LJ) when they decided to post a vitriolic, Islamaphobic diatribe as an "honor to 9/11". It is not honoring the people that died on 9/11 to post nasty, hate-filled, accusatory and negative stereotypes in an attack on Muslims. Cause, guess what? There were some *gasp* Muslims that died on 9/11 that weren't the hijackers, so STFU, bigoted doucherocket. Stop using a tragedy to justify your hatred. Otherwise, don't be surprised when someone whips out the Oklahoma City Bombing as a reason to hate all Christians. Face it, there are extremists of every religion out there. I shouldn't have to explain this but, dude, guess I do.

I also spent the weekend working and shopping for books. I got a bunch of awesome old skool romance novels to laugh at read and enjoy in addition to some awesome cookbooks, fantastic movies and Wiilliam Shatner's Star Trek Memories. OMG DID I SCORE OR WHAT!? The Shatman's memories of being on the Star Trek set! EEEEEEE PLUS OMG! I got a cd of his music and three books that he authored! It was Shatmanapalooza!

How was your weekend?

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[umbralillium.livejournal.com]

I also shouldn't have to explain that his vote doesn't cancel out my vote and that makes it all right that the only portrayals of gays on mainstream television are the campy ones that never have a relationship.

I rather enjoyed Kevin and Scotty on Brothers & Sisters, but the show itself was a little too soap-opera for my taste and then Kevin and Scotty started talking about adopting. I have nothing against gays adopting, in fact I encourage them. However, they were talking about it like it was a foregone conclusion that, after they got as married as you can get in California, the next step was obviously adopting. I don't honestly know for sure if they ever actually adopted. It just annoyed the crap out of me that the writers went the whole heteronormative date, marry, have kids route like it's the only thing that could happen after Kevin and Scotty got married. Not everyone in the world wants to have kids. In fact, I find it refreshing that Peter and Elizabeth on White Collar have been married for ten years and don't have kids, because A) kids really wouldn't fit into their busy lives and B) kids aren't necessarily a requirement to living a fulfilled life.

*cough* Sorry, got a little ranty. Kevin and Scotty were cute right after they got together seriously and I would've kept watching if not for the reasons listed above. It was nice to see gay characters that weren't unattractive, cock-hounds, or flaming queens. They were just two normal guys who happened to be gay. Other writers could definitely take some lessons from the B&S writers.