#modern media

[midnights-dragon]

this might be controversial but modern media has ruined the perception of all queer people because all gay couples are compared to either nick and charlie from heartstopper or mitch and cam from modern family which are both stereotypical white mlm stories that do not in any way represent every queer relationship. in this essay i will

#anyway enough being profound out of me today #modern family #heartstopper #lgbtq #queer #queerphobia #modern media #lgbt representation #lgbtq representation #gay representation #hollywood #gay #lgbt #in this essay i will

[urmomswifesworld]

Fleabag, a Feminist Icon

I love the show fleabag with all my heart, it is an amazing piece of television which makes me feel so many emotions. I spent a lot of time pondering how this piece of art is involved/impacts/advocates for feminism and want to share my thoughts.

⁍ The use of breaking the fourth wall was a very poignant technique. It served as a commentary on the agency and autonomy of the female voice. Fleabag's direct engagement with the audience, while offering a deeper insight on the characters feelings thought and emotions, challenges the typical passive role female characters are given within story telling as she is an obviously active participant in HER narrative. ⁍ The show tackles often taboo subjects such as sex, a topic women have been shamed for talking about or indulging in for decades. Fleabag's unapologetic approach of her own desires and refusal to succumb to societal norms go against the stereotypical representation of women in television. Her sexual autonomy is a crucial aspect of her character and is never demoralised or shamed for her choices and instead encouraged to navigate her journey through validation and empowerment. ⁍ Fleabag also delves into the intricacies of female relationships. It views them of less of "gossipy" and more of a strong powerful sisterhood which is unlike what is usually presented in television. The shows central focus is on Fleabags relationship with her sister, not a man. It beautifully acknowledges the ups and downs of woman and sisterhood and shows that women are deeper than what is at face value. ⁍ It offers a critical examination of societal expectations placed upon women by showing the brutality of the guilt, grief, and self-worth issues Fleabag has to deal with which many other women can relate to. The show dismantles the typical perfect, put-together woman ,whom we are far to familiar with through all sorts of media, and instead presents a protagonist who is flawed, messy and REAL. It is a refreshing departure of the one dimensional female characters we are typically forced to indulge in. ⁍ The character of Fleabag challenges traditional gender roles and expectations by rejecting the idea that her worth is defined by her relationships with men or how well she adheres to social norms. The show is about HER journey of SELF-discovery and SELF-empowerment. This enforces the fact that a woman's narrative does need to revolve around conforming to societal expectations.

The show is a ground-breaking representation of feminism in contemporary media. Through its innovative narrative, unapologetic exploration of female sexuality, and nuanced portrayal of female relationships, the show defies stereotypes and provides a platform for authentic, multifaceted female characters. I highly recommend anyone to watch the show as it was a breath of fresh air.

#fleabag #phoebe waller bridge #god i miss this show #feminism #feminist #feminist review #review #tv shows #tv show review #thoughts #relatable #feminist media #modern media #media #televison #women #sisterhood

[justynakulisa]

On art and literature, and why it's not just "content"

Forgive me in advance for the incoming salt, but this is a rant I've been sitting on for ages. A tweet I saw* only cemented my need for the aforementioned rant, so here we are.

A bit of context first. I worked at a bullshit, huge corporation for almost 6 years; after that, I've moved on to a corporation that's way smaller and involves some actual work rather than bullshitting for 5 days a week, but it's still a corporation. That's a background experience I'll be relying on, mixed with observations of the absolute hellhole that LinkedIn is, with a sprinkle of mainstream media attitude. For the sake of clarity, I usually refer to art and literature as "art", but I'll be using art&lit in the post. With that out of the way, LET'S DIVE IN.

If there's one thing that's aplenty in every corporation, it's the amount of self-affirmative spam you receive every day. Department status updates, newsletters no one reads, trainings and videos to watch, and so on, and so forth. And it is, regardless of the corp and the type of spam, called "content". It's an apt name for it, because it's neither art, nor anything useful. Just a barrage of words some poor soul had to put together. Oh, I'm sorry, not a poor soul. A content creator.

I can say I'm a content creator at my day job. I write software documentation and manuals. It requires some thought and some effort, it's not a bullshit job I could ignore without any negative consequences to me or the company or the world at large. But it's not art I create there. It's content. It's got no artistic value whatsoever except maybe for explaining concepts in an easy-to-understand way. The companies themselves have got no qualms about calling that type of fruit of their employees' work "content". That at least doesn't bother me. "Content" is an adequate term for repetitive, artless form of work that require creating something out of nothing.

But when the same term is applied to art&lit, when artists and writers are called "content creators", I grow spikes like a porcupine.

I understand why it's easy to use those terms. They're easy, umbrellous enough, and carry their meaning well. It encapsulates people who don't do art&lit, but dabble in education, design, what have you. But the results of their work isn't content as it's seen at its core and at its roots.

You churn out content daily and often without effort. Those instagram accounts posting variations of the same photo every day? That's content. A book written for 3 years and edited for the next 2, full of gorgeous prose and magnificent storytelling, or a painting that took weeks to finish? That's not content. That's art. And people who let it into the world by effort of their hands are artists.

That line of thought brings me back to that tweet I linked earlier. "Media consumption" is just as dehumanised, nebulous term for experiencing art&lit as "content creation" is to refer to the act of writing and painting/drawing. It assumes the interaction with content at the speed and rate it's created. Which is: fast. Then faster. And faster and faster, until both you and artists end up in an ever-rushing cycle of more, more, more. (I already ranted about streaming and the effect it's got on media, so I'll stop myself from doing it again ;)). But, FOMO, anyone? I'm sure all of us have experienced it at least once at some point. Corporations and mainstream media have got a way of slithering into our lives and taking terms and things that make us happy for themselves. They also tend to flatten nuances, limit imaginations, and produce countless iterations of the same trope if only they realised it was popular. (Side note: it's very obvious in traditional publishing when agents and editors seek stories centred around a motif for some 5 years after the first book with that motif made a breakthrough. That's something to talk about for another time, though.) And after all traces of what made an idea unique and brilliant, after art&lit have deteriorated into simple content, then both terms truly become equivalent.

I don't think that simplification is something we as a society should condone. 

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* - as often happens, given tweets' fleeting nature, this on too no longer exists. (should've made a screenshot, that's what). it had something to do with commercialisation of entertainment and the push for new films and shows and stories be published faster and faster as a never-ending stream you cna drown in. or so i think, at least.

#culture #crossposted on my website #modern media #contentisation will kill art and us artists with it and we can't let it do that

[firerose]

Modern Media needs to realize something

Women who act like their better than men and put them down for even the tiniest mistakes does not mean they are strong women!

#modern Media #anti disney #whats wrong with treating #with treating #characters with respect?

[wheelybard]

I want to be excited by media again. It seems as though we as a culture are so used to be mid about media. It just feels like being excited about something will Circle back into being cringe because we are not being critical about something. I don’t want to be critical about everything I want to have fun yes even if I get older. I want to go wow about media I don’t care if people hate  culture nowadays i’m going to be excited for things. It just feels weird because people seem to be critical of everything they see.

I sometimes have to take my brain off and have fun. I just want to be fun again! I feel the Internet culture has made us dissect every facet of media and while I understand the need to take things seriously where is the sense of fun.

It’s always like I like it it was fun and then people ask why. You don’t need to ask why you think something is fun. If you find something fun it’s fun. I just want to know where that mentality went away.

#modern media #media analysis #fun #I just want to have fun #critical thinking #am I wrong?

[breedthepriest]

The Baals / Baal Zebuls/ Beelzebubs I know in Modern Media times:

Since I've been wasting my life learning mythology during my holidays, I like how some people portray Baal as a woman since he's also a god of fertility. So, here are some of the Bs I know:

Baal/Beelzebub from Shin Megami Tensei series:

Beelzebub, the anime:

Baal/Ei/Raiden Shogun from Genshin Impact:

Beelzebub from Obey Me! Shall We Date?:

Baal/Baal Zebul from Bayonetta series:

Beelzebub from Granblue Fantasy

If I could find more regarding the Lord of the Flies, I'll try to add it to this list.

#baal #baal zebul #beelzebub #raiden shogun #shin megami tensei #beelzebub anime #genshin impact #obey me shall we date #obey me! shall we date? #bayonetta #bayonetta 3 #granblue fantasy #anime #manga #video games #mythology #demonology #modern media

[ackermental]

I feel like the last five minutes should be force-fed to like 99,99% of the westernies writers.

#netflix #hbo #modern media #historical shows #grrm #Youtube

[vanshipartist]

Tired of "bury your gays" it's time for an era of gay immunity who's with me

#bury your gays #modern media #happy pride #and of COURSE by gay immunity I mean queer immunity as it encompasses the whole community #bring a whole new meaning to 'queer survival'

[farmfreshopposum]

It’s currently December 17, 2022, and I currently have an all-consuming craving for high school shows. Forget Euphoria, which has shown me nothing but glorified existence and addiction as a form of entertainment. As someone who has seen similar themes reflected in my own life, it is nothing but painful to watch kids (who are supposed to be like me) suffer endlessly with no hope in sight. Of course I want to see the pain, but I also want to feel the motivation. I want to see people on that screen, who are faced with a tsunami, withstand it because how else can we ever hope to? I have three particular shows in mind, the first two of which Netflix has neglected to continue.

The Society showcases a modern-day Lord of the Flies scenario with an implied multi-verse that we never get to expand upon. You get to love and hate, love and hate. There are all sorts of familial, platonic, and romantic relationships, including queer people and POCs. Even as only a viewer, you’re forced to examine the same dilemmas the characters face, as they’re dilemmas we experience today: policing, gun control, the death penalty, and more. And despite the heavy material, there are still endless glimmers of hope and growth.

Grand Army is a show that I initially doubted. Yet it has a similar theme of diverse cast members and story lines, as well as serious issues that too many young Americans face today - violence, prejudice, generational struggles. Just like The Society, we see those glimmers of hope, of kids like us growing into themselves.

Finally, one that Netflix has yet to kick to the curb: Heartbreak High. I had similar doubts with this one that weren’t helped by this show’s much brighter wardrobe and lighting. However, you’ll find that same easy diversity (more than the other two shows, even) and the same discussion of contemporary issues. It’s a little lighter, easier to bear all in one sitting. An added bonus is everyone’s beautiful Australian accents and dialogue. Not only this, but a Season 2 has been announced!!!! (Fingers crossed, dear reader.)

We need more shows we can see ourselves in, and we need the people in charge of making more to understand it’s what teens want to see. Euphoria and shows like it are nothing more than romantic exaggerations that weren’t made for kids dying to see themselves on a screen like I was. No wonder they’ll make you feel so out of place; that’s not a place most people are ever in. Instead, feel gutted because that was you on that TV just now; that was wonderful, beautiful you who’s probably in pieces but making it work. Consume media that makes you feel as young and hungry and stunning as you are, and accept nothing less.

#opposum farm diaries #grand army #the society #heartbreak high #euphoria #modern media #diverse shows #make more shows for teens #that's a 30-year old playing a child

[dark-black-dahlia]

#mark twain #weird history #instagram #funny #clueless #cant win #modern media #cant trust no one

[notgoingwell]

#vid recs #the critical drinker #modern movies #modern entertainment #modern media #strong female character #hollywood #storytelling #diversity #inclusion #representation #feminism #female #writing #bad writing #characterization #character writing #media analysis #tropes #character traits #writing problems #gender roles #inclusivity #stereotypes #media representation #character analysis #analysis #film analysis #video essays #video essay

[real-real-numbers]

obviously boomer humor overly sexualized comics are not that deep but there's one particular flavor of them that is just hilarious to me and it's the ones where the punchline is "haha women only think about sex." no YOU only think about women in the context of sex. the person you're making fun of. who interprets every situation as sexual. it's YOU. and you only think this is true of women because YOU never bothered to consider them in any other way. immaculate self own

#boomer humor #feminism #modern media

[ireadbooksinthewoods]

maybe I'm just old, maybe I'm sentimental and nostalgic and that's clouding my judgement on this. but everything is so sleek and shiny now. it's all perfect. high def cameras and 4k shots and filtered photos and sterile whites and rounded edges and neutral colors. everything in the modern is boringly perfect. there's no grain, no vibrance, nothing funky that pops, nothing chunky or eclectic, or absurd in the mainstream. it's all polished up, all so designed to give you a distorted sense of reality. I don't feel like everything is as clean and smooth as it is on TV and on the Internet. it makes me feel wobbly and unstable sometimes. like I'm looking at things and they're different to me than they should be. it makes me feel drunk or sad or lonely somehow.

#rambles #thoughts #society #personal #random #rant? #modern media #modern day #nostalgia #reminiscing #nostalgic #memories #social media #marketing #capitalism #yes i think it's capitalism's fault lol

[mentallythe-illest]

I need proof of women being loved.

That's all, really. I want the best examples of women being loved truly, deeply, unconditionally, in all contexts, from romantic to familial to general admiration. I just need to be reminded of how much women are cherished despite a world built to break them.

#women #feminism #positivity #love #unconditional love #pro women #literature #modern media #cinema #girls #support #poetry

[wheelybard]

I feel nobody really is excited about media anymore. Like I’m not talking about the cinematic universes because everybody’s tired of that. I’m talking about nobody really gets excited for movies or TV shows anymore even original ones.

Yes I know fires in bottles exist like a flag means death and what we do in the shadows that is really popular with the gays and everybody loves them but apart from that….

And I know we live in the the fandom site, but it just seems nobody is as excited as they used to be about media. I don’t know what happened.



#media analysis #modern media

[lordnot]

It feels like there's something to be said about the decreasing quality of modern media

given how often my dashboard has Dracula Daily discourse on it

or discourse on fucking Columbo.

#modern media #Tumblr Dashboard #Columbo #Dracula Daily