tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post2762757302785986324..comments2024-03-28T07:25:19.546-07:00Comments on Dorothy Surrenders: Bury Your TropesDorothy Snarkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143059192565751994noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-83167417172638626612016-03-24T23:02:35.100-07:002016-03-24T23:02:35.100-07:00At least there's CAROL.At least there's CAROL. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982148518278355233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-39378624733881994092016-03-24T19:57:20.462-07:002016-03-24T19:57:20.462-07:00Thanks for such a great article, followed by takin...Thanks for such a great article, followed by taking on the inevitable 'splainers, whiners, bigots, etc. Where do you get the energy? It's awesome having advocates like you. <br />"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." HST<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-15903055010409211412016-03-23T05:06:38.730-07:002016-03-23T05:06:38.730-07:00I feel like all you have to do is watch Gaycation ...I feel like all you have to do is watch Gaycation to understand why this is so critical. LGBTQ people all over the world need to see themselves/ourselves reflected in the media - we need to see that there is hope for our futures - we need role models. This next Gaycation will take place in the US.Waffleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529248813060681101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-32449504202482537052016-03-22T21:55:56.987-07:002016-03-22T21:55:56.987-07:00We are so lucky to have you, DS
Thank you for sayi...We are so lucky to have you, DS<br />Thank you for saying things so eloquently and so beautifully Carmen SanDiegonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-16649286068817749822016-03-22T08:11:34.240-07:002016-03-22T08:11:34.240-07:00Fantastic job DS!! You express so eloquently the t...Fantastic job DS!! You express so eloquently the things that I feel but don't quite know how to verbalize, so for that I thank you. You're doing a tremendous job and bravo for engaging the straight men who obviously don't understand what it's like to be gay. I think I would've just red facedly torn my hair out and smashed my screen after trying to reason with them lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-48253805609397410212016-03-22T05:29:44.119-07:002016-03-22T05:29:44.119-07:00Congratulations for being one of the loudest, most...Congratulations for being one of the loudest, most intelligent and most consistent voices out here demanding better treatment, better endings and less bullshit plots for our queer nation. I have been a big fan of yours for quite a while now, and posts like this just reinforce that. <br /><br />Back when I was still working retail, Pride Day came along, with the requisite parade. Of course a major newspaper for my area covered it with a large photo on the front. Of course it was a photo of a group that didn't paint us like everyone else. No, it showed an image more people would react to in a hateful, small-minded way. One of my customers came in to buy his usual paper, looked at the cover with disgust and threw his money on the counter as he made a comment about why "those damn gays can't just shut the hell up and quit whining. *His* people didn't throw parades to celebrate their sexuality". I leaned forward on the paper so he had to look me in the eye and said, "That's because YOUR people weren't beaten, belittled and killed for YOUR sexuality. Mine were and we deserve to celebrate every bit of goodness in our lives that isn't tainted by people like YOU." (Until that point, I don't think he had realized I was a lesbian)<br /><br />I have never forgotten the incident, or the hidden attitude of a customer I thought I liked, or the fact that so many still share his attitude. It is reasons like this that you, that we all, need to keep shouting, keep demanding better treatment in movies, in fiction and on the small screen.<br />You keep shouting, and I'll be shouting right beside you.Dragonquillcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570703922492149586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-38785068401193487752016-03-22T04:15:50.223-07:002016-03-22T04:15:50.223-07:00Dear Dorothy,
may I just take a minute of your ti...Dear Dorothy,<br /><br />may I just take a minute of your time to tell you how proud I am? I am proud to be a part of a community that stands up for itself and won't stop educating people about what it is that we're actually fighting for. It's not about the the (random and sloppily written) death of one fictional character (and yes, I am still very bitter about this), but about the representation of minorities as a whole. I loved your article. I read some of the comments and decided not to get engaged, because a lot of it makes me angry in ways I can't even begin to describe. <br />(Straight) people think that we have enough representation, hell, even my wife who had always been with guys until she met me and fell in love with me doesn't exactly get why this has me so riled up, but they don't know how it feels to grow up, questioning yourself and your sexuality and have no role mode, no representation whatsoever.<br />A few months ago there were articles about gay marriage in Germany (where I live) and even in publications that are considered "intellectual" the commentary sections where filled with homophobes. And I am not talking about the beer drinking white dude watching horror movies in his underwear, but articulate people. People who were able to put a whole argument together and were still homophobe. Reading it left me with a mixture of anxiety and anger and reminded me of my mother who – even if she loves my wife – still occasionally tells me that I have to understand my older brother for believing that I am "wrong in my ways", because ... you know ... it's a bit weird that I'm not into boys.<br />There is no such thing as acceptance yet and so we have to keep fighting for it. Well-written representation of LGBT+ relationships in the media is a major step to show that we are here and we are actually doing all the things the stupid title song from "The L word" is suggesting. And by that I mean "We are as normal as everybody else ... just a little more fun." We have to keep fighting for this and if this means that we start by rioting because of the fictional death of a fictional character, so be it.<br />What I actually wanted to say is: I am proud of you, Dorothy. For standing up, for writing about it and getting the message out. Whatever comes next, I'll be right here with you, because I swear fealty to this fandom, this community, until the day I forget to wear my bullet proof vest.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723479841053763716noreply@blogger.com