Like Jo on your film article piece, I feel some sense of intrusion as a white straight women being here. But I wanted to share how I enjoyed your writing and the way in which it both educates me and shifts my lens out of my straight and white frame. I found it compellingly so. I just wish you were based in the UK so I could ask you if you’d be interested in taking part in my PhD research exploring women’s experiences of algorithmic governance in online TV. It would be so valuable to have a voice like yours that understands film and lesbian and black representation in this way. Especially when you write, “The glorification of toxic and abusive relationships for entertainment purposes is rife in some of the most popular black lesbian media, and I can’t get down with that. It saddens me on a very deep level, and because these women are made in my image and the image of those whom I've loved, it’s a sadness that is harder to shake off.
While I know that myself and many others have lived through abusive relationships, there is a way that Directors and Producers can normalize these on-screen relationships, and keep people salivating to come back for more, next week.”
Thank you for a wonderful read and opening out of my understanding 🙏
Hi Sam! Thank you so much for sharing. Please don't feel like you are intruding! While I center black bi/lesbian women in my work, and I certainly want to build community with women who share my experience...the works I publish here are available for people of all backgrounds to read, learn and explore, respectfully. I think there is benefit for the world to learn from us and our unique perspectives. I'm glad this has been your experience. 🌺
Like Jo on your film article piece, I feel some sense of intrusion as a white straight women being here. But I wanted to share how I enjoyed your writing and the way in which it both educates me and shifts my lens out of my straight and white frame. I found it compellingly so. I just wish you were based in the UK so I could ask you if you’d be interested in taking part in my PhD research exploring women’s experiences of algorithmic governance in online TV. It would be so valuable to have a voice like yours that understands film and lesbian and black representation in this way. Especially when you write, “The glorification of toxic and abusive relationships for entertainment purposes is rife in some of the most popular black lesbian media, and I can’t get down with that. It saddens me on a very deep level, and because these women are made in my image and the image of those whom I've loved, it’s a sadness that is harder to shake off.
While I know that myself and many others have lived through abusive relationships, there is a way that Directors and Producers can normalize these on-screen relationships, and keep people salivating to come back for more, next week.”
Thank you for a wonderful read and opening out of my understanding 🙏
Hi Sam! Thank you so much for sharing. Please don't feel like you are intruding! While I center black bi/lesbian women in my work, and I certainly want to build community with women who share my experience...the works I publish here are available for people of all backgrounds to read, learn and explore, respectfully. I think there is benefit for the world to learn from us and our unique perspectives. I'm glad this has been your experience. 🌺