What does anti-trans bias in media look like?
It looks like an article about complaints over the mere existence of a transgender character in a TV show that came from less than 0.0001895% of the show’s viewers, needlessly amplifying the bigotry of an infinitesimal number of complainers and granting them unwarranted attention.
Worsened by a headline that treats the number of complaints as significant and worded as though they hold some validity.
@amaditalks Am I dumb for not having realized Rose was trans? Did they mention that at some point and I just missed it?
Anyway, I bet Doctor Who gets 100 complaints about *something* every week - Who fans complain a lot! So yeah, weird they don't report all the other complaints.
@cherold @amaditalks
There was a brief scene where some bigoted teenagers catcall her, and Donna says she's calling their mothers.
But no, it wasn't a big deal... because it isn't a big deal. Rose is awesome and if people can't deal with it, they're pathetic.
@realtegan @cherold @amaditalks
I thought the catcalls were due to her personality. After all, she was supposed to be otherwordly, among many other things.
The biggest clues were in the getting-past-doctordonna -scene, but even those you could brush off, particularly if you're in your teens or doing something else while watching.
@cherold They said something during the Big Climax but my friends' son was talking at the same time so I couldn't hear it properly and thought until this thread she was coming out as enby or something. I've been meaning to re-watch without the additional soundtrack. :-)
@carey @amaditalks Oh, *that's* what Donna's mom was talking about!
Honestly, I don't think the deadnaming registered for me because when I grew referring to people as opposite of whatever sex/gender they were was very popular among boys - I knew a kid named George and people were always calling him Georgie Girl because of the song. So unless I was already thinking Rose was trans, that wouldn't have moved the needle.
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There are many reasons to not use hashtags, particularly on topics that might bring in the haters.
Leave the decision to use hashtags for the OP :)
I've been here awhile (under another account before this one), and I do know how things are. Mastodon works differently than Xitter.
Again, there is NO ALGORITHM.
There is no algorithm because there are NO ADS.
What exactly is supposedly being sold here with "spam"?
The many hashtags I posted were so that #DoctorWhoFans could find the post I was replying to, regardless of which one they were following.
I think you're probably confused.
@TheManyVoices you don't realize that there are people who just don't fucking care if there's an algorithm because they care about stuff being spread organically instead.
this is how "xitter" used to work as well and it was fine, there wasn't always an algorithm
you being obnoxious at them isn't helping. at all. it's just annoying. you're giving advice that isn't wanted.
and that doesn't even touch the fact that your "btw let me explain to you how the fediverse works" is now showing up under the hashtag, not the original post, and noone is going to think "woah that sounds cool I'm gonna click this reply that is clearly unsolicited advice to see what the original post was"
the fediverse isn't Twitter. most people here know that.
you don't need to tell them. they know. there's a decent chance they are here precisely because it isn't like Twitter and they aren't looking for a 1:1 replacement. they aren't looking for explanations on how to use this platform "right" in your eyes
@laura_fae
I certainly don't feel like *I* am the one being "obnoxious" here. (Ahem) The post was in regard to Doctor Who, and I know a lot of fans on here would be interested. Hashtagging is no more "obnoxious" than RT-ing to share it. On Mastodon, the use of hashtags to highlight topics IS "organic."
If the OP doesn't want me to share, they have the option of saying so themselves. They can ask me to delete my reply-- and they haven't.
Assuming someone else's opinion for them is "obnoxious."
and that's going to change minds how?
where bigotry exists it is better combated by empathy, compassion and dialogue. Otherwise the shunned double down.
there are no shortcuts to persuasion, and some people will never shift their thinking. But this reflexive aggression and urge to punish is counterproductive.
@amaditalks There’s always someone complaining about something that isn’t an issue…
(Not saying it’s a non issue. All hate is, and this might be only, but there’s plenty more out there. Saying it is nothing they should cave in for.)
“Over 100? Wow!”
If I can—reasonably—hand write “fuck off” postcards to everyone in a weekend, it probably isn’t a huge deal
@amaditalks "heads up for any bigots that didn't watch doctor who, we can make an issue out of this"
that number really comes off like they're just painting a bullseye
Attached: 2 images Apparently the BBC (UK) has had 144 complaints about a recent episode of #DoctorWho because it contained an openly #trans character. I'm going to make a complaint to the BBC that there weren't enough #transgender characters in Doctor Who. I would love if 144 other people did the same thing. Here's the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint (For your easy reference: "The Star Beast" aired on 25/11/2023, BBC One, and the trans character is called Rose.) Reply when you've done it, so we can count us all. When we get to 145, everyone... gets a free BLÅHAJ? 🦈 Edit: 2 days later, mission successful: 159 complaints/comments submitted, and still climbing! A *huge* thank you everyone - stay tuned for hopefully some freedom of information requests!
Weirdly the BBC don't mention it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/recent-complaints?category=All
Nor does OFCOM.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/272362/audience-report-291123.pdf
It's a conspiracy!!!
It wasn't even exactly prominent.
As a person who hadn't heard of Finney before, I missed most of the references. The ending was enough that I checked her wikiarticle, but if I were in the real target audience (what, from 7 to 13?) I probably wouldn't have bothered.
The BBC is Shyte.
@amaditalks
I watched that episode and thought that it was a happy coincidence that Donna's exit including the her saying the the word "binary" upon the merger with the Doctor, to have the escape clause that Donna and her daughter was able to avoid certain death because her non-binary daughter. Donna's love grew her capability to hold on the doctor's experiences.
It was a very clever written episode, and those that couldn't get past their own bigotry are the problem, not the trans character
@amaditalks It's just all so stupid. The fictional character was also a woman last time around. The BBC just needs to realize that a few of their cave dwelling fans discovered Who when they were fourteen and for deeply strange reasons haven't grown since.
How many stories went without space so that 100 bigots could have their 5 minutes?
@amaditalks
It is deliberate hate sponsoring.
100 insignificant shitheads get their volume increased for clicks.
What I take away is the best they could do was 100. It shows how small the shithead population really is and how disproportionate their amplification.
My trans friends & trans family will always have my love and support. I will try to remain bigger & louder than 100 shitheads.
Keep being you and know you are accepted by so many of us, even though some of us remain too quiet.
I joined a coordinated movement to complain to the BBC about insufficient trans representation on Dr Who. I think we've already outnumbered the haters.
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