I’ve been frothing for someone to write about this and you hit the nail on the head. Maybe for once, the representation is for us and not to prove time and time again that we can be ‘attractive’ to white people.
Yesss, this! People’s reactions definitely speak to an obsession with exceptionalism. I’d also be curious to know why they’d think a statue modeled after some “baddie” archetype would be more relatable? Few people look like that either. It’s definitely projecting insecurities/other internalized shit onto it!
I’ve been frothing for someone to write about this and you hit the nail on the head. Maybe for once, the representation is for us and not to prove time and time again that we can be ‘attractive’ to white people.
Exactly, thanks sm for reading ❤️
So true!
Yesss, this! People’s reactions definitely speak to an obsession with exceptionalism. I’d also be curious to know why they’d think a statue modeled after some “baddie” archetype would be more relatable? Few people look like that either. It’s definitely projecting insecurities/other internalized shit onto it!
loved this. thank you for sharing this perspective on representation asisa <3