swingandswirl:

tessghc:

lightspeedsound:

eternal-dannation:

lightspeedsound:

lightspeedsound:

I think ppl need to stop dismissing films like “crazy rich asians” and “to all the boys I loved before” as “cool for representation but just rom com fluff.”

Because like damn guys, sometimes I just don’t wanna deal with super deep narratives about identity and misogyny. Sometimes I just can’t handle the secondary trauma of movies like the joy luck club and maos last dancer. Sometimes I just need to escape into a happy place of light humor and hot people. And sometimes I want that happy place to show ppl who look like me.

Don’t knock escapism representation y’all.

Ppl are asking if it’s ok for white ppl to reblog

Answer: yes.

Would rather y’all reblog than speak over .

i legitimately and in all seriousness think harold and kumar go to white castle is a revolutionary film expressly because its a mediocre stoner film that happens to star two asian dudes

we deserve to have mediocre stoner films as much as the next group

Tbh Harold and Kumar is about two Asian bro’s fighting simultaneously against white toxic masculinity stereotypes and also a commentary on the problematic nature of model minority culture in America under the guise of just like…really loving weed, man.

Also launched the careers of two men who wouldn’t have gotten callbacks otherwise (not to mention Kal’s political activism !) So like…yeah.

Comedy —GOOD COMEDY—is subversive !

Also just,, POC still have everyday lives you know?? We can still do shit that doesn’t always involve fighting racism. When you only portray the struggles of POC you fall into the “one narrative” trap and leave all other types of stories for white people. Representation won’t be good enough until we have it in all genres.

Yep. Stories of BIPOC joy are just as important as stories of BIPOC pain. 

When you restrict media about BIPOC to just bad/heavy stuff, you say that only White people are capable of feeling the full spectrum of emotions, and that’s both BS and racist.