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[Sami @SamalambJ]

#Teriah #YR

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Absolutely! I mean there’s a long history of male queerness being viewed as “more serious” and female queerness being treated as a phase or aesthetic - which is largely due to women’s queerness still being filtered through the male gaze. When a lesbian character is suddenly paired with a man, it's framed as “progressive storytelling” - when really, it’s just a reflection of that bias, where female queerness is still not granted permanence or legitimacy in the same way a man's is.

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And it reminds us that sometimes the most regressive stories don’t announce themselves as cruel — they smile, call it “growth,” and expect us to thank them for it.

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In light of what's been happening with Tessa on Y&R i think it's important for this conversation to be had. Lets talk about it shall we:

The "sexuality is fluid” excuse. Y&R Edition 🧵

[Sami @SamalambJ]

The truth is, by doing this, they’re not expanding representation; they’re emptying it of its meaning. They’re stretching the language of inclusivity until it hides the very thing it was meant to protect. Its creative cowardice disguised as nuance — the slow dismantling of real progress beneath the illusion of 'open-minded' storytelling.

[Sami @SamalambJ]

@soapsdotcom The level of ignorance some of these websites have is genuinely astonishing

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This is what happens when people who’ve never needed representation are the ones trusted to write it. #YR

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It’s funny how “labels don’t matter” always seems to mean “we didn’t want to commit to consistent queer representation.”

[Steph ❤️‍🔥 @stephsM12nights]

“You’re not gonna get it because you’re not in it”

Taylor Swift haters definitely need to look inward and ask themselves why they spend so much time on something they claim to “hate”.

Bonny and Emily, well-said! 🫶🏻

https://t.co/LoJSdFJZgc

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@TheCinesthetic Classic

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My toxic trait is thinking I can fix the plot by yelling at my screen

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@YRInsider Every queer viewer: “Please don’t do this storyline - it's regressive and harmful.”

Y&R: does it anyway.

Congratulations, Y&R — queer regression is officially part of your legacy now. Good Job 👏🖕

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@FilmUpdates Manifesting this exact outfit for the role