not being able to look at a piece of media inscribed into its historical context and instead analyzing it by comparing it with today's standards is also a sign of media illiteracy btw
just a reminder that being upset over a celebrity’s death is not parasocial in any way. these are real people that made real art that impacted you. you are allowed to mourn & grieve something special to you
my grief over dolly and tim curry is absolutely parasocial but you can't understate the impact that both of those people had for queer people, for women, for people who have always had "weird" interests and big personalities, they were icons for anyone strange
my heart hurts. part of why i loved dolly so much because i knew that even if other people didn’t love me for who i am, i knew she did. even if she never knew me, i had her. and now she’s gone and it feels like my hearts been ripped up