I used to think I was tired of het ships, but…

sourcedumal:

eshusplayground:

I’m tired of heterosexist ships.

I’m not gonna go “Ew, het!” just because a male character and a female character become an item. Some of my biggest OTPs are M/F ships. Did you not see me raving about Southside With You? Do you not see me tag Morticia/Gomez or David Bowie/Iman with “relationship goals”? Elisa/Goliath was one of my first OTPs, mkay?

So it’s not M/F that irritates me.

What irritates me is an awesome woman attaching herself to some (usually white) ain’t-shit fuckboy who only drags her down.

What irritates me is “breathing the same air” is the basis for their relationship.

What irritates me is when a (usually white) female character has much better chemistry with other female characters, or even with–gasp!–a man of color (and don’t let him be BLACK!!!), but she’s head over heels for some conventionally attractive white dude.

What irritates me is that 99.9999% of the time, a (white) male character chooses a (white) female character as “The One” before she has feelings for him.

What irritates me is that the vast majority of women in M/F ships conform to Eurocentric beauty standards that amplify the association of whiteness with beauty and worthiness.

What irritates me is that the vast majority of M/F ships are about his gaze and his wants and his needs and not hers.

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