WE DID IT EVERYONE!!! WE MADE IT TO THE TOP WORLDWIDE TRENDING TOPIC ON TWITTER!!!!
Consider this gif as a hug for all of you for banding together and getting this done.
And remember that even though this is a wonderful thing, we can still make our voices heard via postcards and tweets directed toward the writers/producers.
But most importantly, Happy Anniversary to Klaine and and everyone who loves them!! <333
Dorothy’s entire post is worth a read, especially since it’s a nice reminder how good Glee can be. That they do have the ability to write up to their potential with nuance and care.
“Sexy” was a big episode for Brittana, and it was a refreshing and honest portrayal of two ladies exploring their romantic feelings for each other. It’s nice to be reminded that the writers of Glee can actually write queer characters exploring their relationship with agency.
My favorite excerpt from Dorothy’s review is
Being gay can be really fucking confusing. If it’s not confusing for you, you’re lucky. It’s hard enough to find someone you love. And harder to find someone you love who loves you back. It’s even harder still when 90 percent of the planet doesn’t love the same way you love. And it’s hardest when you’re a teenager and you don’t know what it’s like to really love another person yet. So to see that struggle – not just about what it means to be gay, but what it means to be gay and lay your heart bare to another person – that matters.We know what Glee is capable of, and unfortunately, right now, they are not fulfilling their full potential or embodying the values of queer normalization they so often espouse. And with our postcard campaign, that is something we are hoping to change for the better.
This is a great idea, and while GleEquality is currently focusing on achieving parity between the representation of straight and queer couples, we encourage anyone who feels strongly about this or any other issue pertaining to Glee’s queer representation or endorsement of organizations that are not friendly to the LGBT community (or any one of the plethora of Glee’s issues), to take whatever productive and respectful initiatives they are willing to/capable of to call attention to said issues.
Thank you, Anon, and well put.
The dialogue that prompted this blog and movement for queer visibility has always been about both couples, because both queer couples are suffering from a lack of focus this season. There was no moment when we suddenly said, “Hey! We should “drag Brittana” into this to increase the credibility of us asking for more Klaine!”
That Glee is sexist in its treatment of female characters is obvious. But that is not Glee’s only problem, and there is nothing wrong with focusing on something else (queer erasure in this case). We are not forcing anyone to be involved in what we’re doing (though everyone is welcome to join in!), and we are not stopping anyone else from taking up a cause they deem worthy of their time.
The fact is, many of us ship both Klaine and Brittana and would like to see more focus on the couples we love. But that’s not what this blog is about. It’s about giving the canon queer couples on Glee equal representation to that of canon straight couples. Many of us here like both Klaine and Brittana, some of us only ship one but support the other’s right to parity, and some of us like Brittana more than Klaine (if you can believe it)!
They also believe that most klaine fans are tween girls and therefore dont want klaine for righteous pro-gay visibilty issues.
Not only is this kind of thinking sexist (and therefore ironic, considering the source), but it also erases the many people who are not straight tween girls who ship Klaine and/or are involved in this project.
I don’t even understand how people can think this is about ship wars. We are saying we want the queer relationships to be treated with the same weight as the straight ones—both the queer relationships. And no problem, feel free to rant whenever you want.
Thank you for the compliments! It just is especially unfair considering the fact that Glee gets all this praise for queer representation while not actually doing anything. It’s like having queer characters THERE is enough when it’s not. “Well, you see the queer kids sitting there and they join in on group numbers. What more do you want?” As the straight couples make out and get engaged on whims.
Thank you for the support, we really appreciate it. And it’s alright, we know that all anons aren’t like that. It’s not fair to judge an entire group of people based off a few bad apples and we would never do it.
I don’t get it either. If you don’t like the campaign then just don’t join. Don’t do anything. No need to turn around and try to counter it. We just want equal representation for the queer couples—isn’t that what they want too? Even if they just love Brittana and hate Klaine, why would they counter this? “No, don’t give the queer couples equal representation because that means giving stuff to Klaine and I don’t want that so disregard all the queers!” How does anyone benefit from that?
I’m not sure what these anons want from us, other then perhaps making us upset and/or angry. We’re sorry, but that’s not going to work. we refuse to respond with a sarcastic gif or in a passive-aggressive manner of any sort. It wouldn’t do any good and would only work to hurt the cause at hand.
So by all means, go on and make your video, others make your hate blogs, write up posts about how ignorant we all are for trying to make a change.
But if I may, I ask you, what will that accomplish?
This is a quick video showing the ridiculousness at the lack of dialogue between Brittany and Santana in Season 3.
If this doesn’t work it should be up at vimeo shortly http://vimeo.com/38142306
Man, seeing it all together like that really highlights how little respect the showrunners have for Brittany and Santana’s relationship, and especially for Brittany as a character. Because it’s not just that they don’t talk, it’s that they don’t talk about things that would affect both of them, both as a couple and as individual out queer ladies. Hell, Brittany often doesn’t say anything at all, to Santana or anyone else, about issues that affect her as a queer lady, like her girlfriend being outed and whatever extent that also outs her/allows her to be out, or being barred from kissing her girlfriend in the halls.
So it’s not even a matter of “well, this storyline isn’t about Brittany and Santana/they don’t need to have a conversation for this storyline/whatever”. It’s not even just about providing adequate representation. It’s a matter of two people who are at the center of storylines like “I Kissed a Girl” and “Heart” not speaking to each other about those storyline at all (and of the bisexual character being treated like she’s not even affected by those storylines). And, surprise surprise, this vortex of noncommunication between not only people in a relationship but between two people affected by the same storyline really only occurs around the queer characters. There was more recognition around the fact that Quinn, Lauren, and Santana would all have things to say to each other about prom than there is around the fact that Brittany and Santana might have something to say to each other about Santana being outed.
Thank you for this video, pastelxprincess and thank you for the additional commentary, boycottingtrends! This post really clearly illustrates the gaping double standard there is regarding queer couple interaction this season on Glee and how not only do the queer characters distinctly lack agency as individual characters, but also as a functioning couple.
It’s a far cry from what Brad said at last year’s PaleyFest, “What we’re trying to do is explore that character and what it means to be that character. Brittany will be a part of that exploration but the focus will be on Santana’s struggle with acceptance.”
This is a great reason to get involved in our twitter campaign celebrating the anniversary of “Sexy” and Santana admitting her feelings to Brittany.
