how come in tv shows and stuff lesbian couples are always two femme white girls, one blonde and the other brunette like why always those two hair colors
theory: all lesbians across all of television are just reincarnations of the same two girls who keep dying
Yes, it’s true and yes it’s grown from the racism of white male showrunners and the ignorance of viewers.
Might be worth noting, though, at least one of X/G’s known lives were an older Indian woman and a younger Indian man (a dialogue about racism in the show was around even then).
Here’s hoping the basic problems with these soulmates (the scarcity of POC versions) is tackled with the Xena reboot. No reason either has to be a brunette or a blonde or white, except to further a damaging trope. And what would be wrong if Xena or Gabrielle or any other characters in the series were trans?
The reboot has the potential to break a lot of barriers. I hope the production team (should they get a green light) is up for it.
As for all their alt-universe versions, very happy they exist(ed), hope future versions reveal better representation.
Little known fact: the term ‘We was Robbed’ was invented by irate Xena fans following the character’s death in her series’ finale. The episode was written by the show’s executive producer, Robert Tapert, whose first name gave us the now-legendary verb.
To this day, whenever a queer female-identified character is killed off a television series, fans will angrily announce ‘We was Robbed!’
Unfortunately, no one copyrighted the term, so the Family have not only been ‘Robbed’ of media representation, we’ve missed out on nearly two decades of serious payback.
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