The spamming trailer for Astrid & Lily Save the World is driving me nuts.
The wave of fat representative shows and media is rediculous. What gets me is that every single fat woman written into a show has to be some loud, insecure, obnoxious, or "deal with it" stereotype that makes their weight their identity. This show is particular hinges on the absurdity of obese teenagers dressed like clowns as being useful, yet seems to be marketing that as fat positive?
How is that even progress? It's like considering the inclusion of black stereotypes in cinema a good thing. There was a time when Night of the Living Dead was groundbreaking for having a black actor play a normal, reasonable guy.
Yet the push now seems to be "fat acceptance" has to be exhibitionism, histrionics, sexualization, or characters whose core identity is being fat. Its just the media embodiement of the bikini in Times Square, with the utterly absurd idea that doing thing that would be obnoxious for thin people and getting glares = hate. If inclusion and acceptance was really the goal, characters would just be characters, and HAES activists would aim to be considered everyday people.
Yet, as ever, the goal is based entirely on histrionic attention seeking! Its almost like it isn't about normalization.....!