The fetishization of representation
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@_Izzy_ Ayo… you cute

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@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ bro this is supposed to be a serious topic lock tf in
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Tamagotchi club! NOCTURNAL Wannabe puppy-boy Mexican Drummer TV Girl ⋆⭒˚💙🩷.⋆✮⋆˙ simps Food Lovers womanism<3 cutie BADDIESSS ranch lovers krendrick lamar Papa's Pizzeria Strawberry Milk Strwberry Monster Strawberry Lovers !! 🍓 Carl Weezer Anime Gathering BDNS manga fan Clingy TwT ☆I ♥ LATINAS☆ I ❤️ bearded dragons I ❤️ koi fish orange juice >>> apple juice Stay Sober Orange_cats i love cats pineapples! Dragon ball fans Ranma Glazer Tetoling Inuyasha fan ##adhd roblox silly Deathnote ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ ☆★! Converse !☆★ Taken People who like frappes and those coffee milkshake things PKM FAN ∀ Chainsaw Man ∀ | JJK FANS !! I ❤️ The Smiths Arctic Monkeys♥ Crazy In Love. critter Johnny.SS Glazer i ♡ len Stardust Crusaders Gengar my beloved meow JJBA watcher I lobe my gfie x Omnisexual 💜🖤💙 neurodivergent EVA 1 •Cat Gang• 𝙏𝙑 𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇 💙×🩷 I <3 writing sweet potato enjoyers vocaloid Vocaloid stans! miku ♡ I ♥ Nirvana I ❤️ Gorillaz i ♥ weezer Puerto Rico THE BIG BACK SQUAD ♡каiто♡ LGBTQ+ Of BDNS KOROK LOVERS Edd MF DOOM lvrs gleeby glorp short person TRUE Gamers Bugz We <3 Gir pearto cult Froggy gang I ❤️ frogs I ❤️ snails Hide BDNS Ads did the dew i never sleep at night Green tea sipper Knives Chau Fan-Club chat-perms BUNNIES!!! Bar-B-Q Bacon burger. Hot Cocoa Mindless Self Indulgence WaffleS Eeveelution Fan! Online During School Banned
@_Izzy_ ur the one that came in with “it’s bc it’s not ur smile” and I responded also nobody gaf abt ts anyway

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@_Izzy_ ur the one that came in with “it’s bc it’s not ur smile” and I responded also nobody gaf abt ts anyway

@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ your smile is a serious topic
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Tamagotchi club! NOCTURNAL Wannabe puppy-boy Mexican Drummer TV Girl ⋆⭒˚💙🩷.⋆✮⋆˙ simps Food Lovers womanism<3 cutie BADDIESSS ranch lovers krendrick lamar Papa's Pizzeria Strawberry Milk Strwberry Monster Strawberry Lovers !! 🍓 Carl Weezer Anime Gathering BDNS manga fan Clingy TwT ☆I ♥ LATINAS☆ I ❤️ bearded dragons I ❤️ koi fish orange juice >>> apple juice Stay Sober Orange_cats i love cats pineapples! Dragon ball fans Ranma Glazer Tetoling Inuyasha fan ##adhd roblox silly Deathnote ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ ☆★! Converse !☆★ Taken People who like frappes and those coffee milkshake things PKM FAN ∀ Chainsaw Man ∀ | JJK FANS !! I ❤️ The Smiths Arctic Monkeys♥ Crazy In Love. critter Johnny.SS Glazer i ♡ len Stardust Crusaders Gengar my beloved meow JJBA watcher I lobe my gfie x Omnisexual 💜🖤💙 neurodivergent EVA 1 •Cat Gang• 𝙏𝙑 𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇 💙×🩷 I <3 writing sweet potato enjoyers vocaloid Vocaloid stans! miku ♡ I ♥ Nirvana I ❤️ Gorillaz i ♥ weezer Puerto Rico THE BIG BACK SQUAD ♡каiто♡ LGBTQ+ Of BDNS KOROK LOVERS Edd MF DOOM lvrs gleeby glorp short person TRUE Gamers Bugz We <3 Gir pearto cult Froggy gang I ❤️ frogs I ❤️ snails Hide BDNS Ads did the dew i never sleep at night Green tea sipper Knives Chau Fan-Club chat-perms BUNNIES!!! Bar-B-Q Bacon burger. Hot Cocoa Mindless Self Indulgence WaffleS Eeveelution Fan! Online During School Banned
@_Izzy_ is it “?
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Tamagotchi club! NOCTURNAL Wannabe puppy-boy Mexican Drummer TV Girl ⋆⭒˚💙🩷.⋆✮⋆˙ simps Food Lovers womanism<3 cutie BADDIESSS ranch lovers krendrick lamar Papa's Pizzeria Strawberry Milk Strwberry Monster Strawberry Lovers !! 🍓 Carl Weezer Anime Gathering BDNS manga fan Clingy TwT ☆I ♥ LATINAS☆ I ❤️ bearded dragons I ❤️ koi fish orange juice >>> apple juice Stay Sober Orange_cats i love cats pineapples! Dragon ball fans Ranma Glazer Tetoling Inuyasha fan ##adhd roblox silly Deathnote ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ ☆★! Converse !☆★ Taken People who like frappes and those coffee milkshake things PKM FAN ∀ Chainsaw Man ∀ | JJK FANS !! I ❤️ The Smiths Arctic Monkeys♥ Crazy In Love. critter Johnny.SS Glazer i ♡ len Stardust Crusaders Gengar my beloved meow JJBA watcher I lobe my gfie x Omnisexual 💜🖤💙 neurodivergent EVA 1 •Cat Gang• 𝙏𝙑 𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇 💙×🩷 I <3 writing sweet potato enjoyers vocaloid Vocaloid stans! miku ♡ I ♥ Nirvana I ❤️ Gorillaz i ♥ weezer Puerto Rico THE BIG BACK SQUAD ♡каiто♡ LGBTQ+ Of BDNS KOROK LOVERS Edd MF DOOM lvrs gleeby glorp short person TRUE Gamers Bugz We <3 Gir pearto cult Froggy gang I ❤️ frogs I ❤️ snails Hide BDNS Ads did the dew i never sleep at night Green tea sipper Knives Chau Fan-Club chat-perms BUNNIES!!! Bar-B-Q Bacon burger. Hot Cocoa Mindless Self Indulgence WaffleS Eeveelution Fan! Online During School Banned
@_Izzy_ okay

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omg i just realized the only reason my goat Ryme from pokemon gets no attention despite being an AMAZING poc design is bc shes a older lady and ppl find characters like Nessa more sexualally appealing and that actually makes me a lil sad
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Many popular “representation” characters end up being fetishized rather than genuinely appreciated. For example, many people initially disliked Brazilian Miku or Dominican Teto and even shamed the artists who created those interpretations. However, attitudes shifted once sexualized or suggestive drawings of those versions began circulating.
In the anime community, many race-related headcanons are only widely accepted when they align with someone’s fetish or personal preference. Even Yoriichi—one of the most commonly cited Black headcanons—is often discussed in ways that center on sexualization rather than character analysis or appreciation.
A similar pattern can be seen with Maki Zenin. Despite being a strong example of a character who dismantles patriarchal expectations in a society that shames women for trying to be powerful or confident, much of the mainstream attention toward her only surged once she began to be framed in a more sexualized way online. This shift often overshadowed the actual narrative themes of autonomy, resilience, and rebellion against systemic sexism that define her arc,she is actualy such damn good rep for women Istg
Similarly, BL and GL media are frequently consumed by straight audiences in ways that treat the relationships as “appealing” or “exotic” rather than engaging with them respectfully. Yaoi itself was historically popularized by groups of straight women while they were trying to gain traction in publishing spaces, which complicates how the genre is perceived and marketed today especially on social media platforms such as TikTok…specifically TikTok actually.
@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ I agree but most/a lot of fetishization from somebody comes because they care while not everyone for something to be like that usually you'd end up watching the show thinking the characters amazing then it turns into fetishization maybe not for every case but more common then just pulling up a random anime character
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@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ I agree but most/a lot of fetishization from somebody comes because they care while not everyone for something to be like that usually you'd end up watching the show thinking the characters amazing then it turns into fetishization maybe not for every case but more common then just pulling up a random anime character
Tamagotchi club! NOCTURNAL Wannabe puppy-boy Mexican Drummer TV Girl ⋆⭒˚💙🩷.⋆✮⋆˙ simps Food Lovers womanism<3 cutie BADDIESSS ranch lovers krendrick lamar Papa's Pizzeria Strawberry Milk Strwberry Monster Strawberry Lovers !! 🍓 Carl Weezer Anime Gathering BDNS manga fan Clingy TwT ☆I ♥ LATINAS☆ I ❤️ bearded dragons I ❤️ koi fish orange juice >>> apple juice Stay Sober Orange_cats i love cats pineapples! Dragon ball fans Ranma Glazer Tetoling Inuyasha fan ##adhd roblox silly Deathnote ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ ☆★! Converse !☆★ Taken People who like frappes and those coffee milkshake things PKM FAN ∀ Chainsaw Man ∀ | JJK FANS !! I ❤️ The Smiths Arctic Monkeys♥ Crazy In Love. critter Johnny.SS Glazer i ♡ len Stardust Crusaders Gengar my beloved meow JJBA watcher I lobe my gfie x Omnisexual 💜🖤💙 neurodivergent EVA 1 •Cat Gang• 𝙏𝙑 𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇 💙×🩷 I <3 writing sweet potato enjoyers vocaloid Vocaloid stans! miku ♡ I ♥ Nirvana I ❤️ Gorillaz i ♥ weezer Puerto Rico THE BIG BACK SQUAD ♡каiто♡ LGBTQ+ Of BDNS KOROK LOVERS Edd MF DOOM lvrs gleeby glorp short person TRUE Gamers Bugz We <3 Gir pearto cult Froggy gang I ❤️ frogs I ❤️ snails Hide BDNS Ads did the dew i never sleep at night Green tea sipper Knives Chau Fan-Club chat-perms BUNNIES!!! Bar-B-Q Bacon burger. Hot Cocoa Mindless Self Indulgence WaffleS Eeveelution Fan! Online During School Banned@BritishUnity I agree that it obviously isn’t instantaneous but it’s weird That it’s more accepted generally
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people online will sexualise anything and everything and thats just how it is
not that its okay but like theres no way to stop it so try not to get too angry otherwise youll be like permanently pissed off with the sheer number of issues we have in the world right now
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people online will sexualise anything and everything and thats just how it is
not that its okay but like theres no way to stop it so try not to get too angry otherwise youll be like permanently pissed off with the sheer number of issues we have in the world right now
@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)
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@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)
@_Izzy_ said in The fetishization of representation:
@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)
take Kaaatie for example, her content was sexualized BRUTALLY and I lowk felt bad for her but most of that sexualization is mostly from the greasy lakes of reddit and toxic environments of twitter
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@_Izzy_ said in The fetishization of representation:
@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)
take Kaaatie for example, her content was sexualized BRUTALLY and I lowk felt bad for her but most of that sexualization is mostly from the greasy lakes of reddit and toxic environments of twitter
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song of the day grape juice fans! Swagg_c3rt1fi3d<3 Melt Ice hamster gang I ♥ Nirvana Has a Youtube Channel wii era nostalgia VIP Membership #fuckmybakalife xbox nostalgia pearto cult ENA FAN GLAGGLE lemonade guy orange juice >>> apple juice Orange_cats i love cats pineapples! BDNS DATABASE ultrakill Shadow Supremacy ★ Guitar peeps ♬⋆.˚ fnaf nerds EVIL EMPIRE cupling CHAOS SPEAR Chaotic People I hope this hurts DOOM FAN toetickler victim Belt to assdawg don't bring ts up.
also i'm pretty sure they mean people doing this stuff with REPRESENTATION so ts doesnt even fit here, don't talk about unrelated content farm stuff since this has nothing to do with this topic's proposal
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dawg don't bring ts up.
also i'm pretty sure they mean people doing this stuff with REPRESENTATION so ts doesnt even fit here, don't talk about unrelated content farm stuff since this has nothing to do with this topic's proposal
@st4tic said in The fetishization of representation:
dawg don't bring ts up.
also i'm pretty sure they mean people doing this stuff with REPRESENTATION so ts doesnt even fit here, don't talk about unrelated content farm stuff since this has nothing to do with this topic's proposal
lemme edit ts up twin
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@_Izzy_ said in The fetishization of representation:
@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)
take Kaaatie for example, her content was sexualized BRUTALLY and I lowk felt bad for her but most of that sexualization is mostly from the greasy lakes of reddit and toxic environments of twitter
@KiwiFarmsArkavel is that a streamer or smth? We're talking about how representation in media (like different races, sexualities, ect.) is usually only popular when it's sexualized (like all the most popular poc pokemon characters being vry sexualized in the fandom, or johnny's Brazilian miku example) but yeah celebrities face a simular thing, most famous females and some men are heavily sexualized, its vry sad
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@KiwiFarmsArkavel is that a streamer or smth? We're talking about how representation in media (like different races, sexualities, ect.) is usually only popular when it's sexualized (like all the most popular poc pokemon characters being vry sexualized in the fandom, or johnny's Brazilian miku example) but yeah celebrities face a simular thing, most famous females and some men are heavily sexualized, its vry sad
@_Izzy_ said in The fetishization of representation:
@KiwiFarmsArkavel is that a streamer or smth? We're talking about how representation in media (like different races, sexualities, ect.) is usually only popular when it's sexualized (like all the most popular poc pokemon characters being vry sexualized in the fandom, or johnny's Brazilian miku example) but yeah celebrities face a simular thing, most famous females and some men are heavily sexualized, its vry sad
Kaaatie made this series called FPE, but apparently some people think most of the characters are hot n stuff and it all led to this disastrous period of time where it got so bad to the point where Kaaatie disappeared from the internet (she was 16 when she launched FPE back in 2024)

