Must Watch Video on why the Star Wars Fandom Hates LGBTIAQ+ People (www.youtube.com)

submitted 11 months ago by sculd@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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Amazing video produced by Jessie Gender along with a group of creators whom many of them are from the ** LGBTIAQ+ community** .

I knew from my anthropology class many years ago that George Lucas borrowed concept from the The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

What I did not know is that the author, Joseph Campbell is:

A misogynist
An antisemite
Didn't research properly

This explains why the hero must be a (white) men.

Carl Jung's theory about collective unconsciousness and archetypes are also outdated and discarded by psychology.

The archetypes reduce women to "mother", "Goddess". etc. but never the hero.

Also, since Jung's theory categories people neatly into archetypes, those who does not fit social norm (LGBTQIA+ people) were never represented.

When the creation is based on such shaky foundations, no wonder the Star Wars fandom turns out to be racist and misogynist.

Btw, do you know who else's book borrows heavily from Jung? Jordan Peterson.

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[-] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 36 points 11 months ago

At nearly 6 hours long I can confidently say that some things should just be a very long blog post. There's no way I can parse and digest a complex argument about popular media via a youtube video of that size. It's just...I got stuff to do.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

I don't understand long format videos because to me they only exist because of two reasons

the researcher has done an enormous and thorough job on the subject which requires lots of detail to understand
the producer had lots of content and was too lazy to condense it all so they just mashed everything together and let the viewer figure it all out themselves.

The best and most informative documentaries to me are an hour or less .... if I'm going to watch something longer it's going to be a series of well produced and well written episodes created and produced by writers, researchers and presenters who carefully present the content in a clear concise way.

I am not going to watch a six hour slog written and produced by someone I've never heard of and has little to no credentials in writing or producing.

I don't mind independent projects but at six hours long, I really have to be convinced by someone significant to spend that much time.

[-] mjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

It's why papers in college have word limits - you need to be able to pick what's most important and make your point.

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

With this video it's the second option. They had lots of content and did not condense it sufficiently. They repeat themselves all the time and it's hard to tell what's new information and what they've already mentioned before...

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

I understand your concern. I watched it in several sessions over a few days, like watching seminars of a subject. I was not sure too but now I can say its worth it.