Glee is a show that stars mainly white characters with a secondary cast of token “minorities” which is illustrated by the fact that only the white cast members were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. The show is notorious for tokenism. It does so by including a limited number of individuals from oppressed groups to make a TV show (or workplace) “feel” more inclusive while maintaining the status quo. In this case the status quo is white and heterosexual. Token characters are usually relegated to a secondary or sidekick role. In Glee, nearly all the secondary characters are tokenized even as the writers attempt to cover it up by “special episodes about –insert oppression here–”.

Top 5 Problems with Glee’s Season Two Premiere | Feminist Frequency (via monkeyknifefight)

Not to mention the status quo in Glee is also thin, able-bodied, and cis. Then again, that’s almost every show.

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Ok, these problems are all significant - but man, was it just me or did the ep suck plotwise? The only cute thing was Tina and Mike together (mostly because Artie bugs me) but that was overshadowed by the attempted lampshading that just made the whole situation seem MORE racist. Sometimes, I can’t even. Also, Matt’s been booted for this new kid, which makes me sad.

228 notes // September27th 2010 // 12:23
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originally posted by haciendarecords

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EXACTLY!!! Gosh, so eloquent. So many problems with that show.
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VERY VERY VERY TRUE
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Seriously. Fuck you, Glee. Fuck you in the face.
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interesting thoughts.
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all true. but it’s such campy fun D: well, i download it so they aint gettin ma monay.
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