Hyrtwyn (she/her), 28. A home for the many things I work on, and the many more I will never finish. 18+, please!
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I Have Been Informed That My PFP Looks A Little Wonky Because It's A Circular Design And Tumblr Displays
I have been informed that my PFP looks a little wonky because it's a circular design and Tumblr displays it square. I'll make a replacement for it in a bit.
Also, easy way to tell I'm on mobile? Asterisks. Asterisks for days...
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The new PFP is up! I made it, er... relatively quickly. Say hi to Yen, everyone!
Support the BBC for having a trans character in recent episodes of 'Doctor Who'
Apparently the BBC (UK) has had 144 complaints about a recent episode of Doctor Who because it contained an openly trans character.
I've made a complaint to the BBC that there weren't enough transgender characters in Doctor Who. I would love if 144 other people did the same thing. Here's the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
(For your easy reference: "The Star Beast" aired on 25/11/2023 on BBC One, and the trans character is called Rose.)
Please note that the complaint form asks for your UK postcode, so only UK folks can join in with this - but if you suspect you might have any UK-based followers, maybe give us a reblog to boost the signal?
Reply when you've done it, so I can keep track of us!
Here's my complaint:
![Screenshot of online form.
Select the best category to describe your complaint: Bias
What is the subject of your complaint? Not enough trans people.
Please enter your complaint, and please don’t add personal details such as your name, email or phone number in this field – we’ll ask you for those at the next stage.
Textbox: I am upset because Doctor Who only two transgender characters - Rose (Donna's daughter) and the Doctor. I think Doctor Who would be way better if there were more trans people in it. If we assume the Doctor is genderfluid kinda, and Rose is a trans woman, there should at least be a trans man in there somewhere!
Anyway, thank you for adding some trans representation, I appreciate it, and I'm sorry to hear you had complaints about Doctor Who being "too woke". Trans people are all over the shop in real life, it only makes sense to have them on TV every now and again too.
Take care, [remaining text not visible]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/72bd09fa0ef4ec833a0026e8f15b6b0d/c03b55b2c6f98773-f2/s500x750/e076e6120989197ba02c7962ee23464c5606f194.png)
I recommend:
Avoid sarcasm or irony. Assume your post will be taken literally. If you are clearly joking or being mean you will be ignored or misunderstood.
Include some gratitude/appreciation. It's pretty great that they included a trans woman in a positive way, and they should know that they have explicit support for that.
Chapters 27 and 28 are uploaded!
You got a Haruka! ✨
Love that the headline is "THEY RECEIVED OVER 100 CONPLAINTS," but leave out that that 144 is out of 7.6 million viewers.
I didn't know 0.00189% of an audience complaining was worthy of an entire article.
Kinda perfect microcosm of the entire "trans debate." There's an extremely loud very small minority of people that hate trans people while the vast majority are either ambivalent or supportive, but the headlines and media coverage go to the very small minority of transphobes.