One Big Problem I Have With The New Heathers Series Is That Its Premise Is Centered Around The Assumption

one big problem i have with the new heathers series is that its premise is centered around the assumption that there is any average high school in america in 2018 where the popular clique of “bullies” consists of a nonbinary person, a black lesbian, and a plus-sized girl. It heralds itself as being “subversive” by making people of marginalized identities its antagonists on the grounds that we now live in a society in which these groups are no longer oppressed, targeted, or have hate-based violence directed against them. Unfortunately, this is far from true. There are possibly small internet communities on places such as tumblr where lgbt people, people of color, and other marginalized groups have a bigger voice and hold more power than they do in the outside world, but even that is arguable, and homophobia, racism, transphobia, and fatphobia still 100% exist even within these small microcommunities. 

And this DEFINITELY isn’t the case within american high schools. I’ve been out of high school for years now but i’d be willing to bet that if i walked into a random sample of average high schools across the nation, at least 90% of the popular cliques and “bullies” would be comprised of white, straight, cis, skinny girls. So to keep the sympathetic hero as a straight cis white girl (who is also now apparently blonde too for some reason on top of everything else?) but cast the villains with diverse races, sexualities, and gender identities does a service to no one and subverts nothing. Additionally, it misses so much of the original point of heathers which was a commentary on class, privilege, and the social order of white middle class teens in the 1980s and really only works if the heathers come from a high place of money, privilege, and status (which is one of the things that fuels JD’s, and partially veronica’s, bitterness). We don’t live in a society where black women, lesbians, nonbinary people, and fat people hold an inherent level of privilege over heterosexual cisgender white kids, therefore this part of the narrative is frankly nonsensical and useless to what drives the story in the original film. 

(and please don’t try to argue with me over any of this with the fact that in the musical heather mcnamara turns out good in the end, or that JD is a villain too so that it doesn’t matter that he’s white. The fact is that within the majority of the narrative all 3 heathers are meant to be seen as antagonists and, additionally, even though he’s a villain JD is still a character that people will inevitably sexualize, romanticize, and woobify, and him being a white boy definitely doesn’t detract from that)

it’s plain as day that the creators of this show have a very poor understanding of generation z and are dangerously projecting the idea that we live in a post-racial, post-gender, post-sexuality society onto their misguided riverdale/glee fever dream. This show feels like if somebody took one of those old “what if tumblr was a high school” posts and used it to pitch a tv series. I know some people are inevitably going to celebrate this show for its diversity and representation when it premieres but i can’t believe we still have to go over this concept: representation doesn’t help anyone if it’s bad representation. If you’re only including nonbinary, lesbian, black, and plus-sized characters in your story as villains, then you’re just perpetuating dangerously harmful ideas that many people already still hold that people of these groups deserve to be mocked, attacked, or discriminated against. 

I decided to create a masterpost that would help you with what you are struggling with. Hopefully any of the links below will help you! Reminder; You’re going to be okay. What you are going through will pass, just remember to breathe. 

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Distractions;

Here are some distractions to help keep your mind occupied so you aren’t too focused on your thoughts. 

-Draw something

-This website translates the time into colours.

-Create your own galaxy.

-Play flowing.

-Make a 3D line travel where ever you like. 

-Listen to music.

-Calm.

-Ocean mood, do nothing for two minutes.

Sleep issues; 

- 8 hour sleep music.

-Rainy mood. 

-Meditation.

-Coping with nightmares.

-How to cope with nightmares, 11 steps.

-Calm

-Foods that can affect your sleeping, both positive and negatively. 

 Uncomfortable with silence; 

-Rainy mood.

-10 hours of rain and thunder.

-3 hours of rain and thunder.

-Human heartbeat.

-Rainforest.

-Sound of rain on a tin roof.

-Autumn wind.

-Rain on a tent

-Traffic in the rain.

-Soft traffic. 

-Fan.

-Train.

-Simply noise.

-My noise.

-Rainy cafe.

Anxiety; 

-How to stop worrying. 

-Tips to manage anxiety and stress.

-The 10 best ever anxiety management techniques. 

-Self-help strategies for anxiety. 

-Helping a friend with anxiety. 

-All about worrying.

-8 myths about anxiety. 

Sad, angry and depressed/depression; 

-“I’m always sad”

-Feeling sad.

-Going through trauma.

-“I’m always angry”.

-Anger management. 

-All about anger.

-National helplines and websites.

-Self-help strategies for depression.

-Dealing with depression at work.

-Dealing with depression at school.

Isolation and loneliness; 

-Pets and mental health.

-All about loneliness. 

-“I feel so alone”

-10 more ideas to help with loneliness. 

-How to deal with loneliness.

 Self-harm;

-Alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques.

-146 things to do besides self-harm.

-More alternatives to self-harm.

-Self-harm alternatives.

-How to take care of self-harm wounds/injuries.

-Getting rid of scars.  

Addiction; 

-How to help a friend with a drug addiction.

-What is addiction?

-All about alcohol and addiction.

-The facts about drug addiction.

 Eating disorders; 

-Helping a friend with an eating disorder.

-Eating disorder treatments. 

-Support services for eating disorders. 

-Self-help tips with eating disorders.

-Eating disorder recovery. 

-Recovering from an eating disorder. 

-100+ reasons to recover. 

-Understanding and managing eating disorders. 

 Dealing with self-hatred;  

-3 ways to ease self-loathing. 

-How to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.

-Self-hatred resources.

-10 step plan to deal with self-hate. 

 Suicidal; 

-International suicide hotlines (1)  (2)

-Preventing suicide. 

-Reasons to stay alive.

-Dealing with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

-Coping with suicidal ideation.  

 Schizophrenia;

-All about schizophrenia.  

-Helping a person with schizophrenia.  

-Understanding and dealing with schizophrenia.  

-Delusions and hallucinations.  

OCD;

-Managing your OCD at home. 

-Overcoming OCD.

-How to cope with OCD. 

-Strategies for dealing with the anxious moments. 

Borderline personality disorder; 

-Helping someone with BPD. 

-All about personality disorders.

-Treatment for BPD.

Abuse; 

-Healthy relationships VS abusive relationships. 

-Emotional abuse

-Overcoming sexual abuse. 

-Hotlines services. 

-5 ways to escape an abusive relationship. 

-Domestic violence support. 

-Signs of an abusive relationship. 

-What do to if you’re in an abusive relationship. 

-Surviving abuse. 

-What you can do if you’re sexual harassed. 

-Sexual assault support.

-What to do if you’ve been sexually assaulted or abused. 

 Bullying;

-How to stand up against bullying.

-How to protect yourself when it comes to cyber bullying.

-How to help stop people bullying you. 

 Loss and grief; 

-How to cope with a suicide of a loved one.

-Grieving for a stranger. 

-Common reactions to death. 

-Working through grief.

(Other loss and grief)

-Moving away from friends and family. 

-Coping with a breakup.

 Getting help; 

-Seeking help early. 

-All about psychological treatments. 

-Types of help.

-All about age and confidentiality. 

Things you need to remember; 

- Don’t stress about being fixed because you’re not broken.

-Remember to remind yourself of your accomplishments. Tell yourself that you’re proud of yourself, even if you’re not. 

- This is temporary. You won’t always feel like this. 

-You are not alone. 

-You are enough. 

-You are important. 

-You are worth it. 

-You are strong. 

-You are not a failure, 

-Good people exist. 

-Reaching out shows strength. 

-Breathe. 

-Don’t listen to the thoughts that are not helping you. 

-Give yourself credit. 

-Don’t be ashamed of your emotions, for the good or bad ones. 

-Treat yourself the same way as you would treat a good friend. 

-Focus on the things you can change. 

-Let go of toxic people. 

-You don’t need to hide, you’re allowed to feel the way you do. 

-Try not to beat yourself up. 

-Something is always happening, you don’t want to miss out on what’s going to happen next. 

-You are not a bother.

-Your existence is more than your appearance. 

-You are smart. 

-You are loved. 

-You are wanted. 

-You are needed. 

-Better days are coming. 

-Just because your past is dark, doesn’t mean your future isn’t bright. 

-You have more potential than you think. 

- Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Please remember to look after yourself and know that you are more than worth it and you deserve to be happy. Keep smiling butterflies x

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