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7:50pm August 3, 2014

bittersnurr:

medievalpoc:

quifrmqueenz:

medievalpoc:

leeandlow submitted to medievalpoc:

The Diversity Gap in the highest grossing science fiction and fantasy films. Sad, right? You can see the full study here.

I highly recommend reading the entire article.
from the infographic:
Among the top 100 domestic grossing films:
only 8% of films star a protagonist of color
of the 8 protagonists of color, all are men; 6 are played by Will Smith and 1 is a cartoon character (Aladdin)
0% of protagonists are women of color
0% of protagonists are LGBTQ
1% of protagonists are people with a disability

I never understood why the genre I love so much doesn’t love me back :(

I admit this broke my heart because…me, too.
I have to say that one of the most unexpected and amazing things about Medievalpoc is that I’ve discovered I’m not alone in feeling that way; that there is a whole community out here trying to change that.

tbh i think the saddest thing about reading this for me was HOW EXCITED I was disability was even on the chart.
because disability is left out so often it’s usually not even on the charts and I can never actually find statistics for this stuff.
Also I should maybe point out since neither the article the 1% of disabled characters… is my guess hiccup from how to train your dragon? (I can’t think of anything else that both has a disabled protag and is fantasy/scifi) which seems relevant to mention when we are pointing out 1 of the other examples is also a cartoon.
The only disabled ACTOR I’ve seen on screen this year was Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask in xmen first class? All the other disabled characters in any movies to my knowledge were played by able bodied actors, including Hiccup.

medievalpoc:

quifrmqueenz:

medievalpoc:

leeandlow submitted to medievalpoc:

The Diversity Gap in the highest grossing science fiction and fantasy films. Sad, right? You can see the full study here.

I highly recommend reading the entire article.

from the infographic:

Among the top 100 domestic grossing films:

only 8% of films star a protagonist of color

of the 8 protagonists of color, all are men; 6 are played by Will Smith and 1 is a cartoon character (Aladdin)

0% of protagonists are women of color

0% of protagonists are LGBTQ

1% of protagonists are people with a disability

I never understood why the genre I love so much doesn’t love me back :(

I admit this broke my heart because…me, too.

I have to say that one of the most unexpected and amazing things about Medievalpoc is that I’ve discovered I’m not alone in feeling that way; that there is a whole community out here trying to change that.

tbh i think the saddest thing about reading this for me was HOW EXCITED I was disability was even on the chart.

because disability is left out so often it’s usually not even on the charts and I can never actually find statistics for this stuff.

Also I should maybe point out since neither the article the 1% of disabled characters… is my guess hiccup from how to train your dragon? (I can’t think of anything else that both has a disabled protag and is fantasy/scifi) which seems relevant to mention when we are pointing out 1 of the other examples is also a cartoon.

The only disabled ACTOR I’ve seen on screen this year was Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask in xmen first class? All the other disabled characters in any movies to my knowledge were played by able bodied actors, including Hiccup.