Hear my beaten heart exclaim

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fyeahderrickjensen:

“Because most scripts are written by and for men, they project a world in which men rule, and in which men play most of the roles. Television and movies project the power structure of our society, and by projecting it, perpetuate it, make it seem moral, make it seem the only thing to do, to talk about, to think about. Once viewers have become habituated to a certain type of story, they experience great consternation if you try to change it. Let’s say you try to countercast, or change the typical casting in a typical story. A woman, now, is going to wield power. She is going to use violence. Suddenly, you can’t tell any story other than the one that describes why this is so. The story has to revolve around why a woman is doing things that seem scandalous for her, yet seem normal for a man. By telling a story that is different from what the audience has come to expect, you disturb public sensibilities…. [Television is] representative of the power structure. Not the culture. This means those in power are overrepresented, they’re more likely to be successful, and they’re more likely to inflict violence than to suffer it…. Television is an agency of the power structure by which those in power represent their fantasies. By doing so they contribute to those fantasies becoming real, becoming a part of the consciousness of each of us. In culture, it’s the supply that determines the demand, never the other way around.”

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George Gerbner quoted in The Culture of Make Believe (2002) by Derrick Jensen, pp. 127-8 (via feminismistheshit)

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