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| − | '''Queerbaiting''' is a term used to describe a manipulative marketing practice of using perceived or potential [[queer]]ness for publicity.<ref name="RS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/queerbaiting-lgbtq-community-1201273/|title=Why Queerbaiting Matters More Than Ever|author=Mendes II, Moises|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=2021-07-23}}</ref><ref name="H">{{Cite web|url=https://www.health.com/mind-body/lgbtq-health/queerbaiting|title=Queerbaiting: What it Looks Like and Why It's Harmful|author=Murphy, Colleen|publisher=Health.com|date-2021-09-10}}</ref> It has allegedly been used since the 1950s<ref name="D">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/queerbaiting/|title=What Is Queerbaiting? - Meaning & Explanation|publisher=Dictionary.com|date=2022}}</ref> and has been used online,<ref name="RS" /> such as by users on the blogging platform Tumblr expressing anger over the treatment of LGBT+ individuals in media,<ref name="Atlanxic">{{Cite web|url=https://atlanxic.tumblr.com/post/36720884625/an-explanation-of-queer-baiting-and-why-its-a|title=An Explanation of Queer Baiting and Why It's a Problem|author=Lan|publisher=Tumblr|date=2012-11-28}}</ref><ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://neologisms.blogs.wm.edu/2016/03/29/queer-baiting/|title=Queer Baiting - 21st-Century Interdisciplinary Dictionary|publisher=Neologisms|date=2016-03-29}}</ref> and has since been expanded to include businesses and celebrities using queer imagery to appeal to the LGBT+ community for the sake of publicity, promotion, or capitalistic gain.<ref name="RS" /> Deliberate queerbaiting has a malicious element, often most-clearly seen through television media as writers and creators hint at queerness before "emphatically denying and laughing off the possibility".<ref name="Fathallah">{{Cite print|title=Moritary's Ghost: Or the Queer Disruption of BBC's Sherlock|author=Fathallah, Judith|publisher=Television News & Media|date=2015}}</ref> |
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| − | Queerbaiting is not the same as queercoding,<ref name="BR">{{Cite web|url=https://bookriot.com/what-is-queerbaiting-vs-queer-coding/|title=What is Queerbaiting vs Queercoding?|author=Jaigirdar, Adiba|publisher=Book Riot|date=2021-07-09}}</ref> as queercoding is when there is "enough subtext available for an audience to read [characters] as queer," but is not neccesarily manipulative, unlike queerbaiting. Joseph Brennan noted in his book that there is a distinction between "unintentional, or ''genuine'', homoeroticism and queerbaiting" (emphasis original).<ref name="Brennan">{{Cite print|title=Queerbaiting and fandom : teasing fans through homoerotic possibilities|contributor=Brennan, Joseph|publisher=University of Iowa Press|date=2019|language=English|ISBN=9781609386719}}</ref> |
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| − | The term comes from the noun "queer" (''not-[[heterosexual]], not-[[cisgender]]'') combined with the verb "to bait" (''the act of luring, as if into a trap''). It harkens from the political portmanteau of "race-baiting",<ref name="D" /><ref name="N" /> which was used to bring up perceived negative details of an opponent to undermine them. |
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| − | Historically, there has been limited representation of queer people in mainstream media; the representation that did exist often painted male characters as villains or people with mental disorders,<ref name="Rogan">{{Cite web|url=https://roganshannon.com/2018/05/15/queer-coding-and-queerbaiting/|title=Queer Coding and Queer Baiting|author=Shannon, Rogan|date=2018-05-15}}</ref> while women demonstrating lesbian traits were frequently killed off to suit a white heteronormative narrative - the 'tragic lesbian' theme.<ref name="Vox">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/3/25/11302564/lesbian-deaths-television-trope|title=Queer women have been killed on television for decades. Now The 100's fans are fighting back|author=Framke, Caroline|publisher=Vox|date=2016-03-25}}</ref> |
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| − | While the practice of queerbaiting is often seen as a negative, some members of the LGBT+ community view it as an improvement in the representation of queer people and queer relationships.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47820447|title=Queerbaiting - exploitation or a sign of progress?|author=Honderich, Holly|publisher=BBC News|date=2019-04-08}}</ref> Conversely, some believe that queercoded characters who do not end up cementing that queerness (often by entering a canon relationship) amount to queerbaiting, regardless of extenuating contexts or circumstances, including the "queerness" of the creators themselves or the LGBT+ representation and diversity already contained within such media.<ref name="GM">{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/steven-universe-artist-quits-twitter-over-fan-harassmen-1785242762|title=''Steven Universe'' Artist Quits Twitter Over Fan Harassment|author=Elderkin, Beth|publisher=Gizmodo|date=2016-08-13}}</ref> |
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| − | ===Television=== |
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| − | * ''Sherlock'' |
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| − | * ''Supernatural'' |
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| − | * ''The 100''<ref name="V">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/opinion/the-100-lexa-jason-rothenberg-1201729110/|title=What TV Can Learn From 'The 100' Mess|author=Ryan, Maureen|publisher=Variety|date=2016-03-04}}</ref> |
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| − | * ''Supergirl''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/incluvie/supergirl-is-back-and-it-looks-like-the-queerbaiting-is-too-c3e1779e4e9a|title=‘Supergirl’ Is Back, And It Looks Like the Queerbaiting is Too|author=Rherman, Maddie|date=2021-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rhodycigar.com/2021/11/12/queerbaiting-in-supergirl-more-than-just-missed-chances/|title=Queerbaiting in ‘Supergirl’: More than just missed chances|date=2021-11-12|author=Kayla Laguerre-Lewis}}</ref> |
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| − | * ''Riverdale''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/riverdale/queerbaiting-archie-joaquin-kiss-lgbt/|title='Riverdale' needs to stop queerbaiting its LGBTQ+ audience|author=Prance, Sam|date=2018-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/riverdale-queer-baiting-how-one-tweet-exposed-the-fan-conversation-we-need-to-pay-attention-to-52319|title=Riverdale, Queer-Baiting, And How One Tweet Exposed the Fan Conversation We Need To Pay Attention|author=Mary Kate McGrath|date=April 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/riverdales-asexual-erasure-can-be-harmful|title='Riverdale's' Asexual Erasure Can Be Harmful|author=Jonno Revanche|date=APRIL 14, 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | * ''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/star-wars-finn-poe-not-boyfriends-lgbtq-representation-1203423286/|title=‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: Finn and Poe Aren’t Boyfriends, but J.J. Abrams Hints at LGBTQ Representation|author=Vary, Adam|date=2019-12-09}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:56, 1 June 2023
Wassup I'm Laila, or you can call me Liam.
I really like Spooky month and I really like drawing. I am also currently grounded from my phone because my parents went through my camera roll and tiktok-