“It's not racism per se but the tyranny of normalcy - no: the tyranny of attractive normalcy. Which leads to loveable white models who are supposed to be playing ordinary, adorably flawed professionals just like you and me with their brilliant minority friends (with vastly less camera time) who are surgeons. But it's not just ethnicity. That narrow vision also extends to, say, things like women leads. Women leads have to be good-hearted and nice, with a Slutty Best Friend. The main character can't be slutty. Because that's not attractively normal etc” CharacterWhiteVisionNiceTelevisionLike YouNormalModelsRacismOrdinaryCamerasBe GoodBrilliantTyrannySupposed To BeAttractiveEtcMinoritiesFlawedHeartedSurgeonsEthnicityNormalcyMain CharactersGood Hearted Author:Sandra Tsing Loh
“I always worry when someone's a good golfer. It's like you shouldn't have time to be good at anything. You should just be a politician and you shouldn't have time to practice golf.” ShouldPracticeWorryLike YouPoliticianGolfBe GoodGolfers Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do. Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers, so mothers be good to your daughters, too.” MotherSongTurnsGirlFatherLike YouLoversDaughterBe GoodOur DaughterYour Daughter Author:John Mayer
“TV commercials make parenting look like there are going to be good days and bad days - like, it'll be this gentle wave, like you'll have a blissed-out, really wonderful day or two, and then, you know, then you'll have an issue. And what parenting is, is kind of earthquake.” KnowsLooksKindTwoIssuesWonderfulTvsLike YouWaveBe GoodGentleGood DayBad DayEarthquakesWonderful DayTv CommercialGood Days And Bad Days Author:Dan Savage
“I feel like you know what you're going to be good at when you're older based on what you like when you're younger. When I was younger my best friend was Tony, this kid Tony, and he loved rocks. He was always playing with rocks, counting them, and now he's a crack head.” KnowsFeelsKidsRocksLike YouBe GoodCracksMy Best FriendCounting Author:Amy Schumer
“I feel like you should always be questioning the genre you're doing. If you're doing something that sounds like a lullaby, it can be good to make it about someone stalking someone.” Like YouBe GoodQuestioningStalkingLullaby Author:Nellie McKay