{"id":239811,"date":"2024-02-22T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propathscreenwriting.com\/?p=239811"},"modified":"2024-02-23T05:41:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:41:22","slug":"embrace-the-isms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propathscreenwriting.com\/2024\/02\/22\/embrace-the-isms\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace The “…isms”"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#2B2D42″ text_line_height=”1.5em” text_orientation=”left” custom_margin=”25px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”25px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” hover_enabled=”0″ text_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” text_line_height_phone=”1.5em” text_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” header_3_font_size_tablet=”” header_3_font_size_phone=”24px” header_3_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_3_line_height_tablet=”” header_3_line_height_phone=”” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

by Linda Voorhees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Labels are part of life. It\u2019s a quick way to make a judgment and give consideration to the people you decide might be part of your acquaintanceship\u2014or not. We all do it. We make quick assessment of the people in line at Starbucks, or roll our eyes at a stoner sitting at a red light in a junky car. It gives us a quiet \u201cwin.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s human nature to be competitive. But that nature of competition often gives way to negative stereotyping. The broad stroke negative labels create bias, social restriction and career blockades.<\/p>\n

We all seem to have an ism attached to us. Ageism, cronyism, racism, sexism. We used to blame everything on white middle-aged men, and to some degree we still do. But the truth is, that\u2019s as unfair as any other label of restriction or generality.<\/p>\n

There are limited ways to fight isms. We do it by finding a way to push through someone else\u2019s bias. We do it by refusing the negative definition of the label put on us. We also do it by working against our own instincts to create an ism for someone who seems like an easy target because of the way they look, or their accent, or manner of expression.<\/p>\n

Hollywood as an industry is no better or worse than any other place you might work. Women can be objectified. Young men can be the target of predatory behavior. People who fit a category of race, creed or religion might be seen as \u201cother\u2019 and are compartmentalized, or ignored.<\/p>\n

The isms abound.<\/p>\n

But rather than define Hollywood in terms of the closed doors that are slammed. It is up to those of us who wear our ism like a badge of honor, to prove the system wrong. We have to work hard to change the system while the system works to keep us out.<\/p>\n

How about this? Let\u2019s form a global ism. Membership is easy. You have to belong to a group that Hollywood just ain\u2019t into.<\/p>\n

Then let\u2019s work together to rattle every door, rap on every window, climb over stone walls with stolen ladders. Once inside, let\u2019s make a pact that we\u2019ll throw the doors and windows wide open for all the isms to walk in right behind us. Isms with stories, characters and scripts ready to be filmed. Great stories that are new and ancient. Stories that with humor, warmth, pain and poignancy expose the harm we do by the labels we apply.<\/p>\n

Write on.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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