“Psychologists Say It’s Not Uncommon To Think Of Fictional Characters As Your Friends. They Call

How Shows Like 'Will & Grace' And 'Black-ish' Can Change Your Brain
Go ahead, use this article to justify binge-watching Orange Is the New Black all weekend.

“Psychologists say it’s not uncommon to think of fictional characters as your friends. They call these attachments parasocial relationships, and a growing body of research suggests there may be more to these connections than we realize. It turns out that as we grow emotionally attached to characters who are part of a minority group, our prejudices tend to recede.“

This is another reminder of how important initiatives like everysinglewordspoken are. Not only to demand media representation for POC, but to change group attitudes about the ‘other’ and erase prejudice on a wide scale.

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Photo taken by David Stanley.


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