Can queerbaiting be a marketing strategy?

Feb 15, 2023 ... — a number that, for many older gay people, can induce a kind of bitter skepticism that's our own problem: “Yeah, but how many of you mean it? May 2, 2017 ... Queerbaiting has come to mean “bad representation” and “teasing existing queer characters” on top of the continued application to the practice ... Oct 26, 2023 ... Queerbaiting is a marketing tactic that nods at queerness but never actually delivers queerness, said Ricky Hill, PhD, a research assistant professor. Feb 1, 2016 ... For those of you who aren't familiar with the term, queerbaiting is a tactic that TV shows and movies have used to draw in queer audiences by ... Feb 26, 2019 ... Symbols exist so that creators don't have to do the work of telling their audiences exactly what they mean. And the maddening reality is that ... Aug 25, 2024 ... Of course, this is not to say that straight people using queer imagery in their art is above criticism. But the concept of “queerbaiting” ... Nov 20, 2016 ... Queerbaiting absolutely does not count as representation for marginalized sexual orientations. ... mean we don't know it's there. There ... Jun 10, 2019 ... ... queerbaiting and the central relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale. ... I think they do mean whatever they mean to us as readers. Authors ... Aug 30, 2022 ... Queerbaiting can look like veering from gender-conforming clothing choices to prominent same-sex kisses. What deems something queerbaiting is ... Jul 25, 2019 ... A boy kissing another boy on the mouth cannot, definitionally, be called queerbaiting. A boy having sex with another boy cannot be called queerbaiting.