of tv so make sure to join likewise to check those out connect with me by going to on likewise dot com slash mooney give me a follow at tara mooney and share with me your recommendations and remember this app is NUMBER_TOKEN free unlike mayonnaise so now that love island NUMBER_TOKEN has finished with its rightful winners oh wait they didn't remember that trash okay i redact that statement now that that's over i want to weigh in on the discussion around whether love island should steer queer and my answer is PROFANITY_TOKEN no the straits can keep it before i go into detail for why i have this potentially unpopular opinion let me just quickly introduce myself my name is tara mooney and this is the only channel on youtube where all videos are written and produced by a cow she couldn't be in the video today because she's still upset that her favorite couple didn't win and she's trotted off in a huff or in a moo but if you like and subscribe she might appear in the next video oh also disclaimer i'm mostly gonna be talking about uk love island because a this version seems to be the most discussed online b it gets the most viewers per episode and c it is the original version of the show so i think it's the most representative of love island as a show now flashback to june NUMBER_TOKEN itv's commissioner amanda staffordy did an interview with URL_TOKEN to set the record straight on rumors that love island was going to be a bit less straight here's what she said it goes without saying that we want to encourage greater inclusivity and diversity in terms of gay islanders i think the main challenge is regarding the format of love island there's a sort of logistical difficulty because although love islanders don't have to be NUMBER_TOKEN straight the format must sort of give the islanders an equal choice when coupling up we're always very mindful of diversity and inclusion and hopefully you'll see that when we announce the lineup so that's what she said and some people uh particularly queer people weren't very impressed and after the show wrapped up in late august itv managing director kevin ligo doubled down on this stance with this statement at the edinburgh tv festival love island is a particular thing it's about boys and girls coupling up so if you want to do it as a gay version or you want to widen it it is discussed and we haven't yet found a way that would make it suitable for that show and it was the second statement that sparked the most recent discussion surrounding this and let me make it clear there wasn't tons of outrage and people weren't calling to cancel love island this isn't a big deal i think most people have more important things on their mind than this but i just find it interesting that queer people want to be represented by a show like love island it did baffle me at first but i did find an article that made some compelling arguments the mixing of queer and straight people as part of normal life keeping these communities separate as if adding a drop of queerness into a bowl of straight stock would fundamentally damage the purity of the soup feels like new age segregation and that's a good point with younger millennials and gen z fewer young people are identifying
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN of tv so make sure to join likewise to check those out connect with me by going to on likewise dot com slash mooney give me a follow at tara mooney and share with me your recommendations and remember this app is NUMBER_TOKEN free unlike mayonnaise so END_SPONSOR_TOKEN BETWEEN_SEGMENTS_TOKEN START_INTERACTION_TOKEN i go into detail for why i have this potentially unpopular opinion let me just quickly introduce myself my name is tara mooney and this is the only channel on youtube where all videos are written and produced by a cow she couldn't be in the video today because she's still upset that her favorite couple didn't win and she's trotted off in a huff or in a moo but if you like and subscribe she might appear in the next video END_INTERACTION_TOKEN