Het-Washing

The act of historians intentionally reframing historically queer relationships as platonic friendships in order to 'wash' queer identity from history.

"I was shocked to learn that the two English artist bros who lived together for 50 years as confirmed bachelors, who never married, who shared a bed because their bromance was so strong, who kept up daily written correspondence their entire lives turned out to just be roommates! Thanks, Het-Washing for sanitizing my view of history!

See also: "Oh My God They Were Roommates Vine"

by S. Strides November 17, 2022

hotwashing

Hotwashing is a casting practice in the film industry of the United States in which hot actors are cast in historically non-hot character roles or in roles which are scripted for non-hot characters. The film industry has a history of frequently casting hot actors for roles about non-hot characters.

Tom Holland is playing the "four-eyed geek" Peter Parker (Spiderman) at Forest Hills High School? That's totally hotwashing!

by ShaneRyan January 30, 2019