To constantly need to be validated for what should be primarily internal strength and energy means very little that you do will have meaning until someone else decides it does which is very destructive.
To me, media is about very different things and my appreciation of its value stems from knowledge of many of those people who are involved in making it what it takes for the content to exist in the first place.
There is always a handful of people who think that negativity is some inevitable thing that must be endured or else you're not strong. Wanting peace and choosing positivity isn't weakness, it's wisdom.
Engaging in a war of futility doesn't make you brave. Sacrificing your light against an endless tide of darkness only means you have less for the people who deserve that light most ... including yourself.