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October 12th, 2007
05:47 pm
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popfantastic: repeat after me: - As these principles clearly demonstrate, I am never responsible for saying anything which might be construed as insensitive or offensive, no matter how many times I have said the same thing before and been told it might be construed as insensitive or offensive -
- chopchica: don we now our flameproof armor - We're not enough of a presence to ask for and honestly expect change, but it would be nice to have people take us seriously when we explain just what rubs us wrong about the way fandom demands we ignore the basic nature of these exchanges. -
- skywardprodigal: Effery, Yuletide, and EFFERY - "Hey, I feel left out. Maybe I've got a reason?" Is not an attack.
But I guess as far as SOME people are concerned, if you're not a member of a certain club, you should just be grateful if you're allowed to pass. Maybe.
- fox1013: His heart grew three sizes that day. (...See, it works on LEVELS.) - I have been thinking a lot about how I think about race, gender, and religion, on TV and in fandom. [Spoilers for Heroes] -
- rydra_wong: PSA: Regardless of the original issue, when your response is to rant about those crazy oversensitive minorities w/ chips on their shoulders who are just looking for something to be offended by to guilttrip you and harsh your squee
Still not cool, kthnx
- fandom_me: This is going to be a little awkward. I: - Sex stuff in particular, especially with power dynamics, is more variable and personal than almost anything else I can imagine writing.//That's why I write sex. It's not always because I want the steamy sex scene. -
- kita0610: Oyvey - The correct response (once more, for all those who missed it in the last round of Minorities in Fandom, They Exist!) ...is NOT: ZOMG WE ARE NOT RACIST YOU ARE OVERSENSITIVE AND ALSO YOU HAVE STUPID HAIR! -
- callmecaito: Most folks don't got a good frame of reference for leathery monkey size. - When you communicate inappropriately on the internet, PEOPLE JUDGE YOU. -
- chopchica: links a billion - I said to somebody else that there's a difference between the people who are mocking deb because she was *silly* and the people who are mocking deb because she's *Jewish*. It's a pretty defined line, and it's not really that hard to keep yourself from ste -
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untrue_accounts: Here are my thoughts on /y/a/o/i/ yuletide, fandom, and anti-Semitism - by the initial Fandom Wank post's cavalier attitude towards the possibility of a Jewish complaint; and by the outright anti-Semitism from some of the Fandom Wank commenters. -
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p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com: Friday, October 12, 2007