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October 22nd, 2007
11:21 am
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likespring: Just how fabulous is a gay Dumbledore? PLUS: Congrats, how does it feel to be outed as homophobes? - Outing Dumbledore isn't really revolutionary. In fact, it continues the tradition of gay characters having unhappy endings, at least compared to the heterosexual characters. -
- caras_galadhon: Errant Thoughts on Dumbledore from a Non-HPer-- - Dumbledore is Gay makes me about as twitchy as JKR's Muggles and all the racist and other -ist issues embedded within, not to mention the horrifically creepy epilogue. *shudder* -
- brown_betty: Some thoughts on writing outside my experience - I've come across a couple of stories, or had them pointed out to me, within greater fandom, where the history or culture of marginalized groups was employed to make a story more exotic or interesting, with the result the story was offensive. -
- nevermindirah: The political is personal - Jo is clearly not trying to make any kind of political statement. ...Albus is gay, in the same way that she knows Ron is straight and McGonagall is an Animagus... It shouldn't be Albus's responsibility to represent for the entire Wizarding queer community -
- mskatej: Meta on Meta: The stress of hostessingBut I was feeling so tense last night that I thought it might actually help me to talk a little bit about the experience of being a host to meta-discussion from an emotional perspective.
It can be fun. But it can also be scary. And stressful.
- hesychasm: here we go again - When you appropriate someone's personal tragedies to elevate your porn into something more emo/atmospheric/whatever, you are being offensive and hurtful and disrespectful. -
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fandebate: Gender and Fan Culture (Round Twenty): James Nadeau and Alice "Kestrell" Verlager - exploring how genre becomes intertwined with gender through the process of defining what horror is. As a fan and a scholar, I have become increasingly intrigued by the representations of female and queer fans in horror fandom. -
- serenanna: How NOT to Run a Fiction Archive - None of these places even seem listen to the people actually using the site. Isn't that what these massive archives are supposed to be for? The authors? -
- coell: But Dumbledore is the good kind of gay, right? Non-spoken and dead? - If one person is gay, and that's relevant to the story you're telling, but you don't think it's "worth" writing, even speaking, until after it's published? You're a biased writer who missed a good opportunity. -
- innerbrat: In which I disagree with everyone. - I'm in the minority[...]but I'm not happy with J.K. Rowling right now. She threw me a bone,[...] a chewed, meatless bone, and she expected me to be content with it. I think I'd rather have no bone at all. You see, Dumbledore isn't just a gay. Oh no. He's -
- gmonkey42: more about gay Dumbledore - Sexual orientation comes up ALL THE TIME in children's books because children's books include straight couples. Straight people often don't get that "sexual orientation" means "straight" too. -
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oulangi.livejournal.com: Monday, October 22, 2007