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January 30th, 2009
06:25 am
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nextian: whose stories are they? - But by and large when you speak about the beating heart of my religion, the words that define me and my family and my friends and my people, you treat them as the dead message written by a primitive people. -
- tablesaw: Cultural Appropriation and Frame Conflict. - In short, the conduit metaphor nullifies any affect the existence of alternate interpretations might have on the discussion. The argument becomes divided between people trying to break out of the frame (knowing that alternate intepretations are a critical part of the discussion) and people remaining within the frame (because they've adapted the new information into their mindset without a need to change). -
- jacquez: This is a tangent. And also, what I've learned so far. - At what point does "I need to shut up and learn" turn into "...and I successfully avoided having to comment on the whole mess and possibly be embarrassed! -
- ginnytonnick: Knock, knock. Your roar is here. - Unfortunately for her, what you say ripples out in a whisper under cracks and through open doors, and when it comes back the whisper is a roar. So if you aren't prepared to answer or apologize for it, then keep your damn mouth shut. -
- kate_nepveu: An open letter to white people in SFF fandom - The hostility that I have seen in watching these debates—not even participating except very gingerly and glancingly, because thanks to sleep-deprivation I haven't felt able to deal—means that I look at SFF fandom now as a thing that has actively caused me pain, not just a source of joy and comraderie. -
- yhlee: And just to prove that you can't shut a good, evil, or bipolar Yoon up-- - Sometimes hurting my feelings--whether you're wrong, right, or evil-handed (hi, Lindsey!)--is a useful way of forcing me to rethink my assumptions. It's a tool. It's a tool that I, being pain-averse, would sort of prefer that you don't use unless you think you have a good reason. But you know what? I can't decide for you what you think. And what I think, what I conclude, that's not your responsibility. -
- rachelmanija: Three Forms of Rhetoric Which Are Obnoxious - In that but also in similar conversations and imbroglios in the past, online, offline, and in print, I have noticed several catch-phrases which invariably offend. Sometimes they seem to be used with that intent. I also realize that people may hear a phrase and repeat it without realizing its connotations and that it will make people go supernova. -
- zvi_likes_tv: Intentionality, Context, Apologies - From my POV, calling people out on their racism is a (much more highly emotionally charged) version of telling someone that the word they are using does not mean what they think it means. -
- vom_marlowe: Poisonous Politeness - Our academic tradition and our political tradition place a lot of emphasis on removing the person from the argument on the grounds that all people are created equal, but all experiences are NOT equal. They're different. -
- ithiliana: In which we embark upon a discussion of speech act theory with real life examples - Whether a speech act is "correct" (i.e. a correct act) often depends on the status: for example, a person who is not licensed to perform marriages can say "I declare you husband and wife", but that is an invalid speech act. -
- mousetourmaline: [in fanficrants] The past was another country, but I still have the travel stickers on my suitcase. - I could delete the old fics and just hope no-one is bored enough to read the old reviews. But isn't that a little dishonest? It is my past. [...] Maybe I'm just too self-critical these days. Is imposing my taste on everything else really the right thing to do? [...] What do I do with my past? -
08:36 am
- spiralsheep: In which Teresa Neilsen Hayden joins her husband in a pantsless state - I feel this is the place to state yet again how extremely disappointed I am that a discussion of cultural appropriation and characters of colour has been refocussed onto the fragile egos of white people (multiple, as in very many in addition to the four I've mentioned in this post). -
- haddayr: On cultural appropriation, apathy, and the whole kerfuffle - I don't care if you were a horribly outcast nerd or raised by wolves or use a wheelchair or were really poor. You were, in all of these cases, a WHITE poverty-stricken outcast nerd in a wheelchair who was raised by wolves. Acknowledge who you are. Do not deny. -
- coffeeandink: How Not to Engage in Discussions of Cultural Appropriation - When you publish stories and books, people will criticize them. This is an inevitable, natural, and even desirable part of reading and reacting to reading. -
- coffeeandink: The elephant in the room - We have a problem. Can we at least stop trying to pretend that racism is something that's about other people? -
- bessemerprocess: Rambling Rachel Meta - There is always this underlying question, especially since we're dealing with RPF, of how to go about respecting Rachel's and/or other lesbian characters/people while writing them with men. I don't think I have an answer to that. -
- morgan32: Thoughts of the role of the Beta - It is not a beta's job to re-write a fic to her own satisfaction. It is a beta's job to understand what the writer is trying to achieve and help her to achieve it. [...] If you can't get behind a writer's vision, or you find the story utterly incomprehensible, it's okay to gently withdraw, apologise and say you're just not the right person to beta this particular work. [...] Even the worst of badfic has something in it worth nurturing. -
07:15 pm
- alias_sqbr: Why do we femslash? - Also I think femslash taps into the part of my brain that still sees intense friendships with other girls as the most significant form of relationship (Anne/Diana from "Anne of Green gables" was a major OTP when I was a kid though I didn't think of it that way). -
- mofic: Is M/M Slash Like Pseudo-Lesbian Porn Produced for Straight Men? - I offer the following general differences between male consumers of pseudo-lesbian porn and female consumers of slash -
- lothy: Summaries: a guide to writing them - This is unfortunate, as summaries are the single most important factor in getting readers to look at your story. Every story needs a title, but how much do most titles reveal about the plot? Pairings are important, but when there's 2,000 other stories out there with the exact same pairing, the readers need a way to choose which one to spend their time on. -
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