I Think I Am Annoyed Enough To Write About It, Actually. Here's Why "curate Your Space" And "don't Like,

I think I am annoyed enough to write about it, actually. Here's why "curate your space" and "don't like, don't read" and "fandom safe spaces" fail to work for everyone:

user: themeaningofweird

Yes absolutely, though this does not mean you are entitled to having no consequences for your actions if you’re racist, anti-lgbtq etc in fandom spaces. Just because people can block you doesn’t mean you should be as bigoted as you want and harm people. There needs to be a balance. Things like racism are a way bigger problem in fandom than some fans think, & there still needs to be ways to deal with that aside from someone blocking racists individually. Report fandom racists liberally.

user lazaefair:
I do this already, but gee, I sure wish the racist people who object to my talking about racism in fandom would do the same.

People don't usually don't tag for racism and misogyny. It's just fandom as usual for way too many fans. And asking them to tag for it? Is taken as a personal attack. Because the suggestion that they might have have done something racist or misogynistic is far more hurtful and offensive in their mind than what they actually wrote.

The argument that someone's properly tagged niche fetish fic will damage society is bs but fandom at large exists on a sliding scale of casually to actively racist and misogynistic. The queer utopian fandom experience is really only true for people who get on board with whatever the most popular ship is in the fandom--usually mlm, sometimes m/f, only vanishingly rarely wlw. Almost always white. Most fans don't see the racism and misogyny as an issue because their wants and needs are being met in fandom. If other fans are unhappy? "Curate your space!" But you can't curate out a systemic problem.

If you think your fandom doesn't have a racism or misogyny problem, you're probably happily living in that popular ship bubble.

More Posts from Bpdnanaseharuka and Others

bpdnanaseharuka

9 months ago

SPIRITED AWAY 千と千尋の神隠し 2001, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki

SPIRITED AWAY 千と千尋の神隠し 2001, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki

4K notes View Post

bpdnanaseharuka

1 month ago

2K notes View Post

bpdnanaseharuka

2 months ago

"I'm not waiting here for you anymore. Otherwise, I really will end up breaking."

I hope we see her again :(

Tags

kingdom hearts kh skuld

600 notes View Post

bpdnanaseharuka

9 months ago

I’m Right Out Here For You, Just Let Me In

I’m right out here for you, just let me in

4K notes View Post

bpdnanaseharuka

9 months ago

male supremacists of color are not handling the exposure of the 4B movement and south asian feminism(s) very well, in light of the kolkata victim and the sexual and physical abuse of south korean women and girls. they are very anxious about the global female solidarity occurring online. male supremacists of all races harbor anxiety over losing control of “their women” due to feminist consciousness, and all male supremacists accuse “their women” of being race traitors for not upholding their ideal form of patriarchy. colonized women can criticize white men for male violence, because colonized men do not want to be controlled by them either, but we must not criticize the men who share our colony for enforcing misogynistic repression. colonized men want to claim their rightful property, without white male influence. their ideal world is one where the yoke of imperialism is abolished, where they are granted freedom from physical and sexual abuse, but the status of women remains intact. they want women to be obedient, because complaining about misogyny makes colonized men appear weak in front of white men. they are right to complain about women of color “emasculating” them for being feminists. to them, “emasculation” occurs when they are denied their right to claim us as property, when they, too, are denied control. don’t fall for these manipulations. their misogyny is not more benevolent, their victimization doesn’t preclude them from patriarchal social control, don’t allow them to make you silently wait in line. either we’re all free, or no one is. 🫡

769 notes View Post

bpdnanaseharuka

5 months ago