A Post, A Response, and a Resource.

[browngirl]

So _dahne_'s post calling for an end to social justice in fandom is being much discussed. I took down my post from yesterday, which was more emotional and disorganized than I like, and instead of rewriting it I'll link to this response at foc_u.

Also, brighteyed_jill has linked to the sensible post, On Having That Conversation. This is the post that _dahne_ purports to have written, but hers is very much not.

Now, having said all that, I'm going to go work on a story for my next post here.

Comments

[janice-lester.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know how you can deal with this stuff as often and as eloquently as you do. Reading her post and some of the comments is all I have spoons for. I feel incapable of lifting a finger to add a comment, even with a sock-puppet. I recognised a few usernames associated with comments in support of the screed, and it feels like being betrayed. I can't deal with it. All those allegedly cis, white, straight, able, etc., people who allegedly don't have the "right" to be offended or upset or angered by "PC" language--I NEED them on days like these. I can't effectively advocate for myself over issues that make me cry.

I guess I just fundamentally don't get why it is wrong to assume that people generally are interested in being good people, decent people, perhaps even better people. But, apparently, improving onself is a niche interest, like botany, and letting someone know how they could stop inadvertently causing pain all around them is akin to bullying. Grgh. Excuse me while my head explodes.

Oh, and ♥. You're awesome, just so you know.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

*shrugs, smiling* I have to. I just... I said in my previous post, a bit melodramatically but quite honestly, "I swear by every molecule of melanin I possess." I have undergone too much because of them to just shut up now, and learned too much about the patterns of injustice to just silently countenance its being inflicted on other people. When I read "I can't effectively advocate for myself over issues that make me cry," I nodded *so* hard, because I have been there, and the least I can do is say something. That's what being an ally is about.

And now I'm blushing a bit. Thank you. :)