: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- poisontaster: Why Is There Not More Shunning? - I feel - and again, personally - that sometimes (oftentimes) THE POINT is that it's important for the members of a community to stand up and say "I do not approve of this. I do not condone this. I do not support this." -
- winterlight :[ bananaphone ] - shunning, dogpiling, social ostracization in whatever terminology, is the feminine weapon of choice. we all know that, right? it's used like any power is - responsibly, by those who have ethics, to show the difference between what's acceptable and unaccep -
- idyll: No, really, some of us hear you - Whether or not I participate in them, discussions of race, and other controversial issues, in fandom have provided me with opportunities to examine my views and opinions, and revise them as needed. -
- ithiliana: Spiraling off from Abyssinia's post on how history might inform our stories - this is an invitation to think about how creators can deal with histories, especially the history of oppression and genocide[...]to invite you to share information on any creators in any medium you think do a good job of telling the stories of the past -
- wistfuljane: In case you weren't already feeling overload with discussions on classification - Let's discuss some of the possible ways to classify a fandom - or rather, some of the ways RPF fandoms have been classified. -
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