: Thursday, August 7, 2008
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brown_betty: Dear White Feminists - Think. What is the last work you remember that had more than one character of colour talking to each other about something other than the (white) protagonist? You can probably think of examples that would pass, but I imagine you can think of far more that will fail. Many media properties have only one non-white character, who plays a subsidiary role, and may even get killed off in the first season. I would guess far fewer properties would pass this test than Bechdel's. -- trobadora: The Internet is for Porn? - In our fannish circles, porn is very much ... normalised, for lack of a better word. //There are plenty of other fannish spaces, other fandoms where that isn't the case where porn isn't everyday, or just plain doesn't exist. -
- amchara: the invisible elephant in the room - I am so sick and tired of people with disabilities being the butt of jokes, and the plain thoughtlessness and ignorance of fans who protest, You just don't get our humour! Stop being such a killjoy/sensitive pansy, I know someone who has a learning disability and she thinks our vids are funny! I have an aunt/brother/friend who has a disability, how dare you accuse me of being mean to people with disabilities! -