: Saturday, February 6, 2010
- mjules: One Reason Why Western [American?] Culture Makes These Conversations So Difficult - Sure, we can all agree that certain people who consistently exhibit -ist behavior are probably, at least on some level, bigoted, especially when the behavior is explicit and unambiguous. However, most -ist behavior isn't -ist because of the way a person thinks or feels; it is problematic because of the way it interacts with larger systems. -
- undomielregina: A Theory About Character Bashing - Generally, I think that whether a female character is used to make fans feel bad about the character's actions is at least as important as whether she's presented as a love interest when it comes to the quantity and severity of the character bashing directed at her in slash. -
- phoebe_zeitgeist: On derailing and complexity. Or one tiny corner thereof. - So [personal profile] wistfuljane and I have been demonstrating the phenomenon of two people separated by a common language in her journal for the past twelve hours or so; and I feel more than ordinarily like a space alien. I used words and all, but I'm fairly sure from Jane's reactions that I might as well have been speaking in the language of snakes for all the sense I made to her. Which would not be surprising, because I have only the dimmest notion even now of what she's been trying to tell me. -