oh *fandom*

[mimesere]

sometimes you make me want to cry. and/or punch people.

but hey! On the other hand, now I totally know who to avoid in fandom! So...that's a plus. *tries to look on the bright side*

(god, it JUST KEEPS GOING and horrifies me more and more).

ETA: the posts in question
In which Teyla and Ronon are white! No, really! - I swear, the more I hear about race relations in, um, England/Ireland/Wales/Scotland/what-have-you, the less likely I am to ever ever go there.

and!

In which the reason there's not more fic about characters of color is because they are not leads! or not hot enough! or interesting enough! Because when they *are*, there's a lot of fic! No, really!

Comments

[popfantastic.livejournal.com]

In which Teyla and Ronon are white! No, really!

The hell? Do I really want to click on this link?

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

...well. It's an interesting look at how some people in England/Ireland/Scotland/Wales define race!

which is, apparently, that unless you're far-east Asian or of obviously African descent, you are white.

Um. Which is. Yeah. Also, there are some apparently COMPLETELY BLIND people in America. It's fun!

very informative

[popfantastic.livejournal.com]

I have also learned that the root and sole reason people identify their racial and/or ethnic backgrounds are college applications! I can't believe I've lived here so long without realizing this.

Re: very informative

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

It is good of fandom to teach us these things!

Re: very informative

[annaalamode.livejournal.com]

And they only provide that information for, like, statistics. Race isn't social AT ALL.