oh *fandom*
Apr. 7th, 2007 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mimeseresometimes 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!
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!
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Re: having actually met rachel luttrell...
Date: 2007-04-11 07:03 pm (UTC)the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 07:06 pm (UTC)Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 07:15 pm (UTC)Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 07:33 pm (UTC)Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 08:22 pm (UTC)Having white friends must totally mean that you know everything there is to know about race! and whiteness!
Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 08:30 pm (UTC)Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 08:37 pm (UTC)Sometimes I really want to post about double consciousness. Sometimes I think that would just be an exercise in frustration.
Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-11 08:42 pm (UTC)or double consciosness in the classical duboisian sense? you mean, you're going to talk about theories of race that are decades old?
oh, please do! I'll get some popcorn...
Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-12 01:13 am (UTC)Re: the best part about this icon?
Date: 2007-04-12 03:12 am (UTC)