last october was deadbro's 10th birthday.

time sure does fly.


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OK folks, I just need to say this (again), and I've updated the community info with stronger wording ( Read more... )

From the this! is! sparta! deadbrowalking! department...

We've got a lot of new people trekking through deadbro of late. I just want to remind newcomers (and some of these long term folks too) that they should really take the time to read the userinfo.

A statement from one of our founding inspirations:



(I've changed the deadbro comm ( Read more... )

From the userinfo for this community:

This is not a community for basic education on concepts about racism, representation, or cultural appropriation.

This community is for advanced level discussions on race and representation.

Let me just say this again:

This is not a community for basic education on concepts about racism, representation, ( Read more... )

deadbro is closed.

deadbrowalking will close this sunday night july 19 at midnight hawaii time.

if you want to apply, please follow the directions in this post.

lots of people who have applied have not heard yet, we will try to get back to everyone in the next couple of weeks.

Ever since Barristagate, and especially since Racefail09.01, there's been an uptick in the number of people who have suddenly decided that (1) fandom is interesting and needs to be studied by academics and (2) people of color in fandom talking about race and representation are *really* interesting and need to be studied by academics, in depth ( Read more... )

deadbrowalking is closed and will continue to remain so for a while. The community has attracted a lot of interest of late but experience has made it clear that a point in time like this is pretty much the worst time to open a safe space community and still maintain it as a safe space ( Read more... )

deadbrowalking's current settings allow:

• comments by members, which are automatically viewable.
• comments by non-members, which are screened, and have to be unscreened by the original posted to be seen by others

Please read the userinfo before commenting if you are unfamiliar with the community.

The way to join deadbrowalking? Is to follow the instructions in this post that's on the userinfo that says 'how to join deadbrowalking'.

The way to join deadbrowalking is not to merely click on http://www.livejournal.com/community/join.bml?comm=deadbrowalking with a winning smile.

Thank