My other New Years Resolution this year is to adhere strictly to my Media Litmus Test and watch with glee as white fans go rabid when I tell them I'm not interested in their fandom.
No Tolkien? FASCIST!
You won't watch Game of Thrones? OH NOES!!!!!!
No Moffatt Dr. Who? OH NOES!!!
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gah, y'know with all the people playing this game I thought it'd be way more fun than it is. I am disappointed.
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Not sure if you like mysteries, but if so, you might enjoy the anthology I edited in November (Death on a Cold Night.) 5 of 8 stories feature a Protagonist of Color, and all are well written. Perhaps not Octavia Butler well written, but I don't publish junk!
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I've been in several actual literal flame wars because I refuse to read Orson Scott Card's work because of his homophobia* or play computer RPGs that do not allow you to create female characters. I make rare exceptions to the second one, but some guys get super offended at the idea.
All I can say is "more power to you."
* I once got accused of wanting to ban OSC's books and burn them all in the public square because I said "I won't read his work because he wants to make homosexuality illegal" on a mailing list for gay gamers. WTF.
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I won't read his work because he wants to make homosexuality illegal
He does? I had no idea. I'll cross him off the list of authors I'll read... even though I've barely read anything by him. :p
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I'm glad you told me this; I will actively avoid him in the future!
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I... really don't care what people watch or don't watch. I can't imagine going apeshit over something so minor.
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Or, in this case, more specifically thinking that people think you're a bigot if you enjoy problematic works.
If the person enjoys them because of the problematic bit(s), then yeah, that's a problem.
But I don't necessarily think that enjoying things with problematic elements makes one a bigot. And I also don't think that deciding not to consume media with problematic elements makes someone closed-minded or a bigot or whatever, either.
IDK, I guess I just don't care enough about other peoples' watching/reading/listening habits. I worry about myself and what media I consume, and let others make their own decisions.
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