ONTD Original: Lesbians of Fandom

[imnotasquirrel]

ONTD University recently spearheaded the most comprehensive study of lesbian subcultures in fandom. A 1,398 page report was published in the academic journal Cultural Anthropology. This groundbreaking report contributed to US News ranking ONTD U #1 on its annual list of Best Livejournal Colleges.

Please see below for report highlights:

Lesbians

Comments

[therearewords]

Missing the APA sourcing on it so sadly cannot give it full marks. But, with all the free publicity we get from this, the marketing department will send you some freebies, OP.

[imnotasquirrel]

this is homofobic. i demand full marks. demanding APA sourcing is heteronormative.

[therearewords]

You can take this up with the Diversity Board.

[mizzyoung]

I feel a type of way that 'lesbians of color' is its own separate category, but atm can't articulate why.

[imnotasquirrel]

ftr, both mammary_glands and i are woc! some of us support/stan media purely on the basis of whether it features woc. ain't nothing wrong with that considering how white lesbian media can be. god knows part of the reason i clutched on to the handmaiden as hard as i did was bc it was the first time i had seen korean lesbians on the big screen. we've had to create our own fandom spaces so m_g and i wanted to call attention to that.

[mizzyoung]

I think it's because I interpreted the post as a general list. I'm tired of seeing us being constantly othered and felt that this was continuing that. I'm well aware of lgbts of color are always its own separate entity and can only exist in that vacuum.

[mammary_glands]

If you think lesbians of color don't have to carve out our own spaces and champion/create content for our favorite characters and ships because the wider (whiter) fandoms doesn't give a fuck, I don't know what to tell you

[new_peteland]

I’m the kind of lesbian that is devoted to the lesbian couples of football. And also specifically Gigi and Dani from the L Word reboot I have never in my life watched.

[bingobronson]

Ditto, except I unironically enjoy the L Word and the reboot a lot even though they test my patience sometimes.

[new_peteland]

Oh, I’d like to watch it, it’s just not on a channel I have. I do have links, but no time. So for now I’ll just enjoy the gifs and clips that turn up on my Twitter timeline and Instagram explore page. Which is how I discovered them in the first place.

[ichabod_crake]

The Trashbians comment "think they're normal" is completely knocking me outT right now. Dying!!

[imnotasquirrel]

Gay Wrongs (if the actress is hot)

me

[mammary_glands]

us cheering when jackie kept winning in what keeps you alive

[lolbye]

meckie 4 ever

[adelehaenel]

me watching i care a lot