Just walked in and fandom had exploded?

[phoenixwish]

This is something I posted in a reply to Chris. I thought there might be other confused people on my flist and I have a pretty good idea of what went on in at least the first six hours of this things, as I was there as the posts came up. So here are some posts that might be a good starting point.

Here is a list of the dead suspended comms,

Comments

[phoenixwish]

Exactly. Which is also why the LJ Abuse team initially responded with something along the lines of "we are not the thought police". WiF specifically mention fictional stories as something that shouldn't be allowed.

And you know what? I've never had those words in my interests but I have read Boondock Saints twincest and the occasional Snape/Harry fic. And heck, my current OTP discovered they were uncle and niece, and she's 16 or 17 (it changes every week, it seems). Does that mean they'd see me as condoning and promoting those things in RL?

*sighs*

I can hardly even think right now. It's all so overwhelming. The first post I read on this purge last night, I read with tears in my eyes. People are panicking and communities are flocking and it's all just a bit too much. I'm relatively calm now but this whole thing has *changed* fandom.

Still, at least we're all sticking together. It's good to see people in fandom standing up against this even if they don't read the kind of fic that's being attacked or don't read fic *at all*. I love it when we stick together.

(I've become so paranoid that I've stopped using the offensive terms altogether.)

[lattara]

I *know*. The reasons listed for deleting journals are so *broad* that, technically, mentioning illegal activities becomes a deleting offence.

I DO NOT CONDONE RAPE, INCEST, OR CHILD ABUSE. But the fact remains that *some* women and men who have taken part in an incestuous relationship have pleasant memories of it - they felt secure and safe exploring their sexuality with someone they knew intimately. It's not clear how much of this is due to not wanting to feel like they've been hurt, though, so it should be taken with a grain of salt.

[theblackscorpio]

Ooooooooooooooooohh, you're so in for deletion now O.O

[phoenixwish]

I don't think they're checking content right now, just sticking to the interests. :-)

[phoenixwish]

Ack, nevermind that comment. Me being tired = me unable to see humour.

*head-desk*

[lattara]

Oh noeeees!

[phoenixwish]

Damn it, I'm scared.

Apropos, Gramsci had a theory on hegemony which one of my Lit. lecturers talked about a slave narrative (I think it was written by a Harriet Jones) in which the main character apparently fell in love with her owner and had an affair with him - the point being that it was possible that she just told herself that so it wouldn't be rape.

Random thought on the difference between fiction and reality: I hear many people have rape fantasies, but I would be very surprised if *any* of them actually wanted to be raped for real. Same thing goes for the cest/underage I've written/read.

Am I making sense? I'm suddenly incredibly tired.

[lattara]

Sure you are. Actually, you're making my point for me. *grins*