vague thoughts on learning more about privilege

[crickets]

I'm reading this really interesting article right now about privilege, which seems to be a hot topic every now and then here in fandom. And lately I've seen a bit of chatter about the privilege meme and its meaning/shortcomings/etc. A quick google search brought up a bunch of responses from internet bloggers when the meme was first making its

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[gigglemonster]

After we talked about this last night I laid awake for kind of a long time thinking about it.
Just like listing off in my head all the things I'm grateful for and all the things that I probably take for granted (even though I shouldn't) like (one of the examples from the meme) having my mom read me stories and sing me to sleep when I was little.
It is indeed very thought provoking in a lot of different ways

[crickets]

Sorry for keeping you up with thinky thoughts, lol. I guess I couldn't stop thinking about it either which is why I ended up looking at articles at work. I printed several but haven't had a chance to read through the majority of them, other than skimming. It's all interesting information.

[bop_radar]

The myth of meritocracy! Yes! How I hates it. That attitude that if you just 'tried harder' you'd have the same rights. It can be so insidious and so hard to identify... though it sounds like those bloggers were pretty out there with their attitudes. Ugh.

[crickets]

I'd never heard of that before. Well, not named, though certainly in practice.

Here are some good examples of the bloggers reactions: Privilege Goes Viral

One of the more, erm, interesting(?) examples is where someone uses the cost of an xbox game to refer to something affordable.

Anyway, it's all very fascinating.