Comments | deadbrowalking: " ...dog is a dog, blood's thicker than water...."

delux_vivens in deadbrowalking

" ...dog is a dog, blood's thicker than water...."

Jul 08, 2009 23:47

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... )

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feministyogini July 9 2009, 06:26:26 UTC

Academic reader here but I don't pilfer for research b/c it's not my area of study, just a fannish interest.

I will add that there are all sorts of research ethics involved in using the internets. I'm not sure how it works with LJ but I believe people would need to get permission from individual posters in locked entries. I'm not so sure public entries work though.

delux_vivens July 9 2009, 06:29:25 UTC

I will add that there are all sorts of research ethics involved in using the internets.

Oh, I know there are *supposed* to be. Some people seem to be quite happy to make up their own rules about it. I'm not impressed.

feministyogini July 9 2009, 06:31:30 UTC

Yeah that's definitely not cool.

delux_vivens July 9 2009, 06:34:08 UTC

There's also that whole thing about what some people feel entitled to in pursuit of 'knowledge'.

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just_katarin July 9 2009, 13:34:37 UTC

I just want to Marquee in font size=7 "WE'RE NOT ANIMALS AT THE ZOO! WE'RE NOT THE FREAKSHOW! YOU DON'T GET TO GAPE AND BOGGLE AT THE CURIOSITIES AT YOUR LEISURE FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT! QUIT BEING SKEEVY!"

delux_vivens July 9 2009, 14:26:20 UTC

Lulz. Thank you for summarizing my post so well!

carabosse July 9 2009, 20:29:35 UTC

If I were in public with a t-shirt that said, "I am Fan of Color, Ask Me How!" then I would not object (much) to people asking me endless silly questions. I am in deadbro because I can just be me, enjoying the companionship of people who share interests and can empathize with each other's experiences. I don't need the unholy love child of Margaret Mead and Henry Jenkins coming in here to gawk and take notes.

delux_vivens July 9 2009, 23:38:28 UTC

unholy love child of Margaret Mead and Henry Jenkins

you kinda made my blood run cold there. but.. yeah.