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Monday, July 5, 2010
- hesychasm: data points - Some recent comment threads have me thinking about the intersection of a number of issues: the tone argument, privilege, assumptions of categories, the assumed lines for particular categories and people who don't toe them, and how slippery it all gets when you're talking to pseudonymous and anonymous people on the Internet. -
(tags: ableism discussions oppression privilege racism) - autumnus: Speaking of silencing and privilege - from the point of view of a non-native English speaker - Speaking the language of a dialogue as a native gives you power in the argument. Often, because situations in one country or simple words do not translate from one side to another exactly, we are left with approximations. It is not that we do not have mastery of English. It is that our thinking is shaped around our language and sometimes thoughts with all of the nuances, do not translate to another language period. -
(tags: discussions language) - xtricks: Anger, !Fail and Fandom - I think the thing that saddens me most is that the vast, vast majority of people involved in all these issues are genuinely doing the best we can to be welcoming, to respect each other, and to find ways to share our various delights to anyone who wants to participate. And we're all human and we all have limits; in understanding, in energy, in temperaments. When we come up against those limits, our own or others, friction happens and anger happens and resentments, miscommunication, poor choices, cultural differences … the list goes on almost endlessly about the ways we can make mistakes. -
(tags: discussions privilege) - elspethdixon: I debated posting this at all, because I have nothing to do with Vividcon and am not a vidder, but.. - For some people, contacting relative strangers to ask for something is paralyzingly intimidating, and it is a real accessibility issue. Obviously, the rest of the world can't magically know what people need without our ever having to say it, but you can make it easier to ask. If nothing else, you can make it clear that requests for help are expected and welcomed, and not impositions. -
(tags: accessibility) - thuviaptarth: VVC links - Asking for trigger warnings is asking for more than my culture generally provides. The thing is, I kind of think my culture in general sucks in its treatment of trauma, assault, sexual assault, and disability. My culture in general pretends these traumas are not common and that disability is irrelevant. I don't think either of these things are true. I am always hoping my fannish subculture will do the mainstream one better. -
(tags: vidding warnings) - vom_marlowe: Disability, fandom, and me: Here's your place, live in it, or the VVC stormI found out that me and my bum knee are not welcome. What it takes to make me able to attend a convention is so scary, so threatening, so aweful, that I am not welcome.
That's...a hard lesson. But in some ways, at least now I know. At least I see it in the open. At least I know where I stand. And who stands with me, and who against.
(tags: disability cons) - yhlee: Vividcon policies Section V - I have a question--is there a reason for the no-required-warnings policy? -
(tags: vidding warnings) - jarrow: thoughts on warnings - I am not anti-warning. But I do think that providing warnings is something every artist should decide for her/himself - what kind, if any, as they want to phrase it. It's something for individual spaces, not something, I think, that can be incorporated into a con space in a fair way that truly addresses and "fixes" a problem. -
(tags: vidding cons warnings) - bradcpu: The Vividcon Schism - I think this is the real reason why there's been so much ever-increasing strife in the community recently: That it's the manifestation of a core disagreement about vidding, what it should be, and how the convention should or shouldn't reflect that. As the voice and presence of the new segment grows, so does the drama, as these core ideals clash. -
(tags: vidding cons) - hazelk: VVC and Scooby space - Vividcon is a conference, anyone can register, as of now it has a policy statement. In those ways it looks like a public space but in many others and to many others I think it feels more like, not private space maybe but a homely one. Not family homely, at least not biological family homely but created family maybe. -
(tags: cons disability) - therienne: I Love Vividcon - For those who would protect the viewer, and argue that the art is not as important as the individual, I’m going to ask you this. Please remember that behind the art, are more individuals. And the con exists for their sake as well. -
(tags: vidding cons) - goldjadeocean: Notes towards a new way of doing art - But there are two essential models of social groupings at work in these ideas. One is a hierarchal model, where those with power have agency over those who do not and transmission of knowledge and authority goes one-way; the other is communal, without an externally-imposed hierarchy. -
(tags: discussions fandom warnings question gender) - thingswithwings: some things to think about in this VVC discussion - I want to intervene in some of the terminology and assumptions I've seen thrown around during the VVC-related discussion about warnings, and as such I have several different, but interrelated, issues that I want to address. -
(tags: ableism disability warnings discussions cons vidding) - ratcreature: so how do you do fanart headers? - So how to best balance between useful previews and not wanting to ambush people with disturbing pictures? Is the small size of a preview enough, because you can't see it in detail? Do most fans who are concerned about avoiding certain pictures browse with all turned off and only see them after clicking one specifically, so that text labels work as a heads up for images too? Do you still click on fanart cuts without any image preview if it has just a text header describing it? -
(tags: fanart warnings) - zvi: Reading remixes - I like to read the original before I read the remix, because then I feel like I am not missing the point of the remix, or, at least, I am not missing the point of a really great remix. -
(tags: remixing) - bethbethbeth: Some [Incredibly Long-Winded] Thoughts on Running a Fic/Art Exchange - even fun activities like this involve some actual thought and planning - quite a lot in some cases - for everything to run smoothly...but from my perspective, it's absolutely worth it. -
(tags: exchanges)