Saturday, August 7, 2010
cupidsbow: "smaller and weaker" o rly? - You know those misogynist cliches in fic that make you grind your teeth?[...]//I'm officially adding another to the list. It goes like this:And then Dean realised he was with someone stronger than him. Someone he didn't have to be careful with. Someone who wasn't smaller or weaker. -
(tags: gender fanfic characterization)
poisontaster: You're now tuned into the motherfucking greatest - I remember that sense of not being bothered. I remember not noticing that there was no one like me on the shows I watched. I remember being more entertained by the adventures of white men, doing white men things. In many ways, it was a much happier time and I'd be lying if there weren't days that I wished I could go back to that sense of being happy with whatever the networks chose to give me. -
(tags: race privilege watching)- thewaterbandit: three thoughts on racism, fandom and being offended - Some people defend their fandom to the very death. Some people just ignore the problematic aspects. Some people don't. -
(tags: discussions hetalia race)