Letter to people reading this LJ
Hi everyone!
Hi especially to those of you who just got here! And, of course, hi to everyone who is reading, and thank you for reading!
I suspect most people here are probably aware that the cultural appropriation debate now ranges far and wide ( a good round-up, for those curious).
I'd like to note that I'm probably going to be posting even more on race and culture and ethnicity in the future, more so than I was before. I was going to apologize if this made anyone uncomfortable, but I think it's an uncomfortable topic and attempting to make it one isn't something I can really do. Also, heck, I feel uncomfortable talking about it, particularly in front of an audience, but I feel it's important, and I'd like to keep talking.
It's not like I haven't posted about this in the past, particularly with regard to Asian-inspired/-influenced SF and fantasy, but there's going to be even more of it now! I feel it may have been somewhat deceptive to not post about it in the past even more, just because this topic is near and dear to my heart and because it affects nearly everything I think every day. So, there will still be book posts and rat posts and knitting posts and food posts! But there will also be more book-and-race, rats-and-race (rat race? Hee!), knitting-and-race, and food-and-race posts as well. And many of these posts will very likely be uncomfortable in nature.
I'm noting this and screening comments so that anyone can defriend me if they like (naturally, anyone can defriend me whenever!! But I figured I'd like to put it out since it's such a touchy topic), and I won't be offended. I will, of course, be sorry to see you go, but I say that not to put pressure on you to not go, but to say that even if you do, I've valued being read and being responded to, and I'd like to express that.
- Oyce
Hi especially to those of you who just got here! And, of course, hi to everyone who is reading, and thank you for reading!
I suspect most people here are probably aware that the cultural appropriation debate now ranges far and wide ( a good round-up, for those curious).
I'd like to note that I'm probably going to be posting even more on race and culture and ethnicity in the future, more so than I was before. I was going to apologize if this made anyone uncomfortable, but I think it's an uncomfortable topic and attempting to make it one isn't something I can really do. Also, heck, I feel uncomfortable talking about it, particularly in front of an audience, but I feel it's important, and I'd like to keep talking.
It's not like I haven't posted about this in the past, particularly with regard to Asian-inspired/-influenced SF and fantasy, but there's going to be even more of it now! I feel it may have been somewhat deceptive to not post about it in the past even more, just because this topic is near and dear to my heart and because it affects nearly everything I think every day. So, there will still be book posts and rat posts and knitting posts and food posts! But there will also be more book-and-race, rats-and-race (rat race? Hee!), knitting-and-race, and food-and-race posts as well. And many of these posts will very likely be uncomfortable in nature.
I'm noting this and screening comments so that anyone can defriend me if they like (naturally, anyone can defriend me whenever!! But I figured I'd like to put it out since it's such a touchy topic), and I won't be offended. I will, of course, be sorry to see you go, but I say that not to put pressure on you to not go, but to say that even if you do, I've valued being read and being responded to, and I'd like to express that.
- Oyce