and your obvious privilege you're completely blind to!.

Is there racefail happening across all fandoms at once, or am I just paying more attention to it?

ETA: To all you Snape and Slytherin fans who are tired of Snape/Slytherin fans being looked at as racism sympathizers, you can thank this comm. The crap over at COS is the least of your problems (or ( Read more... )

I think a lot of people have already expressed my exact reaction and feelings when I found out about the racefail SPN fanfic. (The author already removed her story, but the link goes to excerpts from the story posted by bossymarmalade.)

And the more I looked into the story and it's development, the more depressed I became. Because the truth is, this type of ( Read more... )

Voldemort is supposed to be one of the most powerful Dark Wizards ever. He's even credited to be one of, if not the, most powerful Legilmens. (Maybe next to Dumbledore, cause he kicks ass in everything.) Which makes sense since it's depicted that no one was able to get away from him. Either if it's someone he wanted to kill or a death eater who ( Read more... )

You can now add THIS to my list of distractions.

I think I found a gold mine. Actually, take that back. This is more equivalent to TONS and TONS of piles of shit! The starting posts to this thread go back to around the release of Deathly Hallows. And yes, I know it's the FictionAlley Park forums, and it's part of their butthurt character bashing V. ( Read more... )

Note: Okay, FOR REAL this time! :) Apologies for taking a while on this. I've been busy dealing with comments here and elsewhere, along with events happening in real life. And there's going to be a Part 3. Oh dear lord there's a part 3.....

Why Blaming Lily is Rooted in Misogyny - Part 2

( This is what happens when a feminist Snape fan can't take it anymore!!! )

NOTE: This essay was supposed to written as one piece, but due to the insane length this came up to be, I'm separating this into 2 parts. Hopefully it doesn't need to get longer than that.

Why Blaming Lily is Rooted in Misogyny - Part 1

( And awaaaaay we go... )

I've been hearing how great Bleach is over the years from fellow anime fans, but kept putting it off for a long time due to my habits of procrastination. As pathetic as this is, it wasn't until I read this beautiful gem of a wank (and couple others before that) that I was finally motivated to start reading and see what all the fuss was about.

So I' ( Read more... )

So in my adventures in the Snape and Lily Character Analysis thread on the COS forums (Which also involved a crazy ass marathon of posts two nights ago debating if Snape was racist. I'm planning on making another post on that subject.), I decided to ask the question of What did Teenage Snape do to be a good friend to Lily? (Post #206) Personally, I ( Read more... )

Thanks to mariem_1  for linking me to this awesome post by fernwithy .

Negative images of femininity in the popular "Harriet Potter" series

It was written back in 2005, but I think a lot of it still reigns true today from the complaints we're still hearing about the women in HP and the things I mentioned in my last post.

Some awesome quotes:

"But of course, let's not ( Read more... )

Originally found this off of Racialicious (which is a very good and informative site that EVERYONE should keep themselves updated on).

ankhesen_mie wrote a post addressing the racism behind hating the Spock/Uhura pairing that finally came to life from the new Star Trek movie.

Quiz to Test if You Have Latent Racial Issues with S/U

I'm a fan of Star Trek (grew up ( Read more... )