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makamu ([personal profile] makamu) wrote in [personal profile] soc_puppet 2023-06-18 11:11 am (UTC)

A very good point. I remember putting together the Misogynist Slash Fan Bingo Cards over ten years ago, and while things have gotten better, I'm pretty sure we can still get some use out of them. Fandom is dominated by people who have experienced misogyny, and a lot of us still have trouble recognizing it

As someone who had to unlearn the slash-related misogyny I picked up as a teenager in fandom (it was mild, but there), yes, it takes time to unlearn and learn to spot the trends and patterns. With racisms, it is much worse, due to fandom being overwhelmingly (US American) white.

I like that End OTW Racism has specified that they're trying to focus on deliberate racism, rather than accidental racism, but that's something that would be very difficult to measure. I can think of a particularly egregious example that I clicked out of ASAP that I have no way of telling if the author knew they were being horrifyingly racist or not. Or how many of the readers recognized it, for that matter.

Hmm agreed. Let's say, the accounts of stitch having other fans of colour harassed are making me feel cautious at the very least.

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