does the mention of hair colors read as "whites only" to you?
Yeah, it made me wince, anyway. Especially since, overall, the question of representation on a lot of levels seems... really unresolved? Not even very well articulated from or about any constituency?
I guess overall, based on these first five entries, I worry that some of the extreme language of the foregoing debate is getting picked up and re-amplified here (taking over fandom, not a real fan), when some/much of what's being expressed is in fact a set of concerns that isn't actually silly at all. They may be eminently answerable worries, but they're not unreasonable on their face.
I think the link to ithiliana's entry does the FAQ a disservice in perpetuating the divisiveness it wants to answer. I love her rant, but it doesn't address any of the (imo) substantive issues that might lie at the heart of people's fears. The fact that a lot of us are not as practiced at effective problemitization or argumentation as, well, lawyers or academics probably needs to be taken into account. (Here's (http://ithiliana.livejournal.com/821368.html?thread=4348024#t4348024) my teal deer try at coherence.)
Let me add my thanks for the staggering work y'all are doing out of love. It's amazing.
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Yeah, it made me wince, anyway. Especially since, overall, the question of representation on a lot of levels seems... really unresolved? Not even very well articulated from or about any constituency?
I guess overall, based on these first five entries, I worry that some of the extreme language of the foregoing debate is getting picked up and re-amplified here (taking over fandom, not a real fan), when some/much of what's being expressed is in fact a set of concerns that isn't actually silly at all. They may be eminently answerable worries, but they're not unreasonable on their face.
I think the link to ithiliana's entry does the FAQ a disservice in perpetuating the divisiveness it wants to answer. I love her rant, but it doesn't address any of the (imo) substantive issues that might lie at the heart of people's fears. The fact that a lot of us are not as practiced at effective problemitization or argumentation as, well, lawyers or academics probably needs to be taken into account. (Here's (http://ithiliana.livejournal.com/821368.html?thread=4348024#t4348024) my teal deer try at coherence.)
Let me add my thanks for the staggering work y'all are doing out of love. It's amazing.