thank you to The Pudding for this absolutely crucial reporting, i genuinely love it when they let someone pitch them something weird and unorthodox like this
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I misread this at least 3 times as “who gets snipped”
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It genuinely whips that they gave this the full like, New York Times infographic-article treatment.
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Whew the section on Race in chapter 2.
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The presentation on this article is very fun, although it does feel a bit surface level in parts since it’s mainly data analysis. “Fic writers don’t write about female characters because they aren’t well written” has been a tired sentiment for decades, but the brief point about race is good, as is linking to this Stitch Vogue article. Really recommend Stitch’s writing on fandom culture in general, they’ve written a lot of good stuff and predictably gotten a lot of shit over it.
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Your intent isn’t magic and ignoring racism in fandom or framing it as a petty fight is part of the problem.
For Cait, currently locked on Twitter as a result of harassment from people angry about him talking about racism in his main fandom, queer fandom spaces have always been hostile to fans of color. “While I acknowledge they’ve been a place of exploration for myself too, I feel as a POC I’m not granted the freedom and peace to exist in ways white queers get to, and that I must abide to a completely different set of rules,” he shares via DM. Queer fans of color are told to “curate your space” to minimize seeing or experiencing racism, but how can we do that when we’re punished for setting boundaries (like blocking people or locking our accounts) in an attempt to protect ourselves from racists in our own fandoms?
Lol… lmao.
It really never changes huh.
The Stitch article was a good one.
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