I did read about this! So you know how there are various English-language websites and social media accounts that aggregate "weird" news from Japan? There are the same sorts of Japanese-language websites and accounts focused on weird news from America, and that's where I read about John Boyne. At first I thought it was cute and wholesome, and then I got the whole story about why people like this are why the #OwnVoices movement started in the first place. Yikes.
But I hear you about not wanting to turn certain aspects of your identity into a brand. Wow, do I ever hear you.
Like, I'm extremely grateful for people who are Here! and Queer!! and Ready To Talk About It!!! I love reading essays and comics about queer identity, and obviously I like when not everyone in the stories I read is straight. At the same time, sometimes I personally just want to write about A Creepy Town With A Dark Secret, and maybe that's an analogy for queer identity I guess, but really, it's mostly just me wanting to write about A Creepy Town With A Dark Secret.
And holy shit, as someone who just had to leave a job after disclosing a disability, I think maybe people shouldn't have to disclose anything in a super public and incendiary venue.
I get the feeling that perhaps young people who don't have much exposure to operating outside of high school and college can forget this if they spend a lot of time in progressive spaces online, but the wider world is still distressingly ignorant and bigoted.
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Date: 2020-09-09 12:38 pm (UTC)But I hear you about not wanting to turn certain aspects of your identity into a brand. Wow, do I ever hear you.
Like, I'm extremely grateful for people who are Here! and Queer!! and Ready To Talk About It!!! I love reading essays and comics about queer identity, and obviously I like when not everyone in the stories I read is straight. At the same time, sometimes I personally just want to write about A Creepy Town With A Dark Secret, and maybe that's an analogy for queer identity I guess, but really, it's mostly just me wanting to write about A Creepy Town With A Dark Secret.
And holy shit, as someone who just had to leave a job after disclosing a disability, I think maybe people shouldn't have to disclose anything in a super public and incendiary venue.
I get the feeling that perhaps young people who don't have much exposure to operating outside of high school and college can forget this if they spend a lot of time in progressive spaces online, but the wider world is still distressingly ignorant and bigoted.