I read the whole article and had to like, stare at a wall after just to restart my brain. Wow, are people fucking terrible. Also file that under Even More Reasons Why I Never Want To Be A Published Writer. On one hand, yes, I want to read more #OwnVoices stories, because I'm tired of straight white guys trying to relate with anything outside of their bubble, but can we do that without conducting a fucking witch hunt each and every damn time???? How disgustingly awful.
This also reminded me of a fic I worked on in 2015 where one of the characters started as GNC and then gradually turned into a non-binary identity, including a massive, painful monologue about living in a world where people don't respect your gender. Fast forward a year later, I realized I was non-binary and was probably working a lot of my shit through that particular character. I still haven't published that fic, mostly because I don't want to deal with any backlash with how I "handled" that, even more so with how personal all of it is.
One of my friends made a post the other week about racism in fandom and their experiences and ultimately we commented on how there's little to no room for nuanced conversations about these extremely important topics and people gobble up absolutist ideals for the sake of woke points. It's sad. It really is.
It's exactly like you said: This is not social justice; it’s real violence performed against people in vulnerable positions.
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This also reminded me of a fic I worked on in 2015 where one of the characters started as GNC and then gradually turned into a non-binary identity, including a massive, painful monologue about living in a world where people don't respect your gender. Fast forward a year later, I realized I was non-binary and was probably working a lot of my shit through that particular character. I still haven't published that fic, mostly because I don't want to deal with any backlash with how I "handled" that, even more so with how personal all of it is.
One of my friends made a post the other week about racism in fandom and their experiences and ultimately we commented on how there's little to no room for nuanced conversations about these extremely important topics and people gobble up absolutist ideals for the sake of woke points. It's sad. It really is.
It's exactly like you said: This is not social justice; it’s real violence performed against people in vulnerable positions.