Racism is fandom is hilarious! Hold on, no it isn't

[bofoddity]

So, calling a Jewish fanfic author a kike is okay now? How fucking charming.

Also, the fact that metafandom hasn't linked to any of these posts yet is very interesting.

(Unless a big one about all of this is coming up? I really hope that.)

ETA: Shouldn't post when upset. Relevant post is up here.

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

I guess what's bothering me is the implication I'm seeing in some comments that if someone thinks Yuletide (the ficathon) is not a problem then you think people shouldn't want things to be inclusive and anyone who's not in the majority religion/culture should just generally shut up and deal. I absolutely don't think that... I just think people can have a Christmas ficathon if they want to and I don't really understand why that bothers anyone.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Minor clarification: I mean that I don't understand why it bothers anyone that it exists... I do understand why some people wouldn't want to participate in it.

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Full agreement. I've participated in Yuletide three times and I signed up for this year as well, and I don't think I have to feel guilty about it. I only wish that the discussion about this had been different in nature. I hope things will improve from now on.