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[astridv]

People who know me know that I’ve in the past spoken up against the denigration of female characters. Actually I’ve lost a good chunk of my LJ friends list over that issue, and I stand behind every word I said. But I don’t think that denigrating male characters is the answer to that problem. In my opinion, the answer lies in promoting fanworks about female characters. Writing fic. Drawing fanart. Reccing those works. Commenting. Exchanges. In calling out unfair character bashing. But I’m not going to choose between fangirling female characters and fangirling male ones. I want both. I need both in a canon in order to get really pulled in.

Is fandom seriously just capable of thinking in binary terms? No nuance, no context? I get backlash but it makes no sense to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and there’s a lot of that going on. Has been for years. It’s so unproductive.

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[astridv]

If you are not for something, you must be against it. If you are for something, you must be against what is considered its opposite.

Yup.
It seems somehow stronger in fandom but that may be because I'm spending so much time here.

He couldn't seem to grasp that they could be for planting trees and still use wood. He felt if they were for planting trees, they must be against any use of wood.

Wow. Yeah, good example. A kneejerk reaction, unspoiled by facts or critical thinking.