Visual Development By Eyvind Earle For Sleeping Beauty (1959).

One of the stupidest things ppl respond with is "instead of complaining about your character of color's lack of popularity why don't you make stuff for them instead?"

It’s a horribly shitty thing to say because I only got to the point of pointing out racism in fandom because I’d noticed it for years. I have spent YEARS in fandom. My contributions to this blog are from personal experience. I didn’t write mod R’s super popular post but that’s just because I’m not great at distilling my observations down like she is but I agree wholeheartedly.

I started out in white fandoms almost a decade ago because back then the shows I liked had been predominantly white. You know the type, they had a recurring character who was a WoC and several poc villains and I thought wow great representation! But I was young and dumb and hadn’t finished college yet. As time went on I noticed how my new fave Ugly Betty was still featuring a lot of abuse towards its woc lead. It relied heavily on the white savior trope weekly (Daniel would save the day with money for her family problems) Wilhelmina another woc was the villain (she ended up having a great arc but did they have to pit the woc against each other so much for so long?). I was afraid to join the fandom because occasionally there were problems with the show I couldn’t articulate. (Why did Betty only date white men? Why weren’t there more poc in the office? Why did it have to be called ugly betty in the first place?).

Eventually I became more involved in fandom and this process I’d gone through with Ugly Betty started repeating itself with different shows. I started noticing that stanning for my faves wasn’t easy because fandom was incredibly typical in its preferences. I started reading meta and noticing horrible patterns. I’d already been a feminist but being a feminist in fandom and seeing all the shitty ways fans belittled MoC reminded me of the shitty treatment my father gets just because he’s a brown immigrant. Seeing ppl constantly cry for equal rights and mysteriously only stan for white cis het men made me realize that intersectionality was missing in fandom.

White ppl forget that a poc growing up in the States don’t automatically get when something is racist. Because here colorblindness ideology keeps our own white friends treating us like tokens and using us as “proof” against their racism. So in fandom when all the love goes to white cis het males we’re expected to ignore the fact that our characters of color are not loved the same way (and instead are villified needlessly). Or when we talk about it you respond with things like, “well then make stuff for them” (maybe I did and fandom can’t wait to tear it apart because a PoC can’t possibly be “that awesome”) “my preferences don’t make me racist” (discounting whole races because you don’t think they’re beautiful IS RACIST) “I like villains they’re more interesting” (simple q & a: why are they all white villains who get complex stories? Your media is fucking racist).

To the ppl who feel the need to defend themselves as not racist: stop acting like you know a damn fucking thing about racism, if you’re white you will never truly understand.

Important ideas to consider when creating characters who are black and indigenous people of color. (x)

I am going to be the one who will free Himemiya from you!

okay finally getting my ass to watch bkg. i’m. charmed. 80′s an*me is something

Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."

It's crazy that being told how to deal with that is never a part of anyone's menstrual sex education.

racism is not ‘drama,’ ‘discourse,’ or ‘fandom wank.’ i am honestly disappointed when fandom bnfs refuse to use their privilege and platform to denounce racism in fandom, or at the very least stop giving racist content a space on their platform

i hear the cry ‘but fandom is for fun!’ a lot, and believe me, i am completely 1000% a proponent of ‘fandom is for fun.’ i would love to have only fun in fandom. but the words which are not spoken is ‘for whites.’ fandom is for fun for whites. i do not mean to dismiss any good anti-racist work people may be doing in their offline lives, but to be able to take that off and not think about it in fandom is a privilege. as it stands now, poc do not have any space they can use just ‘for fun.’ we experience racism every day in our offline lives and it follows us no matter where we go, even into fandom

if you want ‘fandom is for fun,’ you must make fandom for fun for everyone. this means actively welcoming fans of color by speaking out against racism (or other forms of marginalization), listening to and uplifting their voices, and not supporting racist content. will you put in the work to truly make fandom for fun for everyone, or will you continue to uphold racism and drive fans of color out of your fandom?

100% delusional (me)

“I’m sorry Scott. I’m sorry. It’s not supposed to be like this. The bite is meant to be a gift. I can’t fix this, but you’re strong, and I’ll be here to help you get through it.”

so I saw this trend like 84 yrs ago (yes I’m that late)