Tag Archives: fandom

What It’s Like Being Fandom Critical While Black

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

If we adopted Scientologist terms in fandom I’d probably be deemed as a negative influence or suppressive person because of the way I talk about the things I’ve seen and experienced in fandom spaces. I’ve had my opinions invalidated, my … Continue reading →

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[Book Review] Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

I just finished reading “Gena/Finn” by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson. It is good. So good. I definitely cried a little while reading it. I think that it’s definitely the BEST fiction book on fandom that I’ve ever read and … Continue reading →

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Fear of Fucking Up: Not Actually A Good Excuse For Erasing Characters of Color

Posted on July 22, 2016 by

  Recently, there’s been a spate of fannish and original writers claiming that they’re so afraid of negative reception and responses from people of color, that they refrain from writing characters of color in their works. We saw this during … Continue reading →

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[Guest Post] The Dragon Age Fandom Hates Characters (and People) of Color

Posted on July 19, 2016 by

Note: Previously posted on the website Fandoms Hate People of Color (click the link to reblog it), I received permission to host this essay about the experiences one fan of color (who has requested to remain anonymous) had and witnessed … Continue reading →

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Fandom has always been broken (but it’s not for the reasons that you think)

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

When Devin Faraci wrote an article entitled “Fandom is broken”, there was a moment where I expected him to actually talk about the ways that fandom was actually broken. Sure, he does mention how fan entitlement leads to threats against … Continue reading →

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Stitch on Fansplaining’s Two-Part Episode About Race and Fandom!

Posted on May 22, 2016 by

Earlier this week I got a chance to participate in an episode of fandom podcast Fansplaining that was all about race/racism in fandom and giving people of color a chance to speak about what they’d witnessed and experienced. It was … Continue reading →

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Black Ladies Deserve Love Too: Lupita Nyong’o, Concern Trolling, and White Feminism

Posted on May 13, 2016 by

Yesterday, internet gossip revealed that 12 Years A Slave actress (and all around adorable human being) Lupita Nyong’o was in talks to star opposite Chadwick Boseman in 2018’s Black Panther solo movie. One of the earliest (now seemingly refuted) tidbits … Continue reading →

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Internalized Misogyny and that Damned Slash Shipping Post: A Response

Posted on February 11, 2016 by

(Wherein I answer the first part of @legendofzeldamajorass‘s question, sort of answer the second, and promise try to do a better job about fleshing out my comments at some point soonish when I’m not swamped with work.) This is in … Continue reading →

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I’m Done Being Patient: Agent Carter and the Bare, White Minimum

Posted on January 23, 2016 by

I’m finally starting to grasp the idea that the writers and showrunners on Agent Carter view intersectional feminism as a great myth. I’m also clear on the fact that fandom feels the same way. Last year, when Agent Carter came … Continue reading →

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Maggie Stiefvater’s Got An Issue With the Star Wars’ fandom’s focus on Poe & Finn

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

Obviously, this post has spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And some of them might be above the cut. Earlier yesterday, The Raven Cycle author Maggie Stiefvater took to tumblr (in a response to a message sent from one … Continue reading →

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On Grayson, fandom, problematic media, and the drive to “defend” popular male characters

Posted on December 22, 2015 by

Content notes: This post mentions and/or links to descriptions of sexual assault and harassment as well as racism. If you were to listen to a certain group of Dick Grayson fans on the internet, you’d probably come to the conclusion … Continue reading →

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Fandom’s Huge Race Problem Essay #2: Co-Opted Experiences and Identities in Fandom

Posted on December 18, 2015 by

AKA How to appropriate cultures and lose respect in the process Content notes: Aside from discussing racism in different forms across different cultures, this post also will talk briefly about the Holocaust and Transatlantic slavery. Note that I am AfroCaribbean … Continue reading →

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On edging away from fanfiction to original works

Posted on December 6, 2015 by

I’m writing less and less fan fiction lately. Obviously. I mean, I went from writing dozens of pieces of fan fiction a year (I went from writing 400k words a year to less than 70k) to less than twenty in … Continue reading →

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Things About Fandom That Stand Out to Me

Posted on November 24, 2015 by

Originally written in April 2015 for the blog Womanist Glasses, I felt that a repost was timely and necessary as I prepare to talk about fandom and blackness in a couple of posts I’m set to post. I still believe … Continue reading →

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#FlashbackFriday – Stitch takes on the #JamesBond & #00q fandoms

Posted on November 13, 2015 by

To be fair, when I open a video talking about fandom sucking, it’s easy to understand why I’m not more popular in fandom spaces. I’m not necessarily nice about certain things, but then — I don’t have to be. Three … Continue reading →

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