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[merrily]

paradox_dragon posted about why it matters that there's an all-male BoD @ FanLib; someone anonymously replied, no, I don't think it does; I waded into the fray, and now I'm just annoyed.

cupidsbow, in her awesome, awesome post about fanfiction through the lens of Joanna Russ, comments on the developing female artist tendency to meet scornful "you can't create!" comments with a puzzled look and then a turned back as the female artist goes back to creating what she is creating.

Maybe we have an obligation to other people who haven't thought about gender trouble to talk about feminism and it's application to our daily lives, and to explain, carefully and patiently, why something pisses us off, but more and more I get impatient. I certainly got impatient with anonymous poster. I don't want to break down why gender divide=gender trouble. S/he can say it doesn't; I'll be over here working on a model that takes it into account and eliminates the problem.

I mean, I'm not doing that, since I'm not a philosopher or aca-fan. (Although I'm really starting to warm to the idea of pursuing fan studies academically. I could do that! And apparently I could get fuckin' FUNDING to do that.)

But seriously. Turning your back. Not a practical or forward moving action, but a relief. Who wants to have the same discussion over and over again? Isn't that why there are books?

Also, I am no longer supportive of anonymous lj posting. We all use pseuds here, people. We're anonymous already, by design. For gods' sake, make up a free sock-puppet account if you really have to, but offer some kind of trace-back accountability.

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[inalasahl]

Anonymice rarely have anything worthwhile to say.

Maybe we have an obligation to other people who haven't thought about gender trouble to talk about feminism and it's application to our daily lives, and to explain, carefully and patiently, why something pisses us off, but more and more I get impatient.
No, we don't have an obligation to be patient with people (so don't feel bad). We might, might be more likely to get a fair hearing when we're patient, but having ovaries doesn't automatically elect anyone to be the perfect ambassadorial spokesperson for gender issues.

Although I'm really starting to warm to the idea of pursuing fan studies academically. I could do that! And apparently I could get fuckin' FUNDING to do that.
Me too! I wish I'd known there *were* fan studies when I did college the first-time round. But I could so get my masters in it. Didn't know about the funding, though.

[merrilily.livejournal.com]

Anonymice rarely have anything worthwhile to say.

So true.

My brain feels like cheese right now, and I've just written and deleted two replies to your other comments, so I'm going to leave this at "so true" and go have a nap. More later.