How much do you wanna bet that one person in your notes thinks racism in fandom “isn’t a big deal” because “it’s just fiction” and “let people have fun guys”, because in my experience, it never stops at JUST Aphobia.
That's just the thing though – I don't think they do. I think they think different rules apply to us. But you're right that it IS the start of the slippery slope.
The "It's just fiction it doesn't hurt anyone" reasoning doesn't work for racist stereotyping. It doesn't work for misogynistic stereotyping. It doesn't work for xenophobia. It doesn't work for demonizing mental illness. It doesn't work for queer stereoypes or erasure. And systematically acting like the parts of people on the asexual and aromantic spectrums that make them different from everyone else and excluded as a result simply do not exist or can be ignored/symbolically fixed IS erasure.
Anyone who has to face shit because of THE WAY THEY WERE BORN can be hurt by fiction invalidating their existence. It wouldn't be argued for other orientations and it shouldn't be argued for ours. There are no exceptions. And sure, there'll be bad actors who'll use that reasoning to perpetrate MORE stereotypes or try to defend genuinely harmful behaviors, but that doesn't mean our wellbeing should be thrown under the bus for the sake of convenience – or indeed even the sake of "this activates the happy neurons in my brain so I can just casually ignore any harm it can cause to a whole minority group and act like it never exists", which, granted, mankind as a whole is super-guilty of all the time, I don't think any of us is exempt from that honestly. Buuuut yeah. Idk if I'm part of the group that IS affected I sure as hell am not gonna shut up about it and be convenient, I don't think that's how it works, or how it oughta work
Anyway. I should also preface that like with exploring queer identities, or themes such as mental illness, there IS a difference between demonizing something, stereotyping something, erasing something, and exploring it with respect and nuance while DOING PROPER RESEARCH and BEING SYMPATHETIC TO WHICHEVER GROUP YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT (I think both of those go pretty much hand in hand). I don't think any of us is arguing that. But just like any endeavour for inclusion and representation, that requires work, the kind of work that it seems not many people are willing to put in. And yet, when they do, entertainment as a whole can make big strides and lead with hope for improvement for the future even if things aren't perfect as they are by a mile. We've seen it before so many times with so many minority identities and legit I don't see why aspecs should be an exception by any logic.
PS: Also real talk real talk real talk at the very least in our case you have SO MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES to activate the happy neurons in your brain without having to go after the likes of us seriouslyyyyy
“hey this dog looks to be struggling to perform very basic functions and that is very worrying” “well ACTUALLY if you STUDIED THE BREED STANDARD you’d see that this dog is actually the IDEAL ______” YEAH. THIS TOO IS THE PROBLEM. WHAT ARE YOU NOT GETTING.
“you can’t blame breeders for breeding to standard :/“ i actually find it very easy to blame them. they are the ones creating the dogs on purpose, you see
Reclaiming a slur or bigoted term does not mean you can use it as an insult. If you call something or someone the r word, saying "well I'm neurodivergent so I can reclaim it" does not magically take away the violence and harm of that word when it's being used to hurt other people. Calling someone limp wristed for being "weak" or effeminate isn't quirky or funny because you're queer, it's just homophobia. You aren't reclaiming the word bimbo by slinging at other women to put them down. All you're doing is perpetuating the bigotry and violence that creates those terms in the first place.
Oh, what a shame- this 1923 Arts & Crafts mansion was owned by an artist in Bellevue Hill, NSW Australia. He left it to a trust for artists because he didn't want rich people buying it, or the private school next door. But the trust couldn't afford the upkeep and sought permission from the courts to sell it. And now it's up for sale and some rich person will probably buy it and do a tasteless reno - instead of artists. 10bds, 4ba, 19,805sqft. Price by Request. (I found it- they're talking $30m.)
He named it "Wirian," and it's hidden from the street.
Looked up the artist. His name was Martin Sharp.
It has a lovely front entrance.
The artist's trust had been using the first floor for a gallery.
Wow, it's huge. I guess it's a lot to maintain.
They left the fireplaces and built-ins intact.
Beautiful room with doors to the garden.
They've cleared the exhibits and art out.
Sharp was a pop artist.
Very large dining room.
The kitchen is large enough to save the vintage stove and incorporate modern appliances. It already has subway tile.
Large area off the stairs on the 2nd floor has a nice window seat.
Bright upstairs bedroom has a view of the bay.
The bay view.
The listing says it's ready to reno, but it's in very good vintage condition.
Walking path through the gardens.
Such a beautiful home, I hope someone who loves art buys it.
It has a porte cochere.
The bay harbor. The house is very close to it. 0.45 acre lot.
Wait so. Elliot Page’s role in The Odyssey is to be unwillingly sacrificed within the first five minutes of his appearance and THAT’S the “complex and interesting” role that people have claimed was personally gifted to him by Nolan for transitioning into a man?? Five minutes of screen time where he’s immediately killed?? Are we actually fucking serious right now. I’ve had to deal with post after post on every social media platform telling me that The Odyssey is proof that Elliot Page transitioned into privilege and the role in question is the most insulting, transphobic, nothingburger I’ve ever seen in my life. Am I missing something here because I feel like I’m losing my mind.
These people think a trans man existing in public is proof of privilege. These people think a trans man being allowed to live and breathe is proof of privilege. These people don’t want trans men to exist btw call it out for what it is at this point.
I get that Sinon is an important and complex character, but when we’re discussing the context of Elliot Page playing him and how his character was handled in Nolan’s adaptation:
1) His character doesn’t exist in Homer’s Odyssey and was taken from Virgil’s Aeneid and given to him instead of giving him an actual character in the Odyssey. If someone were to visit the original source material, his role will not even be there.
2) He is essentially the dead wife of the plot, and is also one of the youngest characters. He haunts the narrative, which is a pretty common role given to women so as to not actually write them into the plot, but please do keep telling me that there is absolutely no transphobic or misogynistic biases towards why Elliot Page was specifically selected to play Sinon.
3) He still only gets a combined amount of about five minutes of screentime, and considering this is the most notable role he’s recieved since coming out 5+ years ago… I don’t think this is proof that transitioning has benefited his career. Every time Elliot Page is even mentioned by name, the internet goes on a horrifically transphobic crusade for months until he’s forced back into obscurity. His acting career has objectively tanked since coming out.
4) Elliot Page has already worked with Chrisopher Nolan and was given a (noteably) bigger role in Inception pre-transition. Christopher Nolan did not “wait” for Elliot Page to transition (whatever the fuck that means), the two already knew each other from previous projects.
Edit: Personally, the only real win to me is that a trans man got to play a cis man without his transness being considered an issue, but the way in which Nolan went about it felt more like throwing Elliot Page a bone while benefiting from the outrage caused by Elliot Page simply existing, and instead of celebrating the small win that trans men received, every single side of the internet decided to rip into him and either call him a mentally ill woman or a privileged man benefiting from misogyny.
it feels like people trying to use Page's role in this movie to make a point about Nolan's misogyny are falling into the age-old trap of treating trans experiences purely as a means to prove cis women's experiences.
like, the OP of one particular post that went around got mad at people in the notes for calling them out, talking about how they were just trying to use this as an example to talk about misogynistic writing and "see, you derailed this post about how women are treated to talk about a man!" but its more than just an ill decision on their part.
people are so eager to make the joke that Page transitioned as is now getting better roles, regardless of whether or not its true. people are eager because its a joke that paints such a clear, pointed image of how cis women are affected by misogyny. its the same reason people love "if men could get pregnant..." jokes and sayings even when they are supposedly trans-inclusive. its the same reason that gender studies classes motherfucking love talking about how binary trans men and women in office jobs lose or gain male privilege, because it reduces trans experiences to a vehicle to illustrate cis women's oppression and cis men's privilege.
and people get really mad when you point out that they treat real trans men's real experiences as an allegory they can play around with to talk about how bad cis women are treated. like with "if men could get pregnant," people talking about how Page transitioned and suddenly got a "better role" act like you are spoiling their fun or missing the point, and they insist: but I wasn't even thinking about trans men! I was just trying to talk about how badly women are treated! and don't understand that, yes, that is the problem.
It's really funny that redditors convinced themselves that the stupid Tiananmen Square copypasta is going to get chinese people forcefully disconnected from their internet service or something while the UK government will get your ass if you complete the sentence "Soldier F is ___" and has actively worked with google and with social media websites to censor posts or search results about Soldier F
In case the links ever go down, Soldier F is David James Cleary, a British paratrooper.
He murdered two Northern Irish people in Derry, in occupied Northern Ireland, who were demanding their civil rights on what was later called Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972. He wounded five more. In total 13 Northern irish unarmed protesters demanding equal rights were murdered by British paratroopers that day, with one additional person dying later on from their wounds.
Someone asked me a while ago if I still had a photo of the worst sink I had ever seen while apartment hunting in Los Angeles. I assumed I deleted it so I didn't answer the ask and now it's gone, but as it turns out, yes, I do still have a photo of it.
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