Stitch's Media Mix

Guess who's back~

[stitchmediamix]

Hello bitches

I'm back.

[stitchmediamix]

Beyond how I've been on private on Twitter from at least 2022 (but it could've been 2021) because of harassment so tartymae is new, late, and unintelligent all at once...

It's always wild to see people plainly super okay with me being called actual slurs and being harassed as they try to get me fired then pretend like "bootlicker of color" or PickMe to describe people literally defending racism in fandom is a racist attack...

And racist white fans actively pretend that they understand and care about racism in fandom but only in situations like this, where they can pretend to be objective (the OP of the post that tartymae was responding to) while linking to lies about me as if FFA has ever actually known anything about me in the years they've been harassing me (my first round with them was about when my website started and I called out white dudeslash fans)... Or where they can, like tartymae, pretend that they're suddenly experts on me and racism in fandom.

I'll find my "bootlickers of color" tweet on my own, the next time I'm near my archives. No one has to hunt for it.

I'm not ashamed for calling a bootlicker what they are. Especially when I've watched these same people spending years harassing me and undermining my work turn around and get all shocked when the racists they're holding water for... Turn around and hurt them the second they speak out about racism.

It's happened so often and I can't feel bad about it because this is something these folks chose. They chose and keep choosing to be friends with racists for some sad social capital and when those racists isolate them, kick them out of discord servers, spread rumors about them, and call them antis for caring about racism... They're shocked and appalled.

Leopards they raised ate they faces off... But I'm still the problem?

Sorry but that's not my fault that these people chose to enter the fight against racism in fandom on the side of racists/racism and then are shocked at the friendly fire that hits them.

And the fact that they often go right back to these racist bullies and apologize for advocating for themselves at all after those people isolate and lie on them... God. I'm supposed to resist the urge to call them bootlickers?

[stitchmediamix]

[nibeul]

if u think poc talking about fandom racism is ruining ur fun and putting a strain on the community, I wish u a very shut the fuck up

[anteaten-deactivated20220228]

[captain-crackship]

This does not go in the tags, friend.

[fansplaining]

Episode 197: Stitch

In Episode 197, Flourish and Elizabeth welcome back Stitch, the media critic and fandom journalist who was one of their original “Race and Fandom” guests way back in 2016! Stitch discusses their career trajectory from omnivorous fan to independent blogger to writing the “Fan Service” column for Teen Vogue, where they’ve tackled everything from escapism to boys’ love fic to racism—and especially anti-Blackness—in fandom. They also talk about the specific dangers they and other Black commentators face in being vocal about these topics—and how the threats they’ve received will likely make their work unsustainable in the long term.

Click through to our site to listen or read a full transcript!

[faustandfurious]

I don’t think there’s such a thing as being too old for fandom, I love seeing middle-aged and elderly people have fun with their favourite books and shows, but I do think there’s such a thing as being too old for certain types of fandom discourse, like at some point I expect you to have the maturity to take a step back and consider whether vitriolic online discourse about anime characters is really a good use of your spare time

[robotpussy]

has anti-intellectualism ever been as prevalent as it is now or is the internet just allowing us to see so much of it

[guccixcucci]

“Let people enjoy things” “and sometimes the curtains are just blue” were the worst things to be accepted by society

[robotpussy]

I think you should read this article:

The Lie of “Let People Like Things”

If “Let People Like Things” culture was really for everyone, people would be allowed to participate in criticism of fandom.

but long story short: "let people enjoy things" has become a pathway to people having an excuse for not wanting to critically think about the things they engage with. it plays a big part in the rise of anti-intellectualism

[lesbinewren]

ive seen your anti reylo posts where you talk about finn and do you have a source on him being black?

do i… do i what

[lelouch]

the way that slur use on twitter went up exponentially following elon musk buying the site really shows how for white people "free speech" is related to "being able to be racist"

[hrefnatheravenqueen]

Barker then turned his attention to his fellow author J.K. Rowling, who has had her fair share of controversy over the last few years over her opinions on the transgender community. “There’s a lot of pain amongst the transgender people that I know,” Barker stated. “They have a lot of issues in the world as it is, without a famous author opining on the subject. It just seems redundant. It just seems unkind.”

Noting Rowling’s vast financial success, Barker felt that Rowling’s newfound position of fame ought to exclude her from discussing trans rights. He added, “It really just seems redundant for a woman as successful, as validated in the world, as Ms Rowling, to be negative, to be disruptive if you will, to a very beaten up subculture. These are human beings. She has no right to opine, I think, upon the lives of human beings that she does not know.”

“I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”

‘Hellraiser’ writer Clive Barker on the publishing industry’s homophobia and J.K. Rowling

Prejudice.

[sakebytheriver]

"Why do you have to bring up racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc. etc.? Fandom is supposed to be fun!"

Well, gee I sure do wish I could be having all the fun with you guys, but to get to the fun stuff I wanna see I gotta sift through all this racist, misogynistic, homophobic, etc. etc. stuff before I can even glance at the fun stuff so maybe if you'd stop making that stuf I'd stop talking about it

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Being Black/Brown in Fandom Spaces be like:

*'White Perceived'- when anime characters walk around with names like "Todoroki", "Shigaraki", "Usagi" and "Naruto", and White fans fervently tell Black/Brown fans they can't cosplay them properly, as though these characters aren't also very much not White either just because they have light skin.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Louis: currently losing everything he's worked so hard to keep due to violent racism and vampirism and is rightfully upset at his partner's consistent lack of empathy over it

Lestat stans: "but he hurt Lestat's feelings with his words 🥺🥺"

Boy the social commentary on piss poor response to race issues is really writing itself huh 🤣 man's spends the entire episode losing his family, livelihood, community, and dignity, but he supposed to be emotionally composed at all times for his non-empathetic (and at times actively antagonistic) white partner's sake 🤣 🤷🏾‍♀️ go ahead and say kneeling during the anthem is "violent protest" bc it "hurts feelings" next 🤣 just go watch the movie if it's easier, jfc

[beroyas]

Things I wish most people in the TCW fandom understood:

That the term “s*mp” is misappropriated aave and should be dropped

That calling any poc “feral” or “animalistic” is racist

That referring to any poc with animal analogies and terms is racist

That I am closing in on your location as we speak

[beroyas]

So I made this to kind of prove a point but I didn’t think it’d already get proven in barely under 12hrs. 

My post has the same formatting, content, and topic matter as this post, which was made by Ivy (@queen-breha-organa​) about an hour earlier. I reblogged it before making mine.

Can anyone explain to me why a blog with 6x more followers than me, who made her post before mine, not only has ½ of the notes but has ALREADY been harassed over it?

I haven’t received any pushback on my post. There’s no replies. My inbox is empty. I haven’t gotten a single snarky tag. Nobody’s said a damn word to me about it negatively. On Ivy’s side, she has. Ivy doesn’t even have anon turned on. I do.

I’m white. Ivy is not.

Both posts bring up an important topic, but my post isn’t the original. Listen to the poc in your fandom. Share their words. Support their statements. Claiming to be against racism means literally nothing if you don’t show an ounce of actual, tangible support. 

[robotpussy]

I've said this before but it's extremely interesting that as soon as somebody says a humanoid/nonhuman character is a race that isn't white all of a sudden we're "applying race to a character that doesn't have or need one" but when you lot are interpreting the characters as white nobody says anything 😭 stop believing white is the default and shut the fuck up

[sparklesandmarvel]

I'm reposting this because I don't want it getting swallowed up by the length of the post but some of y'all need to get a grip. I had to respond to the person who had som foolishness to say about my post, so to recap:

@ribbonsflyingoutthewindow

All you did was show how ignorant and tone deaf you are. You make several arguments that fall flat for several reasons and are just laughable.

Firstly, I cannot believe Black have to keep saying this, we do not care if you have Black "friends", that is irrelevant to the argument and you can have Black "friends" and still be racist. Saying this actually leads me to believe that you are because why are you throwing around these relationships like you collected tokens you want to cash in? It’s like you are using your “friends” as a veil to poorly hide your racism.

2. My whole post is about the racist reaction to Sam being Captain America and how Bucky wouldn't have been treated like this had he been chosen. Trying to center yourself and your thoughts and opinions about how not racist it is to have a preference is not appropriate.

I literally said "People constantly inserting their opinion "Bucky would've been better," for no actual reason." Referring to the people who say this and give no actual reasons as to why Bucky would be better. At the end of the day people will have preferences and that's fine, but as far as the Captain America preferences go they seem to only prefer white Captains whether they want to admit it or not.

And honestly there is no reason to not want Sam to be Captain America. There isn't. There is not one valid reason. It happened in the comics and Sam was able to do the job just fine, Sam Wilson in the MCU is smart, caring, tough and more than capable of doing the job with or without super soldier serum.

When you said "If you want strictly my opinion (which you don't, but it's the only one you think I'm qualified to give), here it is. Marvel chose Sam to pander to an audience when they could have chosen Bucky and made a statement." This statement proves:

YOU ARE RACIST

Anytime a Black person is chosen for a popular and important role the company is “pandering to an "audience". This is a racist argument and I'm not going to sugarcoat it. It’s racist and spoken by racist people. The fact that you think the only reason why Sam was chosen is to be a token Black man to pander to an audience shows exactly what you think of Black people and how much you value them. If you even watched one episode of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier you’d know just a little bit about why it is such a big deal that Sam is taking over the mantle of Captain America. I’m not explaining it to you because you seem like the type to not care and still push a ridiculous narrative. But I will say considering the history of racism in America that is still prevalent to this day, Sam becoming Captain America is a big deal and does make a statement, it’s just that a lot of white people don’t try to relate to characters and backstories that don’t look like them or remind them of their own.

To address Bucky: I think there is nothing wrong with him getting his mental health together before taking on a role as stressful as Captain America, and where his character was left after Infinity War and Endgame he wasn’t really in a position mentally to take on the role. I don’t like how the Russos acted like he was too damaged to take on the role at some point but Bucky in the comics and in the MCU doesn’t want the role. Him wanting to be Captain America is inconsistent with his character. 

Now this is where the part of your argument gets really funny: 

“And this is really big for me because it has nothing to do with race, but everything to do with origin. Anthony Mackie was born in America. Sebastian Stan came here from Romania after Communism had destroyed so much of their homeland. So this was Marvel's ONE CHANCE to put the shield in the hands of an immigrant. It doesn't matter if an immigrant plays any other role, but to let them play Captain America? That makes such a strong statement it brings tears to my eyes to think about. Marvel has other Black superheroes. There isn't another chance to make an immigrant the face of America.”

You think A WHITE MAN is the BEST choice of an immigrant taking over the role of Captain America? His character isn’t even an immigrant so what the hell would that do? “Marvel has other Black superheroes” How dismissive of the importance and value of Black superheroes. The more you explain yourself the more racist you sound. You don’t need to walk around using the n-word to be racist. There are and will be plenty of chances for an immigrant to take on the role of Captain America, right now it’s going to be a Black man and if you can’t see the significance of that in a country that has and still actively treat Black Americans like trash, then you need to revisit history class and talk to those “Black friends” of yours.

If you really aren’t racist, you need to do some self reflection. Your response shows how dismissive you are of Black characters and their importance. Being more offended at being called racist than actual racism is a problem and detracts from solving the actual problem.

[glamaphonic]

me every day in ofmd fandom watching wypipo bend over backwards trying to make ed, the romantic lead, into the evil antagonist in this zany pirate romcom: