if i like speak up about the rampant misgyny in the minecraft community even if it means some of yall's favorite people arent painted in the best light would yall still fw me
that includes some of my personal experiences alongside thoughts and observations about the community as a whole
idk. give me some time to process and think about it before i really get into this. but i'm getting really, really tired of marginalized people's access to the community being controlled by the reactions of men and whether THEY decide the situation is valid or not. the way the MCYT community runs right now, all it takes is one white man in a position of power over a community (that includes background work too. i'm talking about the ccs AND who works for them) to be able to blacklist a fem presenting cc for speaking out about what's happened to them. every single day is like eggshells just knowing that.
working twice as hard as any male in the cc space and still having my validity and skills doubted. having younger, male chatters objectify me simply because i'm a mod and they don't respect me in either capacity. if i speak out, the male ccs clambering to make sure their performative ass tweets get seen and get praised so everyone knows THEYRE the exception. doesn't anyone else get tired?
on a raw note: the amount of times my identity as an aroace person has been violated because MEN in the MCYT space feel the need to prioritize their wants and the fact i am fem presenting gives them the confidence. they disrespect my gender, and they disrespect my identity, and they disrespect my humanity. they'll tell you publicly they care, they love aroace people and nonmen; and the second the door closes on the viewer it's like night and day. i do not forgive anyone in that space who's done that, and i'm tired of seeing some of them be idolized, and some of them be protected by their famous friends.
i'm not going to sit here and say that it's a nonissue, or that it doesn't hurt watching certain people continue to be idolized despite that, whether it becomes public that they behave in such a way as that or not. i'm tired of seeing male ccs make misogynistic jokes "ironically". i'm tired of seeing people joke about certain streamers hating women, because we exist in a space where that is a reality more than anyone wants to say. i'm tired of seeing the community feed right back into it. please do some critical thinking before you join in, even if it's everyone around you making the jokes. you are probably hurting someone a lot closer to you than you realize when you do.
also i just want to say: to anyone out there who has experienced this and felt scared to speak out: you are not alone, and if you ever need to speak to someone privately my dms are open to you. i encourage everyone to speak about their experience somewhere if they are able - this is a major issue that should absolutely be talked about.
thank you all for listening to me <3 its not easy, but we will make a better community one way or another.
"idk i guess if she's on my team we would have an all women's team and thats cool. cant really think of any other reason. I never get what i want anyway" - real quote from the midoffs draft yesterday, from one of the main eight MALE coaches, who couldn't seem to draft up even a single reason for having another woman on his team (twice. He made that same argument for TWO SEPARATE WOMEN).
aren't you getting tired of it yet.
