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fandomsecrets2008-12-27 04:54 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2008-12-27 04:54 pm
[ SECRET POST #722 ]
⌈ Secret Post #722 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Death Note/The Dark Knight]
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[Axis Powers Hetalia]
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[The Monkees]
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[SpongeBob SquarePants/Homestar Runner - Squilliam/Strong Bad]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 16 pages, 382 secrets from Secret Submission Post #103.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: 128
The letter-writing campagin is a good thing, but it should make itself better known - I'll admit that I'm only a casual fan, but this is the first I've heard of it. It needs to get out there more, so it can get something done.
And, just for the record, I stand my by interpretation of the secret. Feel free to do the same.
Re: 128
(Anonymous) 2008-12-27 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)But how will they get the word out if they don't talk about it? Icons and lj posts help get the word out about the issues so that people will write letters. But you're saying that they shouldn't talk about it, or at least only in certain ways. So it looks like fandom can't win with you.
Re: 128
(Anonymous) 2008-12-28 12:16 am (UTC)(link)Growing up Asian and never seeing people like me on the television, knowing that I was some sort of other--it was and is frustrating. Knowing that Hollywood has squandered another opportunity to break racial barriers really hurts me. That's why this is frustrating. This is not an isolated incident, and frankly, some of us have had enough of this bullshit.
Re: 128
Word. I'm going to assume that the people who don't find this whole situation outrageous are in a position of privelege, and thus would not understand what it's like not to see yourself reflected in the media as something other than a math geek or martial artist.
It makes me so fucking angry that people can just brush this off like it's nothing. It's not nothing. I want my little sister to be able to grow up seeing faces on the television that look like hers, and not have to feel out of place all the time like I did.
Re: 128
(Anonymous) 2008-12-28 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)racist.
Re: 128
Please elaborate.
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Doesn't mean we have to settle for it, I admit that I have biases, but I try to overcome them and make myself better for it, the problem is that no one wants to confront it. Racism, sexism, and all of those things are not permanent states of being, the only crime is letting it go unchecked and uncorrected. I am not going to settle on, oh we all are a bit racist and move on. I want to change that, in myself and in others.
It is trying, it is going beyond just LJ, but it can't be accomplished by just a small number of people there has to be more people will to get involved.
I think the secret just puts forth more cynicism that really is not helpful, the OP can just deal with the fact that people actually care and move on and let others be. I am sorry, but that whole "it doesn't matter" thing is really old and does nothing but discourage people who are working hard.