*waves at you*
:)

*snuggles*

Hello! I'm both excited about Summergen and in complete shock that the year has passed so quickly! Thanks for sharing the article.

Yay!

I've got that article bookmarked to read later - I ventured onto Twitter today, daring, hey?

Be sure to read his follow-up too, when you do...

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/05/31/yes-disney-should-have-a-queer-princess

Twitter can be...volitile! I really should only use it to spam out pictures of my lunch, I swear...

I'm still only dashing over there, sticking a toe in the water and running back to dry land. I like it better that way even though I know some of you chat on there. I can't be doing with it.
I read the article - it's somewhat depressing. Especially as an aspiring writer... *snuggles back into her LJ nest where it's warm and friendly and fur lined*

I have deep problems with that article, have been mulling over it since morning. I saw the uproar over Gamergate and also Cap America, and while the author mentions these extreme cases, he uses them also to generalize fandom as a whole, and pretty much puts us all on the same boat as Annie Wilkes. How about the Internet being used for positive fandom, though? I get the point of what he's saying, the vocal fan desire to shape canon the way they think is 'right', but sometimes that can't be generalized as entitlement. And the issue of representation is touchy but campaigning for it doesn't feel like entitlement IMO, but a desire to see someone from your social reference group belonging alongside those who you love on television. I'm against agitating to rewrite canon, but not everything that writer puts under the crazy Annie Wilkes bucket belongs in the Annie Wilkes bucket.

Nice seeing you around! And yay for summergen! I can't wait :D

Yeah, that's been a common complaint of the article. I just found out he wrote a "clarifying" follow-up that at least addresses the representation aspect in some way. Lemme dig up the link:

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/05/31/yes-disney-should-have-a-queer-princess

But I also agree he was pretty condescending towards fandom in general. He's a film critic; he's not IN fandom, so he's judging from the outside. Boo.

*GLOMPS* *ahem*