Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family
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@Anke at least for me, these sorts of defaults are a mix of habit and a sort of “path of least resistance” so if there are things you can change that make social media a little more difficult (having to log in every time?) or sketching a little easier (keep your sketching stuff all together in an easy to spot/grab spot?) that might help tip the scales a little bit
Like my post re:the ways in which the OTW’s silence & deflection serves to deflect accountability it’s definitely a bit of a broader perspective on the issue but I think its helpful if you are (reasonably) baffled about how the hell we ended up needing to resort to a protest to get the OTW to keep promises they themselves made three entire years ago
#EndOTWRacism rec of the day is chestnut_pod’s exploration of some of the underlying structural issues which have made it so difficult to get the OTW to do anything about racism on Ao3, as well as some of the steps it would have to take to make good on the campaign promises. There’s a lively discussion going on in the comments with various further perspectives on the OTWs structure & how that relates to their continued inaction re:racism
@runpunkrun @bluedreaming i’m the same way sometimes haha
@yesterdaychild nice! and you absolutely do, enjoy your smugness haha
@mirisierra happy birthday!
@yesterdaychild asdlk how could i argue with yoongi
if your friend still needs encouragement, my ‘obviously she likes you’ situations have always ended up working out haha
@yesterdaychild i feel called out 😂
@varve ah thats disappointing—though hopefully maybe there are some other folks who just didn’t know about it yet?
mine have been kind of uneven—Guardian has a lot of people who are participating, except also there’s an exchange that just ended during the campaign and clearly no one was comfortable putting notices on their gift fics. which I do get! but also means any fics participating were pretty firmly buried
@varve oof yeah its sad to loose a reader & a shame they’re so close minded but also yeah, better to have them gone now than latter
@soph_sol i feel you on this! it’s so frustrating to me, when people design nearly plastic-perfect lawns instead of trying for something a little more ecologically friendly
the good news is even really tiny improvements like mowing the grass a little taller/less often & switching to a turf mix thats got some wildflowers in with the grass ( eg. https://extension.umn.edu/landscape-design/planting-and-maintaining-bee-lawn ) can have dramatic effects in how much ecological diversity an area can support! So even if you can’t convince the city (or people/groups that maintain individual green-spaces within the city) to completely switch approaches, the small changes are still worth fighting for
re: modern love languages
@pamela work friends are definitely an area where mutual commiseration is an especially valuable friend dynamic! its so helpful to have people like that
@ticky@octodon.social staring at the history explanation and its complete lack of any explanation for how CGE made the jump from “water and other utilities” to mass media production
@thedeadparrot very excited to blow myself up in ridiculous ways once i finally buy it in june
modern love languages
@pamela i also wanna say calendar friends who you have a shared hobby with are some of the absolute best people when you’re Going Through Some Shit. Sometimes you’re tired of talking about it and have no emotional bandwidth left and just want to have someone call you for a chat about that show you both watch, or play a board game with you, and just….keep doing that regularly as long as you need it
modern love languages
@pamela a few more:
second opinion friend (the one who you trust enough to go to with “hey am i maybe in the wrong here?” questions)
logistical organizer (can come in flavors, eg “figures out the scheduling” and “books the tickets/hotel rooms/etc”)
food as love (bonus: has learned how to accommodate your dietary restrictions)
mutual commiseration over [shared experience]
Satsuma
boosted
what i’ve been working on lately
fiercynn is also the co-vidder of a fantastic pan-fandom appreciation vid set to We Didn't Start The Fire which premiered at Vividcon in 2012 but was apparently in the works in since 2008 (!) It's a really lovely, multi-generational look at fannishness, fandom, and the canons fans have connected to over the years:
End Racism in the OTW | We Didn't Start The Fire [vid] (490 words) by fiercynn & Scribe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Multi-Fandom
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Subtitles: no, but there's a link to the song's lyrics
Summary:
Fifty years of fandom.
Todays #EndOTWRacism rec: fiercynn is working on porting some of her race in fandom meta over from twitter! The first chapter is a summary of the common objections, whenever fans try to do anything about racism on Ao3:
End Racism in the OTW | Fandom, Racism, and OTW: A Collection of Thoughts (441 words) by fiercynn
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: No Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Meta, Antiracism, Racism in fandom, End OTW Racism, Racism on AO3
Summary:
Meta on why addressing racism in fandom - including in the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) and AO3 - matters, and what we can do about it.
@lookitmychicken its difficult to be prepared for Jin even under the best of circumstances
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