Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family
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Joined Sep 2021
whelp i already forgot at least on comm, guess that’s what comments are for
posting, sharing, and saving fic outside of Ao3: https://satsuma.dreamwidth.org/26683.html
Melannen is backing up all of their fanfic from Ao3 to neocities and thinks you should too: https://melannen.dreamwidth.org/534629.html?
annual wiscon tradition of converting people into Guardian fans
#WisCon vidshow is nailing it this year!
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
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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.
Also have pinned that tag ^ to my profile so all this stuff remains findable bc, lets be honest, there's a very good chance I'm going to need to dig back up the same set of links six months from now
Back in June 2020 wistfuljane wrote a fantastic bibliography of the fandom discussions surrounding Black Lives Matter & the OTW Elections which was incredibly helpful at the time but! It turns out she's been keeping it updated: https://wistfuljane.dreamwidth.org/2020/06/15/a-decade-later.html
I won't claim its comprehensive because, well, Fandom has spent a *lot* of time talking about race (and failing to talk about race) in the last decade and a half but hopefully at least it provides some perspective for why so many of the people in #EndOTWRacism talk about it like they've been getting ignored by the OTW (and harassed by the OTW's "supporters") for over a decade and have zero patience left
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Today for #EndOTWRacism, I changed my pfp on Twitter (my transformation is nearly complete!!!), talked with friends about how badly the OTW's been dragging its feet on everything from being transparent about what it's doing all the way to properly publicizing the public board meetings—the only place (!!) it's set to provide regular updates on its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work—and shared some links in my weekly newsletter on Dreamwidth: https://runpunkrun.dreamwidth.org/987937.html
another rec from the #EndOTWRacism collection—sassaffrassa has cut out the middle-man and posted her meta about ao3 directly to ao3:
End Racism in the OTW (290 words) by sassaffrassa
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Meta, End OTW Racism
Summary:
to be anti-censorship you must be anti-racist too
The popular meta-podcast on fandom Fansplaining, did a double episode on race featuring a wide variety of fans back in 2016--I haven't re-listened to hear how they held up but I remember thinking they provided a solid overview of the discussion at the time (particularly if you click through the links in the show notes):
https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/22a-race-and-fandom
https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/22b-race-and-fandom
They followed it up with two more episodes in 2020:
https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/135a-race-and-fandom-revisited-part-1
https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/135b-race-and-fandom-revisited-part-2
sleepy af
also https://satsuma.dreamwidth.org/
User Icon is a variegated purple and yellow highlights — made by flowerdeluce.dreamwidth.org
Joined Sep 2021
