Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

Just wrote a short post on why I'm not paying membership dues/voting in the upcoming #OTWElections and some projects I plan to support instead: https://satsuma.dreamwidth.org/27051.html

Things that still aren't included:
- Individual people's rec blogs

- DW/LJ comment fic communities like kinkmemes or fic_promptly (though I'd love it if someone put together a current directory of some sort for these)

My last post on finding & sharing fic outside of Ao3 ( https://satsuma.dreamwidth.org/26683.html ) has been updated with all the links people sent me! If there are still things missing, please do continue passing them along

also if anyone has suggestions for an organizational tagname for these kinds of links i’d love to start using one to share any independent archives / rec communities / etc i stumble across

(something positive, rather than just #NotAo3 — even if past precedent tells me we will all have to spend all our time talking about why we’re not including Ao3 regardless lol)

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

animatics vidders are SO TALENTED

premiers time—unkillable gays is ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

#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

https://chestnut-pod.dreamwidth.org/141175.html

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.