fanzines 😩
if i were running a fanzine and somebody messaged me like “I don't necessarily feel comfortable joining this zine if stuff like X/Y or W/Z is allowed” i think i would respond like “thank you for your interest; i highly encourage you to take the time you would have invested in this zine reading actual books”
there are people for whom “comfortable” representations in fiction have never existed
there are people for whom a “comfortable” representation in fiction never could
anyway shipping discourse is wild these people never phone in to say “hi can you please explain to me whether this zine will allow stories which glorify capitalism/colonialism/the destruction of the environment”
“what critical framework is this zine using and what are its political aims” that’s what i would like to know
the person i’m subtooting says « You can’t say ‘it depends on the portrayal’ when there’s some things that can’t be portrayed properly because of what the dynamic is as a whole » and they’re so close and yet so far