Thank you - I'm very relieved that it doesn't come across as overly aggressive to someone of a differing opinion.
I absolutely imagine that it was an extremely different thing to see it premiere in a group of people, particularly if it was relevant to a large number of them - and there's absolutely nothing wrong with knowing your audience!
Likewise your perspective is really useful to me here as I honestly do not have much information at all about slash fandom, especially not the more, err, hardcore aspects of it. Your information about attitudes toward consent and how that relates to men and women is something that's interesting to know and I very much see how it would be cathartic for you to see the issue addressed in a clear, unambiguous way.
The thing I kind of love most about the vid is it's prompting people to define where they position themselves--even if that's 'yeah, this is not about me'.
Indeed - as I said at the end, I have seen a few differing responses and this is just one more. Hooray for discussion! :)
But I do really appreciate your confirmation that I'm not manufacturing stuff when I sometimes feel that there's a bit of a skew in terms of the perception of where the "centre" is and what constitutes the fannish mainstream. So like fandom is here as a playground (an educational playground, sure, but then, what good playground isn't?) but it's nice to take a moment every now and then to remember that it's a big playground and the kids on the swings aren't doing the same things as the kids in the sandbox?
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts and for providing a perspective not otherwise represented in the comments.
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Date: 2010-08-25 02:19 pm (UTC)I absolutely imagine that it was an extremely different thing to see it premiere in a group of people, particularly if it was relevant to a large number of them - and there's absolutely nothing wrong with knowing your audience!
Likewise your perspective is really useful to me here as I honestly do not have much information at all about slash fandom, especially not the more, err, hardcore aspects of it. Your information about attitudes toward consent and how that relates to men and women is something that's interesting to know and I very much see how it would be cathartic for you to see the issue addressed in a clear, unambiguous way.
The thing I kind of love most about the vid is it's prompting people to define where they position themselves--even if that's 'yeah, this is not about me'.
Indeed - as I said at the end, I have seen a few differing responses and this is just one more. Hooray for discussion! :)
But I do really appreciate your confirmation that I'm not manufacturing stuff when I sometimes feel that there's a bit of a skew in terms of the perception of where the "centre" is and what constitutes the fannish mainstream. So like fandom is here as a playground (an educational playground, sure, but then, what good playground isn't?) but it's nice to take a moment every now and then to remember that it's a big playground and the kids on the swings aren't doing the same things as the kids in the sandbox?
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts and for providing a perspective not otherwise represented in the comments.