Agree, and thank you for making this precise point.
I was an eager OTW supporter at the very start, during FanLib and Strikethrough. But after being trashed by several of my flist for not being eager and OMG OTW IS THE ULTIMATE AWESOME *enough* -- as in, not being similarly normed around their English-speaking, LJ-originating/homed, fic-/slash-writing mostly white, mostly middle-class, mostly heternomormative, time-and-income-privileged and gee, does it seem obvious yet? highly self-centered way ... yeah, I backed WAY away from that whole group.
I get enough of that white middle-class heteronormative hegemony in RL, thankyouverymuch!
Again, not that I object at all to OTW's principles. Just the unfortunate way some of their supporters have turned it into teh new Shiny Fandom Luv Object that they then insist evarywon must luv like I do!!1! I object to being beaten over the head with anyone's personal fannish object of idolatry. Adam Lambert, OTW, hmm... no difference in effect. Substance good, rabid fangrls rabidly screaming for rabid worship... not so good.
And, I hope there's no offense taken at my words or wording! It is way late in the p.m. here, I'm not a perfect writer at the best of times, and I should probably not be responding to wank, given the touchiness of this one. But I do like your comment. Just the fact that OTW's staffed mainly by hyper-competent, over-achieving volunteers may be half the problem...
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Date: 2010-01-04 11:52 am (UTC)I was an eager OTW supporter at the very start, during FanLib and Strikethrough. But after being trashed by several of my flist for not being eager and OMG OTW IS THE ULTIMATE AWESOME *enough* -- as in, not being similarly normed around their English-speaking, LJ-originating/homed, fic-/slash-writing mostly white, mostly middle-class, mostly heternomormative, time-and-income-privileged and gee, does it seem obvious yet? highly self-centered way ... yeah, I backed WAY away from that whole group.
I get enough of that white middle-class heteronormative hegemony in RL, thankyouverymuch!
Again, not that I object at all to OTW's principles. Just the unfortunate way some of their supporters have turned it into teh new Shiny Fandom Luv Object that they then insist evarywon must luv like I do!!1! I object to being beaten over the head with anyone's personal fannish object of idolatry. Adam Lambert, OTW, hmm... no difference in effect. Substance good, rabid fangrls rabidly screaming for rabid worship... not so good.
And, I hope there's no offense taken at my words or wording! It is way late in the p.m. here, I'm not a perfect writer at the best of times, and I should probably not be responding to wank, given the touchiness of this one. But I do like your comment. Just the fact that OTW's staffed mainly by hyper-competent, over-achieving volunteers may be half the problem...