Catty bullshit in fannish circles
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transemacabreI should have skin as thick as steel-reinforced concrete by now, but still I am disappointed in the cattiness I see in fannish circles, including lj and tumblr. It pisses me off ridiculously because, let's face it, fandom is predominantly a female space, and yet a lot of the catty, shaming, jealous comments are coming FROM women AT women. There's a lot of lip service paid to the idea of being feminist, not body or slut-shaming other women, and 'girl power', but often the women getting the most static are the most accomplished, independent, and outspoken women.
You might think that fandom would embrace someone like Kate Upton, who's not only beautiful and a successful model, but also looks like she eats on a regular basis and isn't afraid to call out bullshit when she sees it. But on ONTD all I see when a post about her shows up is snippy little comments about her weight, attractiveness, or implications that she should "know her place". Are y'all for fucking REAL? I've also seen a lot of troubling comments about Zoe Saldana, that she's not "black enough" or whatever. Like there is some World Authority on Blackness sending down mandates from on high.
Other case is that of Sam Taylor-Wood, accomplished director and photographer, and her husband, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, best known for playing the titular role in the Kickass series. He's 23 years younger than her, and the fanbrats are forever saying that he's going to leave her any minute, that Sam is too old/haggard/ugly for him, all sorts of nasty things. Look, obviously Aaron loves her. They're married, they have two kids together, and he took her last name for fuck's sake. You know what, I hope those two stay together FOREVER. I hope, of all the celebrity marriages, those two go the distance and fanbrats everywhere scream into their pillows in frustration that Aaron goes home to Sam every night.
You might think that fandom would embrace someone like Kate Upton, who's not only beautiful and a successful model, but also looks like she eats on a regular basis and isn't afraid to call out bullshit when she sees it. But on ONTD all I see when a post about her shows up is snippy little comments about her weight, attractiveness, or implications that she should "know her place". Are y'all for fucking REAL? I've also seen a lot of troubling comments about Zoe Saldana, that she's not "black enough" or whatever. Like there is some World Authority on Blackness sending down mandates from on high.
Other case is that of Sam Taylor-Wood, accomplished director and photographer, and her husband, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, best known for playing the titular role in the Kickass series. He's 23 years younger than her, and the fanbrats are forever saying that he's going to leave her any minute, that Sam is too old/haggard/ugly for him, all sorts of nasty things. Look, obviously Aaron loves her. They're married, they have two kids together, and he took her last name for fuck's sake. You know what, I hope those two stay together FOREVER. I hope, of all the celebrity marriages, those two go the distance and fanbrats everywhere scream into their pillows in frustration that Aaron goes home to Sam every night.
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Date: 2013-09-26 01:55 am (UTC)We should all be like, Sam Taylor-Wood, you go on with your pimp self, gurl.
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Date: 2013-09-27 07:47 pm (UTC)