tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106797429392727612.post8839469391490133230..comments2023-11-02T03:03:51.375-07:00Comments on Now and Rome: Queer Children; Formulae for ReadingIkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954104097396714498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106797429392727612.post-27109290047402350922008-08-12T10:15:00.000-07:002008-08-12T10:15:00.000-07:00because it isn't just a fannish whim for me.This i...<I>because it isn't just a fannish whim for me.This is how I create space for myself in a culture which would like to believe I don't exist</I><BR/><BR/>Yes! Exactly! Oh, I'm really pleased you read this and got an OMG. (The article I was talking about is subtitled 'Making Space [for Mary-Sue] at Hogwarts', btw, and is exactly about the ways in which reading and writing queerly is a way of making space for queer <I>people</I> in, yes, a culture which keeps trying to tell us we don't/shouldn't/can't/mustn't exist.)Ikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954104097396714498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106797429392727612.post-83361388383225478782008-08-09T18:35:00.000-07:002008-08-09T18:35:00.000-07:00This post is ancient and I have no idea if you'll ...This post is ancient and I have no idea if you'll see this but -- <BR/><BR/><I>The idea that someone who looks like a duck and quacks like a duck must be a goose, and shame on you for calling them a duck, only really works if you think that there's no such thing as ducks, really.</I><BR/><BR/>OMG YES! I just -- I keep seeing people in fandom saying <I>how can you see those two as lovers when it's so <B>obvious</B> that their love is completely platonic, what kind of crazy pervert are you?</I> and it fills me with rage because it isn't just a fannish whim for me. This is how I create space for myself in a culture which would like to believe I don't exist -- would like <I>me</I> to believe I don't exist -- and for them to say I don't have the right -- ! Well, like I said: RAGE.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156588395324951637noreply@blogger.com