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On Gatekeeping
Dec. 18th, 2021 10:37My thesis: everyone's unique and varied life histories mean that blunt forms of gatekeeping invariably hurt those they intend to help. No one is static and failure is how we grow.
I'll first discuss how my particular background affects my perspective, why I think gatekeeping negatively impacts people within the diaspora community, with a detour into how this leads to the facile recommendation of “research”.
The direction I'd like to push the conversation: examine your take and ask yourself who is going to read it? Who is going to read “you’re a guest in this house” and feel like, wait, are they really Chinese? What effect do you intend to have?
Disclaimer: the timing of this post is obviously in conversation with other tweets; however, it is not intended to directly address any particular tweet, but overall trends in fandom. In other words, this is not a subtweet of anyone, but rather arises from several conversations I've had over the last year. Parts of this post were written as far back as 2020!
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In conclusion: people should be allowed to fail in fandom, to get things wrong, to learn and to grow. If you're going to try to set norms, you need to consider their side effects and the rationales and logic behind those decisions.
I'll first discuss how my particular background affects my perspective, why I think gatekeeping negatively impacts people within the diaspora community, with a detour into how this leads to the facile recommendation of “research”.
The direction I'd like to push the conversation: examine your take and ask yourself who is going to read it? Who is going to read “you’re a guest in this house” and feel like, wait, are they really Chinese? What effect do you intend to have?
Disclaimer: the timing of this post is obviously in conversation with other tweets; however, it is not intended to directly address any particular tweet, but overall trends in fandom. In other words, this is not a subtweet of anyone, but rather arises from several conversations I've had over the last year. Parts of this post were written as far back as 2020!
( Read more... )
In conclusion: people should be allowed to fail in fandom, to get things wrong, to learn and to grow. If you're going to try to set norms, you need to consider their side effects and the rationales and logic behind those decisions.
