I feel more uncomfortable posting about topics like this than seeing them pop up on my flist/reading lists, so I don't entirely know why casual people or people who don't get involved have difficulties. Usually, people cut for length or content, so I can decide if I have the spoons to cope. If I post about it myself, I take on the responsibility of expressing myself - often on a very difficult topic - and what feels like the responsibility of responding to commenters. I posted about the J2 RaceFail yesterday, and just the few comments I received took more out of me than the rest of my day combined.
When something comes up in fandom that affects me, I am always very grateful that there are other people who can give my feelings voice where I can't. And I'm also grateful to the people who signal boost, who linkspam, who chime in their agreement that what's happening is wrong, or call out problems in the framing of the discussion. The support is directly felt and directly impacts my experience of fandom.
This is me exactly. I feel like I'm still at the 101 level in some of the conversational topics, which means I can handle the basics that other people are tired of taking care of (and that's probably a good thing), but what I really want to say often escapes me, which is why I'm really glad others can say it. And it's so nice, when I'm personally affected by the topic at hand, to see how many people will even just leave a quick link in their journal and say, "Not cool." Especially considering how many people around me in-person don't even begin to get it.
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When something comes up in fandom that affects me, I am always very grateful that there are other people who can give my feelings voice where I can't. And I'm also grateful to the people who signal boost, who linkspam, who chime in their agreement that what's happening is wrong, or call out problems in the framing of the discussion. The support is directly felt and directly impacts my experience of fandom.
This is me exactly. I feel like I'm still at the 101 level in some of the conversational topics, which means I can handle the basics that other people are tired of taking care of (and that's probably a good thing), but what I really want to say often escapes me, which is why I'm really glad others can say it. And it's so nice, when I'm personally affected by the topic at hand, to see how many people will even just leave a quick link in their journal and say, "Not cool." Especially considering how many people around me in-person don't even begin to get it.