Clare-Dragonfly

Go take a poll!

2008-01-31T18:50:42Z

I know I've got some fannish friends here, so I shall pimp Becka's poll! It's about being aware of canon when reading/writing fanfic.

Taste

2007-08-14T23:54:23Z

I am SO SICK of people calling the art that got Ponderosa and Elaboration originally suspended "tasteless."

Look, taste doesn't even enter into the equation! Obviously it was to some people's taste, as people did decide to view it. But that's just the point--the pictures were clearly labeled and under a cut. (Ponderosa has said hers was, and I assume Elaboration's was, because that's just what's done in the HP fandom.) If you wanted to view it, you knew what you were getting into. Taste is just not relevant.

Now, I do think that posting pornographic images (and especially cat macros) in comments to news and lj_biz posts was in poor taste. But that's an entirely different situation. That's posting with intent to annoy, in places where people are not expecting to come upon porn (at least at first).

Tastelessness depends on context. If someone says "A woman's place is in the kitchen," that's absolutely tasteless if said in the presence of anyone--male or female--who would be offended by it. (I would hope that would be most people, but that's not relevant.) However, if it is said only in the presence of similarly misogynistic people, then there isn't a question of taste.

Besides, I still haven't seen Elaboration's picture, but there's no question in my mind that Ponderosa's has significant artistic merit--meaning there aren't very many places where it would, in fact, be tasteless.

Sex=good... maybe

2007-08-09T02:41:19Z

Here are two posts that I think are really interesting and important, despite the fact that they don't refer to fandoms I have more than passing familiarity with:

Sex is not a dirty word--or a dirty act

Sexualizing of teen characters

clare_dragonfly @ 2007-08-05T19:52:00

2007-08-05T23:56:07Z

I'm sure everyone has already heard about burr86's public mocking of fandom, but for those who haven't seen it, I'd like to direct you to this post in Firefox News regarding it. The poster has clearly described exactly the same points I think need to be made as regards what LJ should and should not be doing.