Hey, my journal is a rant-friendly zone! I mean, I rant here all the time. Might as well let others in on the fun, right?
It really is a fantastic book. Tobias really digs in on each basic plot, gives great examples of how the ideas are used in real media, etc. On good days, it's a book that energizes me because it gives me lots of ideas. I really do recommend it to people a fair bit.
As for queer lit, that's kind of a minefield. On the one hand, as someone who's a part of the LGBTQ community, I know that these things will always be a numbers game because statistically speaking we'll always be a minority. We just don't happen en masse, so straight and cis support and interest is a good thing. On the other hand, there's the m/m by-and-for women thing, which I know some gay men find really problematic, and quite fairly, because it sucks to be fetishized. It's a complex sort of balancing act. I'm not always sure how to do it properly.
And yes, the whole political scene right now just has me facepalming with great vigor. Eeh.
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It really is a fantastic book. Tobias really digs in on each basic plot, gives great examples of how the ideas are used in real media, etc. On good days, it's a book that energizes me because it gives me lots of ideas. I really do recommend it to people a fair bit.
As for queer lit, that's kind of a minefield. On the one hand, as someone who's a part of the LGBTQ community, I know that these things will always be a numbers game because statistically speaking we'll always be a minority. We just don't happen en masse, so straight and cis support and interest is a good thing. On the other hand, there's the m/m by-and-for women thing, which I know some gay men find really problematic, and quite fairly, because it sucks to be fetishized. It's a complex sort of balancing act. I'm not always sure how to do it properly.
And yes, the whole political scene right now just has me facepalming with great vigor. Eeh.