I'm glad a lot of this is resonating with people. :)
Oh, KHR. It's just...yeah. It's easy for some fans to ignore/brush off stuff like the 'we're on strike!' thing since engaging with those types of gender issues is just not something many fans are ready or equipped to do. At first.
The gap between Fail and Critical Understanding is getting smaller all the time, but it's hard. The learning curve for new animanga fans is so steep, it's crazy. You sign up to enjoy a show/manga and you get a crash course in online etiquette, a foreign culture and language, and a writing/subbing/scanning subculture. Then there's the critical thinking aspect which covers gender roles, modern feminism, cultural appropriation, Orientalism and on and on. Then, after all that, you have to pack up your homework and catch the bus to school.
The initial balking that's so prevalent in young fans is understandable. Depressing, but understandable. Luckily, it's a phase that doesn't last nearly as long as it used to.
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Date: 2010-01-08 02:28 am (UTC)Oh, KHR. It's just...yeah. It's easy for some fans to ignore/brush off stuff like the 'we're on strike!' thing since engaging with those types of gender issues is just not something many fans are ready or equipped to do. At first.
The gap between Fail and Critical Understanding is getting smaller all the time, but it's hard. The learning curve for new animanga fans is so steep, it's crazy. You sign up to enjoy a show/manga and you get a crash course in online etiquette, a foreign culture and language, and a writing/subbing/scanning subculture. Then there's the critical thinking aspect which covers gender roles, modern feminism, cultural appropriation, Orientalism and on and on. Then, after all that, you have to pack up your homework and catch the bus to school.
The initial balking that's so prevalent in young fans is understandable. Depressing, but understandable. Luckily, it's a phase that doesn't last nearly as long as it used to.