t hadn't even occurred to me that that might be the case, but since then I generally don't use people's names in my panel notes, though I often ID the moderator by username. But mileage clearly varies on this as on everything...
I don't think it's an issue for most panel reports, which is why I initially posted publically, but people were discussing closeting and/or real life identities in possibly identifiable terms. I felt really bad and really dumb when I realized I might have outed people in a post where I was cautioning people about the effects of outing. I'm really grateful that the people who might have been most injured have been generous about the mistake.
I'm fascinated by your assertion that vidding is intertwined with slash fandom; I mean, it is for me, because slash fandom is how I came into fandom and active fannishness, but surely there are other vidders and vid fans who came in to vidding not via slash.
Well, it's the historical basis of vidding -- the earliest vids are slash vids. And it's still a strong current -- sometimes the dominant current? I suppose it depends which part of the ocean you swim in.
And I don't want to disrespect my community's history or make slashers feel excluded or like they're not going to get what *they* want and need from fandom. I am of multiple opinions about this, like everything. :) ("Two Jews, three opinions.") I mean, in some senses I feel like I am in the position of the dominant majority who comes into the minority space and complains about not being dominant there -- because slash may be common and even a default in some fannish circles, but those circles exist within a society that does not value the slash aesthetic even when they recognize it exists. But I feel like -- it's not just that I want het romance, although sometimes I like it, I want f/f slash, I want gen, I want women's work, I want feminist work, I want things that I would argue are devalued by mainstream society *too*. And I realize that we all have an economics of scarcity with personal time and attention, but I don't think that fandom runs on an economy of scarcity, I think it runs on an economy of generosity. I think there's room for all of us. When I say that I'm having more of my needs fulfilled, I don't want to be saying or implying that other people's needs are unimportant or that what other fans get out of slash and vidding is unimportant. I don't want to take a bigger slice of the pie and give other fans a smaller slice. I want to bake more pies.
But regardless, I'm happy that you're beginning to get the "more" that you need. :-)
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I don't think it's an issue for most panel reports, which is why I initially posted publically, but people were discussing closeting and/or real life identities in possibly identifiable terms. I felt really bad and really dumb when I realized I might have outed people in a post where I was cautioning people about the effects of outing. I'm really grateful that the people who might have been most injured have been generous about the mistake.
I'm fascinated by your assertion that vidding is intertwined with slash fandom; I mean, it is for me, because slash fandom is how I came into fandom and active fannishness, but surely there are other vidders and vid fans who came in to vidding not via slash.
Well, it's the historical basis of vidding -- the earliest vids are slash vids. And it's still a strong current -- sometimes the dominant current? I suppose it depends which part of the ocean you swim in.
And I don't want to disrespect my community's history or make slashers feel excluded or like they're not going to get what *they* want and need from fandom. I am of multiple opinions about this, like everything. :) ("Two Jews, three opinions.") I mean, in some senses I feel like I am in the position of the dominant majority who comes into the minority space and complains about not being dominant there -- because slash may be common and even a default in some fannish circles, but those circles exist within a society that does not value the slash aesthetic even when they recognize it exists. But I feel like -- it's not just that I want het romance, although sometimes I like it, I want f/f slash, I want gen, I want women's work, I want feminist work, I want things that I would argue are devalued by mainstream society *too*. And I realize that we all have an economics of scarcity with personal time and attention, but I don't think that fandom runs on an economy of scarcity, I think it runs on an economy of generosity. I think there's room for all of us. When I say that I'm having more of my needs fulfilled, I don't want to be saying or implying that other people's needs are unimportant or that what other fans get out of slash and vidding is unimportant. I don't want to take a bigger slice of the pie and give other fans a smaller slice. I want to bake more pies.
But regardless, I'm happy that you're beginning to get the "more" that you need. :-)
Thank you!