Thank you for this post. You don't know me, but I wandered in via metafandom, and I just want to express my sincere gratitude to you and all the other people that have been posting about this.
I'm Jewish. I've been reading and reading all of the posts for the last four days, and I'll admit something: I've had moments of being afraid to talk about this openly on my own journal, because I'm afraid of getting wanked. I feel intimidated, because I know I can't emotionally handle writing about this and then having accusations of oversensitivity and all the other horrendously insensitive bullshit that has been flung around by people over on JournalFen and LJ the last few days.
That should tell you something right there. The level of discomfort I'm feeling is acute, and I've never, ever felt self-conscious about my own identity before vis a vis being Jewish and participating in certain corners of fandom.
Now? I do. It's been an emotional rollercoaster.
On the positive side, seeing everyone journal so articulately about this has been really, really validating.
Thank you.
I'm Jewish. I've been reading and reading all of the posts for the last four days, and I'll admit something: I've had moments of being afraid to talk about this openly on my own journal, because I'm afraid of getting wanked. I feel intimidated, because I know I can't emotionally handle writing about this and then having accusations of oversensitivity and all the other horrendously insensitive bullshit that has been flung around by people over on JournalFen and LJ the last few days.
That should tell you something right there. The level of discomfort I'm feeling is acute, and I've never, ever felt self-conscious about my own identity before vis a vis being Jewish and participating in certain corners of fandom.
Now? I do. It's been an emotional rollercoaster.
On the positive side, seeing everyone journal so articulately about this has been really, really validating.
Thank you so much. Do you mind if I friend you?