What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

sigridellis:

dorkilybeautiful:

sigridellis:

dorkilybeautiful:

resident-hobbit:

rach-quit:

Sometimes I feel like nothing is good enough for tumblr. Disney portrays a strong female character. It’s not good enough because she’s white. Google does something for Elimination of Violence Against Women day. It’s not good enough because it’s not smacked in your face. You have to cherish the little victories, folks. The cup isn’t always half empty.

FINALLY SOMEONE FUCKING SAYS IT 

FUCKING FINALLY 

When the cultural arbiters of where the line between “cherishing little victories” and “be grateful for what we give you, peasant” are no longer economically privileged, straight, white cismen, maybe we can talk about the contents of that cup.

Y’know, I think both rach-quit AND dorkilybeautiful have valid points, here. I, personally, whiplash back and forth between these views depending on how tired of bullshit and privilege I am, how much sleep I got, how positive the last book I read was … all sorts of things.

I think both views are valid. I think kicking the establishment for trying is not useful. I think giving the establishment cookies for barely meeting the standards of ethical personhood is not useful. I think anger is necessary and valuable. I think reaching across lines to connect with others is also valuable.

I dunno.

Agreed.  Because, yes, incremental change is a thing.  Trying and failing is a thing.  

What I think will push me one way or another on this is a) whether the person trying to do the thing actually engages to find out what’s needed and how to deliver it, and b) how they handle feedback after the attempt.

If we’re in the world of generalization, though, I tend to lean toward distrust in the sentiment that one should accept the scraps with good grace with a boot still on one’s throat.

Does that make sense?

Goodness, YES. That’s makes sense. I know that I am, particularly in the media I consume, DONE TO THE FUCKING NTH POWER OF DONE with scraps. Jfc, so damn done. Sleepy Hollow YES, Doctor Who FUCK OFF.

Ymmv

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