normal thoughts in normal amounts

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

If I say "I am uncomfortable with fandom's tendency to write trans men as feminine and submissive" I do not mean "I think every person who writes feminine submissive trans men should be chased with pitchforks". I don't even mean "any cis-person who writes feminine or submissive trans men should be chased with pitchforks". I mean "I would like writers to seriously think about why this is so common, why they write that, and if it fairly and genuinely engages with what it means to be a trans man, or if they just think it's hot when submissive people have vaginas and didn't want to write omegaverse of m/f".

Similarly, when people say "fandom is systemically less interested in black characters, less willing to give flat black characters rich fanon than flat white characters, and less interested in black characters in ships", the response is not to explain why you, personally, just happen to like popular white guy in that fanon. Your job is to look at yourself and ask if you tend to "just happen to be more interested" in the popular white guy across fandoms, be honest, and start unpacking that. Sometimes it's easier to love the flat character who's already getting 10,000 fics with headcanons and art and meta.

If somebody says "I wish there were more gluten free options at the potluck. I hate always showing up and not finding anything I can eat*", they are not asking you to throw your cake in the trash and weep. They do not want to hear your long speech about how actually this is your grandmother's recipe, and you've tried it with rice flour actually, but it just didn't work. You think about what you can do, and you listen to how they feel.

trixic = nonbinary person attracted to women; nblw, e.g. "kriselle is my favourite trixic ship but i am partial to krisuselle"

toric = nonbinary person attracted to men; nblm, e.g. "i don't usually ship toric ships but i have such a soft spot for kerdly"

enbian = nonbinary person attracted to nonbinary people; nblnb, e.g. "i love enbian ships so i crackship kris/chara. go forth and kiss knife wielding enben"

diamoric = nonbinary attraction that doesn't conform to a same/opposite gender dichotomy, can be used to describe relationships including at least one nonbinary person, e.g. "kralsei is such a cute diamoric ship"

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

ANYWAY GREEN AND ORANGE GO

Seriously, have you not noticed the large majority of posts, art, and fics about whatever their ship name is focus on yellow? That they tend to be about yellow’s issues being accepted and aided by blue? I’m being so serious, it’s not about the yaoi here, it’s about a group of disabled people historically villainized finally having something good in our corner.

How many times have you seen things like ‘a person who constantly asks for reassurance’, ‘people who are overly negative’, ‘people who get too hung up on fixing things’, and so on be called ‘red flags’? People with OCD symptoms are not often portrayed positively, typically being called things like ‘pathetic’ and treated as a joke. It is so insanely rare to see OCD symptoms treated like something worth loving rather than revolting.

It’s not about the fucking yaoi, it’s about disabled people finally getting good rep in terms of romance. Finally being portrayed as desirable instead of an ‘obvious rejection’, ‘asshole boyfriend gets punched in the face’ punchline.

but either way THIS!!! YES!!! THIS!!! DISABLED YELLOW AND SUPPORTIVE PARTNER BLUE MY BELOVEDDDD

I didn't realize it until other ppl pointed it out in relation to themselves-

(I have a habit of. thinking rep doesn't apply to me. especially if it's not a 1 for 1 comparison)

-but Yellow has been super validating rep for me, and I'm really glad he's getting the love he deserves from the fandom :')

unlike... my other beloved disability rep... it's ok Berdly ily anyway you're peak my son

THIS ALSO!!!

I wanted to use what ‘reach’ I may have here to share the Carolina Wildlife Center’s urgent plea for donations. If they are unable to raise $75,000 to cover ongoing and future care of their wildlife patients, the center will have to close July 20th, 2026. The services provided by CWC to the community are incredibly valuable, and without them, many wild animals will suffer without the care they need.

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Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.