I swear to GOD Iâm not vagueing my situation, but I made a post recently about books I was planning to read this year, and I find it veryâŚ.. interesting that multiple people came into my inbox afterward to tell me that all the queer authors in the bunch had sinned. like maybe they had, I dunno. it wouldnât stop me reading (I love Interview with the Vampire, I have Thoughts about Anne Rice, etc). but it is interesting that none of the non-queer authors merited this whisper campaign, despite some of them honestly deserving it. not saying anything outright here, just making an observation. listening and learning. you know
[Image ID: Tumblr tags reading: it's one of those things where like. i can totally see how this trend naturally emerges from online queer spaces.
butut you can see how these mostly good intention turn into this thing where we treat queer artists worse than cishet ones
there are so many little fault points feeding into this trend it's hard to concisely address the problem
engaging only with queer art means all your criticism goes towards queer art. it also shifts your expectations much higher
using social just language previously reserved for systemic oppression on thins like minor characters flaws
the tendency to use sweeping generalizations and absolutes
the fixation on the good person / bad person dichotomy
investing so much of yourself emotionally into the idea of the stories that unexpected dissonance feels like a betrayal
just all these little problems snowballing into this larger backfire effect /End IDs]
