The Mind of a Magpie

well … it’s demonstrably untrue that ‘all’ pro-shippers are white women.

there’s a number of pro-shippers who are not white - @lizcourserants , @rottenboysclub, @satans-tiddies, and @xenoqueer are examples. (I’m not sure who else is still here on tumblr arguing for pro-shipping who is open about being a person of color? there’s more than a few on twitter, tho: I follow a number of them.) 

and there’s more than a few of us who aren’t (cis) women - me, for one! (anti-shippers don’t always say ‘cis’, but when they leave it off it’s usually b/c they’re more TERFy rather than less.)

I can’t speak to how many pro-shippers want to read smut fic. frankly, though: what’s wrong with wanting to read smut? if a person decides to read smut on their own, in their free time, without being coerced in any way: how is that anybody’s business but their own?

here’s some stats to back me up that probably aren’t universally representative, but definitely illustrates that those who identify as pro-shipping are at least as diverse as those who identify as anti-shipping (from a VLD-fandom-specific survey with about 2,000 total respondents):

[image ID: tweet from freetofic written on 27th October 2017 reading: 

“both antis and pros are primarily white and/or US residents:antis: 65.5% white, 70.4% US residentspros: 60.1% white, 63.0% US residents” /ID]

if this is accurate, around 40% of self-identified ‘pro-shippers’ are not white.

[Image ID: two pie charts, each with 1,041 respondents.

First chart: “What is your gender identity?”

Female: 56.1%

Male: 11.3%

Nonbinary: 13.4%

Genderfluid: 7.8%

Agender: 4.4%

(remaining pie chart divided between 43 other write-in answers)

Second chart: “Do you identify as transgender?”

Yes: 20%

No: 71.9%

Prefer not to say: 8.2%

/ID]

not that any of these facts actually matter, because the claim that pro-shippers are ‘all [horny, straight] white [cis] women [over 30]’ is pretty much shorthand for ‘don’t listen to pro-shippers, they’re ignorant assholes’ in shipping-as-activism circles.

still: I’d like to promote non-white and/or queer pro-shippers. 

if you’re a pro-shipper of color &/or a pro-shipper who isn’t a cis woman & want me to share your username, drop me a line and I’ll add a list to my FAQ!

as to the second point, though:

There are alot of antis of color who are antis because they see pro shipping as white.

I don’t think this comes entirely out of nowhere? but anti-shipping spaces aren’t free from sin, either.

tl;dr for under the cut: neither pro-shippers nor anti-shippers as whole (primarily-white) communities are very good at defending, advocating for, or centering the interests of fans of color.

guys help i’m LOSING MY GODDAMN MIND over these fat tiger art scrolls

Betty White and a bear stop what you’re doing and reblog