QUEER HULK SMASH

[rm]

I just unsubscribed from the local HP mailing list, after being a member since 2007 and having professional reasons for maintaining my involvement (also, yo, I like Harry Potter!), because I was mocked and insulted after posting a question about an event (not hosted by the group, I don't think, but by the NYDA (an HPA chapter, I believe) that stated for a fashion show about "celebrating all types of beauty" what they meant by "you must cosplay as your own gender" in their model call and who was going to be deciding gender identity for said purposes.

Predictably, several people conflated sex and gender and were then insulting and mocking.

Considering I've WRITTEN AN ACADEMIC PAPER, that I have delivered at both FAN AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES about how Snape is a queered character who represents female heroism in the series, I could just spit I'm so mad.

Fucking fucking fucking fuck.

*ANGRY*

I'm gonna go watch that video of that rat climbing on that dude on the subway until I feel better.

ETA: Head of mailing list is being super cool to me in trying to handle issue. Thumbs up! I'm impressed.

Meanwhile, I thought I unsubscribed but apparently didn't! Now I'm one of those people on the Internet who can't figure out how to get off a mailing list! Ugh!

More rat video. Yes.

Comments

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

such BS

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

And again we have a shining example of people who pay lipservice to that they support and get "it" and then turn around and prove that they really don't.

Sorry that this happened. But I think you are better off without that stressor in your life.

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

I'm not into HP fandom, but I am curious about your paper. Is it available online or published somewhere?

[yamx]

I'm sorry that happened. :(

Is there somewhere I could read that paper?

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I'm completely and utterly boggled by the idea of someone deciding what gender characters someone else can cosplay. *headspin*

[rm.livejournal.com]

It was for a fashion show or some sort of official presentation, hence the existence of guidelines, but WTF -- my inquiry was reasonable (perhaps there are pre-made costumes? perhaps it's the most accurate represtation? are they not going to allow trace-blind casting for the event as well? it was a legitimate question).

[rm.livejournal.com]

I've only done it as a conference paper, so it doesn't really exist anywhere, although I've always meant to submit it somewhere. I should dig it out and do something with it. I'm pretty fond of it.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I've only done it as a conference paper, so it doesn't exist anywhere published, but I really should do something with it. I'm pretty fond of it, and it was fun to do.

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

ah. I now understand more where your question is coming from. (I couldn't initially see how or why any restriction might exist.)

[yamx]

Let us know if you do. :)

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Good grief. People are idiots, where you least expect them to be...

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Wow, not cool. Sorry for the unpleasantness.

...Rat on dude on subway?

[puella-nerdii.livejournal.com]

The "you must cosplay as your own gender" requirement is particularly puzzling for me, since most of my cosplay experience is from anime/manga cons, where you can't swing your bag without hitting someone crossplaying. Do people really not do that at primarily-Western media cons and events? I'm genuinely curious here.

And I'm curious about that paper, too, if you ever decide to make it publicly available.

[brilliant-snark.livejournal.com]

I have no words. Well, that isn't true, I have several very colorful ones.

FAIL. So much.

[ydnic.livejournal.com]

Yes, this!!

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I'm sorry. That was really asstastic.

[rm.livejournal.com]

It's linked on LfT

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

There's so much fail there I don't even know what to say. It makes me want to break things. FAIL. Ugh. I'm so sorry that happened, and I'm glad it happened in a place where you were at least ABLE to remove yourself from the situation (because sometimes when similar stuff happens, you're stuck in it). It SUCKS that you had to. NOT COOL, people!

[easter.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry they were unkind to you.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I keep having to re-learn not to expect that sharing an interest with someone means sharing a mindset as well, because it keeps biting me in the ass.

[azn-jack-fiend.livejournal.com]

How stupid and offensive >:

[saoba.livejournal.com]

OFFS, as we say around here.

When I was a wee baby fannish type- almost forty years ago- we used to sit in con suites and talk for hours about how In The Future It Would All Be Better. Yeah, not so much.

[azn-jack-fiend.livejournal.com]

P.S. My icon is a woman actor playing a man who magically became a woman, disguised as a man. I'd really like to cosplay her one day :P

[rm.livejournal.com]

This may be the best sentence in this day. And I always thought that icon was a painting! It's so luminous.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Also, AUGH.