L.J. Writes

This is the post where you can ask me questions and send me comments that are not about any particular post. Comments are screened, and anonymous comments are allowed.(1) If you are logged in my default response will be a reply comment, but if you're on anon and left no contact information I will have no way to get back to you except publicly.(2) (You can leave anonymous comments without logging out, just click on the "More Options" button and you'll see the option to comment anonymously.)

Public posting: If I think the question is one worth addressing in public (because it's fun fandom stuff, to head off repeat questions and so on), I will ask if you're okay with my making a post about your question, whether I may directly quote you, and if necessary coordinate with you on the level of details to reveal. If you want a question to be quoted and public, mark it as (Public) and we can cut down on that process. On the flip side, marking a question (Private) will prevent any uncertainty as well since I won't need to ask whether I can make a post.(3) If you're not sure/don't care at the time you're asking, don't mark it either way and we can work it out on a case-by-case basis.(4)

( see footnotes )

she_ra_fandom posted: She-Ra Gen Week

Hey, guys! I'm attempting to run a gen-focused fanwork week for She-Ra over on tumblr. So if that interests you at all, whether as a creator or a fan of fan-created content, then please check it out! spopgenweek

She-Ra Gen Week: April 7 - April 13

stitchmediamix and diversehighfantasy, two of the most insightful commentators on fandom racism, were having a Twitter conversation on the racial empathy gap until, in a development so meta it feels like surrealist parody,(1) someone felt the need to add one of those "actually I'm not racist because..." replies.(2) In this case they evidently lost empathy for Finn when he "started firing on his own side."

Stitch has the post-game of this exchange, including responses that are on other threads and/or deleted later on, so refer to that thread for an analysis on why this bit of idiotic derailment is so indicative of fandom's problem with racism.

( I'm just going to rant in the margins & footnotes )

I happened on a couple of articles about writing better image alt-text on my reading page, so I'd like to share the links and list some of the things I didn't know and you might not, either.

Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide (via alisx)
Alternative Text (via jesse_the_k)

( Alt text basics in HTML and Markdown )

( Tell you something you don't know? )

An incomplete list of the ways I relate to Finn, movies and Before the Awakening canon:

( Abuse mention, no I don't like Finnrose don't @ me )