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SGA writers, how are you so frustrating?
So, you know, obviously there is a problem with the SGA writers. I know there's a wide range of opinion about this on my flist but I do think we can probably all agree that there are enough issues with race and gender among the writers to induce a cringe at least every once in a while and quite likely more.
There are a lot of possible responses to this. Here's a range of four:
(a) Ignore it - because sometimes that's just what you do to live with something you can't fix.
(b) Blog about it - because if we talk about it among ourselves, maybe we can find some way to fix it.
(c) Complain about it - because they made the problem, let's remind them that we want it fixed.
(d) Forget about it and walk away - because sometimes things are just too broken to be fixed and you just can't live with them anymore.
I think most of us have been somewhere in the (a) to (b) range during our time with SGA. (Speaking personally: I spend most of my time in (a), because I'm a Texas Democrat by training and I came of age in a v. sexist, heavily male academic environment, so I'm pretty good at ignoring things so that I don't hate, like, EVERYBODY.)
I'm asking (i) is anyone aware of any coordinated efforts to move to (c)? and (ii) is that something you think is worth doing? I was thinking today of something like an organized postcard campaign, 3-5 versions of comments that are liftable, something not OMG YOU SO COMPLETELY SUCK but that might be a useful mirror for the writers.
"Asking your boss to show her tits to 10-year-olds will usually get you fired. It's also gross. It's NOT funny."
"A bunch of white people standing around watching two dark-skinned men fight? REALLY?!"
That kind of thing.
My perspective on... well, pretty much everything, really... is shot to hell right now. Does that seem like a good, productive kind of idea, or just another way to dive deep into a pool of fanwankiness and complaint?
There are a lot of possible responses to this. Here's a range of four:
(a) Ignore it - because sometimes that's just what you do to live with something you can't fix.
(b) Blog about it - because if we talk about it among ourselves, maybe we can find some way to fix it.
(c) Complain about it - because they made the problem, let's remind them that we want it fixed.
(d) Forget about it and walk away - because sometimes things are just too broken to be fixed and you just can't live with them anymore.
I think most of us have been somewhere in the (a) to (b) range during our time with SGA. (Speaking personally: I spend most of my time in (a), because I'm a Texas Democrat by training and I came of age in a v. sexist, heavily male academic environment, so I'm pretty good at ignoring things so that I don't hate, like, EVERYBODY.)
I'm asking (i) is anyone aware of any coordinated efforts to move to (c)? and (ii) is that something you think is worth doing? I was thinking today of something like an organized postcard campaign, 3-5 versions of comments that are liftable, something not OMG YOU SO COMPLETELY SUCK but that might be a useful mirror for the writers.
"Asking your boss to show her tits to 10-year-olds will usually get you fired. It's also gross. It's NOT funny."
"A bunch of white people standing around watching two dark-skinned men fight? REALLY?!"
That kind of thing.
My perspective on... well, pretty much everything, really... is shot to hell right now. Does that seem like a good, productive kind of idea, or just another way to dive deep into a pool of fanwankiness and complaint?
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I feel, right now, like I'm in that place that needs to either do something or let the show go, like I stayed in the "please don't make me think too hard about this" place for so long that now I have to fix it or let it go altogether. I hate that place!
I want a "I'm done with you" Elizabeth/Torri icon.
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GRRR.
I have a friend who no longer watches the show, just reads fanfiction; he says he's much, much happier these days. I have to admit, I'm seriously considering following his lead. It's just that I'd miss the Davids, Joe, Rachel, Jason, Chuck, and Kavan so very much.
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So here is the thing; you're not wrong at all. But we are not their intended audience (as in, we are not geeky fanboys), and I don't think they care that we're watching. An by they, I think I mean the entire SciFi channel, because the more I get into the genre, the more I feel like they could care less (remind me to post about my misgivings about my comic book shop!).
And I feel like... I don't know, I would get angrier if I thought I DIDN'T know everyone who actually watches that show, you know? Because sometimes I feel like everyone who actually watches already knows this, because we're here, bitching in our LJs. (Not true, I know, but this is the little world I'm inhabiting right now.)