The White Replacement Anxiety of Fandoms

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Jessie Earl

Oh that's a great point!

Jessie Earl

Ahh yay! I'm honored

Jessie Earl

Uggg, that's... a very illustrative story

Jessie Earl

This gives me hope!!! Thank you for being a teacher, a thankless job for sure💜

Mountain Harpie

I hope your surgery recovery is going well, it definitely sounded like you’re still dealing with a bit of swelling and such, so I really do hope you back to your regular self soon!

Watching the video bow, it’s an interesting discussion and I’m enjoying it a lot.

Great video as always, in a very important issue! As someone who has a period, I must say that I noticed that Dave Rubin says the trans man talks about tampons even though his line is "I always get the ones with wings". Well, maybe if he had seen cartoons about periods as a child he would know the difference between tampons and pads, or at least care enough to be consistent.

Francisca Seabra

Thank you for this! Once it is public, I am including it my queer studies syllabus this fall.

Emily Kugler

Some years back, at a sci fi con, in the concessions room, there was an episode of "Fresh Prince" playing on the television. It was specifically about prejudice. Someone said, "Why are we watching this garbage?" and they put on a Star Trek episode. Ironically, it was "Balance of Terror", part of which specifically dealt with prejudice, but metaphorically. They thought it was great. So, what's the message? Prejudice against those fictional Vulcans is bad but prejudice against people that actually exist is a waste of time to watch? I've long believed the reason conservatives are okay with older versions of ST is because the messages are metaphorical and they may not even get that there was a message. And, yes, for a lot of people, it's preaching to acknowledge that certain people even exist. That's what they define as "pushing an agenda" and it is IF you want the world to stay in the past (like, say, a 1962 holo-suite program, though I love Vic Fontaine and will sneak in a reference whenever I can). But, when you've gotten used to only your race, sexual orientation, identity, religion, etc., being acknowledged as even existing, then any mention of anything else becomes "pushing". Sorry for the long rant.