But I'm too tired today. So you're getting the salty version.
And like....yes. Obviously. Luckily, we have literal decades of work/resources around these issues 🙄
So I'll just say it. This handwringing is deflection. This is whiteness in action.
It's in its history. It's in the values it prioritised at the start. And therefore, it's in its coding.
Far too many ppl who should know better are dancing around this.
Please remember that it is well documented that the act of naming whiteness triggers an instant defensive reaction.
Be better. Otherwise we'll just talk ourselves into doing nothing. Again.
In it, I argue that Fan Studies needs to do exactly that in a consistent way, from its "must-reads" to its research methods.
journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/…
This isn't a new observation, but one that FS must acknowledge explicitly and work towards centering.
I would like to thank all the editors and @elmyra in particular for their patience.