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Oct 14, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Fandoms are not separate from white supremacist systems of power. In fact, fandoms often reify white supremacy.
How do I know? Well...I have some data!
Been seeing a lot of discourse on whether particular fandoms & ships are racist. And the truth is, most fandoms are entangled in systems of power (white supremacy, heteronormativity, colonialism, ableism, etc). These systems are both insidious and overt, and they are EVERYWHERE