tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post3024026388018777257..comments2023-08-17T05:44:18.593-04:00Comments on A Truly Elegant Mess: I've had it up to hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post-51583034123459171402009-04-23T04:04:00.000-04:002009-04-23T04:04:00.000-04:00I have been reading Feministe and Feministing for ...I have been reading Feministe and Feministing for some time now just for the news. Because they're so big they cover a lot of the news radar, but I seldom if ever partake in discussions - on either site. On Feministing I've taken to read more community posts than main blog posts, but participating? Nah.<br /><br />I was so disappointed when they decided to close the trans threads and pool them all into one - as if that can be done, when people were having conversations elsewhere. Ignorant, arrogant. That move made me think of reservations and refugee camps: "No we can't keep an eye on you when you're all over the place (five threads *gasp*) so we'll just force y'all into this designated space we've made for you, whether you like it or not."<br /><br />*barf*<br /><br />So disappointing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post-40091477590571370512009-04-21T15:14:00.000-04:002009-04-21T15:14:00.000-04:00Not to sound all uppity but although Feministing w...Not to sound all uppity but although Feministing was part of my engagement in the feminist blogosphere I had to give up on them a while ago. The white and, surprisingly, male privilege is BLINDING. The way Feminsting responded was just...fecking odd, shutting down all the community posts on transphobia and making one big meta post so they could "moderate" it better. I still like Feministe because I appreciate the effort everyone over there takes to at least try to improve but just...ugh. <br /><br />Also I think you made a good point about avoiding meta-drama possibly being related to privilege. I wanted to protest, I hate meta-drama because I just hate freaking dumb drama in general, but then I realized...I'm not trans. I'm cis gendered. It's frighteningly easy for ME to avoid this meta because it doesn't actually have a lot to do with me (other than the fact that I care about it). So...thanks for the unexpected thinky thought.T. R Xandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142370339947719352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post-76257067104028225302009-04-21T11:30:00.000-04:002009-04-21T11:30:00.000-04:00The thing that makes me sad about feministing is t...The thing that makes me sad about feministing is that I do think that they have a great opportunity but that, and understandably so, they are focused on their own individual careers to the point that they cannot manage a blog as big as it has become. IT has gotten to the point where I cannot read comments there because it hurts my head as much as some right wing blogs do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post-16350963365057021942009-04-21T11:22:00.000-04:002009-04-21T11:22:00.000-04:00I took feministing off of my reader a long time ag...I took feministing off of my reader a long time ago. Even when I didn't feel that some of the bloggers there were showing huge amounts of privilege the commenters are pretty much free to be the biggest self absorbed ass holes ever. It's not a safe nor friendly place to be if you don't go along w/ whatever is said...and I am not a person who usually cares.<br /><br />I have seen feministe go up and down, and when they are called out they usually do something about it, whether it fixes anything or not is not for me to decide, but at least they don't stay silent when stuff like this is called out...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com