What is scary about transformative fandom is that it’s a place where young women love their media without reservation, and where they can make stories for themselves. That’s why as a culture we’ve decided that transformative fandom is weird and gross and morally wrong, and that’s why all the articles in the world explaining that transformative fandom is a totally legitimate way to interact with a text aren’t really making a dent in the never-ending stream of repulsed investigations of fandom. Because fandom is the province of young women and, culturally, we find young women terrifying.
Why we’re terrified of fanfiction – Vox
One of the points of this article is “same shit, different decade” because we’ve been hearing the same thing since Star Trek TOS fandom.
(via revealmyselfinvincible)
If you think mainstream culture hates YOUNG women (it truly does, especially women who value or please themselves as noted above), just imagine how much it hates MATURE women.
We write and draw a very significant portion of the fanfic and fanart out there, and even people here in Fandom are amazed and unpleasantly surprised to learn that fans over 25 exist.
(via mresundance)
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