STFU, Conservatives

People believe that critiquing = not a good fan. Enjoyment of something is all or nothing. People believe that if they acknowledge something they love is problematic, then that means they are then bad people for liking something problematic.

But I mean, look at it this way. A person loves their cat. They LOOOOOVE their cat. But sometimes, cat will scratch you, or pee on your pillow or something that you really don’t like. Does this mean you are a bad person, because you love your wildly urinating cat? I don’t think so. But it is good to acknowledge that cat can be a badcat. And then maybe train it to not be a badcat. I mean, who likes to sleep with cat urine on their pillow, no matter HOW much you love that darn cat, right?

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glockgal: media = your cat  (via cijithegeek)

YES! Conscientious consumption is so important. You can see problematic things in your fandom and still be part of that fandom. If it “ruins it” for you when someone points those things out, you need to take a hard look at your critical thinking skills.  I understand that fandoms are escapism for a lot of people, but that doesn’t make them immune to critique.

-Jess
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