"For me, starting so young, fanfic became my English teacher, my sex-ed class, my favorite hobby and the source of some of my dearest friends. It also provided me with a crash course in social justice and how to respect and celebrate diversity, both of characters and fic writers."
actually choked me up a little. I was seriously just thinking about this last night--how I wish the ability that I think fic has to influence and teach people (especially girls) about social justice and sexual agency could seep into mainstream media.
And I love the part you quoted about the media speaks to them and they speak back. That sounds like what I wrote in my treatise on fic! I feel validated!
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"For me, starting so young, fanfic became my English teacher, my sex-ed class, my favorite hobby and the source of some of my dearest friends. It also provided me with a crash course in social justice and how to respect and celebrate diversity, both of characters and fic writers."
actually choked me up a little. I was seriously just thinking about this last night--how I wish the ability that I think fic has to influence and teach people (especially girls) about social justice and sexual agency could seep into mainstream media.
And I love the part you quoted about the media speaks to them and they speak back. That sounds like what I wrote in my treatise on fic! I feel validated!