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[oyceter]

I have been very bad about posting about race and anti-racism lately, and even worse with following discussions online.

But basically, my response would be what Deepa says. Yes and yes and yes. And that is precisely why I've found so much comfort in immersing myself in Asian mainstream pop culture, even though that pop culture has a lot that could be changed. It is just so good to find something that's focused on POC, to have other narratives and other stories, to have an entirely different default to draw upon.

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[oyceter]

*nods* No, I think manga (at least that is mostly what I read in terms of Japanese works) does have some very different models, which is partly why I was a fan of it in the first place. But I'm always unsure of how much that can be generalized to cultural differences vs. genre differences vs. different literary traditions and etc.

Hey, if you feel like running something past me, email!

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Yes! That, exactly. I might just post my mini-thoughts about it and see what happens as people weigh in.

I might just do that! It's in deeply embryonic form, though-- it's something I started ages ago, and my old MS word file, with THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of words on it is gone, which is driving me crazy, and so I'm basically starting again from scratch. And my current thinking is it's going to be a journey, which means I'll throw lots of cultures around, and I keep thinking, 'oh crap, I'll be one of those people who writes thinly veiled versions of actual areas and pussies out by never doing any research and not respecting the cultures she's stealing from.' But at the same time, I really do want to do a lot of mixing and borrowing, and...::headdesk::

[oyceter]

Oooo, sounds interesting. but yes, do let me know if there's something you want me to look at (although I will be fair and warn you that I am horrifically bad with timeliness...).

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

What a coincidence, so am I!