Heatherly does say that it all depends on the person. Some people who have experienced these kinds of things do write and read them, others don't and find them highly offensive and a lot of the real world find them offensive.
Where you see implied: if you write it, you must not know this.
I see implied: if you write it, she hopes you are aware that others may view it differently and that there are real life issues that are very serious.
So if you're going "well duh!" then you know that, so it's not a problem. I would have thought her main point was just be aware that the people outside of the fandom bubble are likely to view it differently.
I hope you won't mind me contradicting you here, but I just wanted to have my say. You're of course free to continue to disagree.
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:31 am (UTC)Heatherly does say that it all depends on the person. Some people who have experienced these kinds of things do write and read them, others don't and find them highly offensive and a lot of the real world find them offensive.
Where you see implied: if you write it, you must not know this.
I see implied: if you write it, she hopes you are aware that others may view it differently and that there are real life issues that are very serious.
So if you're going "well duh!" then you know that, so it's not a problem. I would have thought her main point was just be aware that the people outside of the fandom bubble are likely to view it differently.
I hope you won't mind me contradicting you here, but I just wanted to have my say. You're of course free to continue to disagree.
SL