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Kyle Götz @kylegoetz.com

Me and my fellow white people call each other "white trash." That doesn't make it acceptable for an out-group to refer to novels by white people as "white trash books." It would, in fact, be a slur to do that. (I'm sure you've by now drawn the connection to other slurs used by in- and out-groups.)

jul 16, 2025, 3:59 pm • 1 0

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Kaesa @kaesa.bsky.social

Again, "fanzines" were and ARE called that by the people (the fans!) who make them. Fanzines were put together by people who had the time and disposable income to assemble a physical magazine for fun, not profit. There was no pejorative meaning associated; it's like calling people who knit knitters.

jul 16, 2025, 4:21 pm • 3 0 • view