Genuinely, Honestly, I Wish Fandom Could Move Past "depiction Isn't Endorsement".

genuinely, honestly, I wish fandom could move past "depiction isn't endorsement".

because it's really meant to be sort of the baby beginner step to media literacy but in fandom spaces it usually acts like a trump card to shut down critical discussions. it's one of the thought terminating cliches of fandom that discourages learning how to interrogate the text beyond "fiction isn't reality, dummy".

yes, the popular whump fic in your fandom isn't endorsing torture, but also, can you tell when the canon for your fandom is endorsing a message? how do you then choose to interact with that canon, and do you get defensive when people are critical of the source material?

depiction isn't endorsement, but can you tell when fandom trends are misogynistic or racist? can you see how killing off a black female character to "punish" her in fanfiction with the framing that she deserves it, and the popular narrative in a certain fandom that a heroic black man is a possessive liar and a white villain is a good man deserving redemption, is endorsing a message in fanfic? do you argue that it's "just fiction" when people get very understandably upset at misogyny and racism in fandom spaces?

yeah, depiction isn't endorsement, but do you think this is where it starts and stops as the only thing you really need to know? do you think people who are critical of things aren't engaging with it properly, or being mean, because they've forgotten the golden fandom rule of "fiction isn't reality"?

nbc hannibal isn't endorsing cannibalism as a dietary choice, but top gun maverick and call of duty: modern warfare were quite literally sponsored by the us military as propaganda for recruitment.

I'm not saying don't enjoy the ip that's making you happy or calling for moral purity in your media habits or whatever. just saying that there's a lot to media literacy beyond the feel good affirmations that periodically circulate fandom, and those affirmation posts both lack necessary nuance and discourage people from engaging with said nuance.

Meg Cabot

Happy Galentine's/Valentine's Day! Look Up Edition - Meg Cabot

I don’t know about you, but last year had so many ups and downs, I thought I was on a roller coaster. Some of those downs included: Heart va

“The Mediator series has been picked up by a different streaming platform/production company (more on that at a later date)!”

reblog and put in the tags a lyric that absolutely cuts you. im so curious to see what makes everyone hurt

The wild thing about writing fanfiction for a canon source that's comparatively short is that some day you might have written more of the characters and setting than the original author ever did.

it sounds silly but writing out interpersonal conflicts between characters in the form of r/aita posts is a game changer

SUPPORT PALESTINIAN BUSINESSES

while it’s important for us to protest, raise awareness, boycott, and pressure our governments… it is also important that we appreciate palestinian people and palestinian culture. they are more than just victims. they are artists, entrepreneurs, fashion designers, movie makers, writers, musicians, scholars—they are people. so let’s celebrate all that makes palestinians who they are by supporting their businesses and showing our appreciation and solidarity.

FASHION

hirbawi

handmade in palestine

pali roots

watan studio

bella hijabs

falastini brand

kuvrd

levantinian

dār collective

wear the peace

west bank apparel

anat international

inaash

nöl collective

deerah

pali apparel

trashy clothing

barriersdenmix

nola creates

zaytoona stitches

lays embroidery

lubna palestine

haneenawadalla

thobe sitti - palestinian thrift store

natalie tahhan

halimeh

rami kashoú

BEAUTY & WELLNESS

sea of herbs

sitti soap - also sell keffiyeh

yafa queen

olive & heart

the dirty lamb

pressology

the soap dispensary - the business itself is not palestinian but they are selling “nablus soaps” (made in the 13th century old tradition of soap-making from nablus) and all the proceeds from the sales will be donated to PCRF

JEWELLERY

nominal jewellery

nurnei

stated

diana jewels

ARTS AND CRAFTS

tatreez and tea

folkglory

palitatreez

shalabiyeh

the tatreez circle - join tatreez workshops

HOME & LIFESTYLE

hilweh market

darzah

viva little things

fyrouzi ceramics

el bustan

the rustik home

BOOKS

interlink publishing

booklink booksellers

maamoul press - art, books, clothes, etc

crescent moon bookstore

FOOD

zatoun oil

canaan palestine

olive odyssey

knafeh queens

the coffee queens

luluscrackers

MISC.

shop palestine

NOTE: philz coffee is no longer palestinian owned and have been forbidding employees from wearing pins in support of palestine. take your business elsewhere.

*please follow @/books_palestine on instagram for more fun ways to support palestinians and celebrate palestinian culture. half of this list was made based off of their post (you’ll see in older reblogs i’d included the infographics they’d made. but i’ve since removed them bc i’ve made the list longer and organised it a bit differently to their list. did keep the first page on their infographic though ^^)

—edited 23/1/24