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holy moly: I'm on a comics listserv (...I know, lol) where at least one professor has no idea that he's replying to the LIST instead of HIS FRIEND
I don't read 3/4 of these things, so it's hard to piece together but wow! pretty sure they're being enormously racist
I don't read 3/4 of these things, so it's hard to piece together but wow! pretty sure they're being enormously racist
so far as I can tell, this started a few days ago when two academics (...yes, they are) realized their "black comics matter" project involved few (or perhaps no?) black people? And so one guy wrote to the list to apologize?
it's signed "In solidarity" and everything
it's signed "In solidarity" and everything
And from there, one guy maybe got confused about how EMAIL WORKS and now their entire weird racist misogynistic exchange is here for me and whoever else to read
I normally wouldn’t post something from a semi-public list but I’m not in academia and I think these men should have to answer for the way in which they speak about their female colleagues of color (whose names have been redacted)
Your turn @DrWilliamProct1 and @henryjenkins
Your turn @DrWilliamProct1 and @henryjenkins
Just read through some tweets where the "lawn mower" describes being up at 2 in the morning to carefully compose an email to these men about their project
I can only imagine how she'll feel reading the way in which they spoke about her. Whew, I am STEAMED
I can only imagine how she'll feel reading the way in which they spoke about her. Whew, I am STEAMED
Just going to tack this on here to keep it all in one place. Very interested to hear what the MacArthur Foundation-funded scholar @henryjenkins has to say, if anything. Best of luck to him on his "Black Comics Matter" project https://twitter.com/shallowbrigade/status/1299819277768372224
Just fyi this thread describes another thing that happened on the same listserv a few weeks ago
I don’t really read this thing? who knows what all I’ve missed https://twitter.com/shallowbrigade/status/1291797231872466946
I don’t really read this thing? who knows what all I’ve missed https://twitter.com/shallowbrigade/status/1291797231872466946
I mention this because shortly after this, a guy went bananas, sent maybe 10 hugely sexist racist emails in response
...and then the “growing learning” academic jumped in and was like “lol - can’t say I agree with my friend here...anyway PLEASE buy my book”
...and then the “growing learning” academic jumped in and was like “lol - can’t say I agree with my friend here...anyway PLEASE buy my book”
That guy (who I don’t particularly want to tag, thx) was Charles Hatfield: comix study bigwig who challenged me on here once, when I was critiquing a book by Marc Singer
Hatfield dismissed me for “making it about identity,” as I remember it. And when Marc Singer was interviewed about the book, he blew it off as well
I sold Singer’s book harder than his own publisher, who - by the way - had refused to give me a review copy
I sold Singer’s book harder than his own publisher, who - by the way - had refused to give me a review copy
I bring this up because I think that listserv will likely be shut down -
But the problem isn’t the listserv. The listserv just reflects what’s already there, and that is a field of white men who cannot countenance a critique, even a friendly one
But the problem isn’t the listserv. The listserv just reflects what’s already there, and that is a field of white men who cannot countenance a critique, even a friendly one
