Thank you S_Ders

[angelophile]

Being a Scans_Daily mod has been a great experience in a lot of ways. It's certainly opened my eyes to my own privilege and, I hope, I'm a lot more aware of it now than I was. I still have a long way to go before I can genuinely call myself a good feminist or good ally, but the fact that I'm actually thinking about those terms at all is, hopefully, a step forward from where I was a year or two ago.

It's also eye opening because I'm that much more aware of things now. I can empathise better with those who don't have my privilege, because, dear god... I can't turn on the computer without coming across some comment or another or a story that makes me grind my teeth. I certainly can't claim to feel anything like the victims of prejudice do, or even imagine what it's like for them, but I'm a lot more aware of such prejudices.

I do hope that I'm not the only one that's been educated by being part of Scans_Daily. I know that the mod team still have a way to go and the community as a whole still isn't a safe place and I'm certainly not patting myself on the back, but I do want to thank the members of the community, be they my fellow mods or other members, for helping make the community, and me, better.

I don't want this post to sound too self-congratulatory or all about me when the progress should be about the victims of various -isms, but I did want to say thank those who've kept on fighting and commenting in the face of prejudice, even when they've grown weary.

Comments

[neo-prodigy.livejournal.com]

King and I were talking about this the other day and as I was discussing with him, this is where I go back and forth with Scans. On the one hand, there are some great people there and I do have fun and you and others who are genuinely learning and evolving are the one of the main reasons why I stick around and I'm proud to be a small part of that.

On the other hand, as far as the rest of them go.........smh.

[kingrockwell]

This is me, too. I learned a lot about my privilege by just paying attention when people talked comics, but it was especially when I became a mod that I binged on every resource I could get my hands on.

If you're paying attention and willing to learn, s_d can be a great teacher, but when you're expected to help run it you've gotta be ready to teach as well (while still learning, of course!).