I agree that sizism is a problem; I haven't read the fic she's talking about; but this whole business of DEMANDING apologies from writers because their fic doesn't suit your politics pisses me off, particularly when a fic is labelled "racist" or "sizist" or "sexist" because it depicts people doing things people actually do DO in the real world without turning into a didactic punishment-or-education story, and I have mostly refused to cater to it. Also while the writer of the fic did apologise, it was a Big Bang fic--doesn't that mean she was writing to someone else's prompt, or am I misinformed? I don't do many challenge fics.
I don't comment on posts like that because I'm living by Charles' Rules of Argument now (see my journal bio here) which means that I don't waste my time arguing with people whose minds are already made up and only engage in discussions of this sort when I am a) simply stating my case for the record or b) believe that everyone who is discussing the issue is more-or-less trying to figure it out, and so am I. There's nothing to be gained by butting heads with someone who's doing something they believe in and that you think is stupid and destructive, but I still have to fight the urge :/
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Date: 2009-07-01 16:33 (UTC)I agree that sizism is a problem; I haven't read the fic she's talking about; but this whole business of DEMANDING apologies from writers because their fic doesn't suit your politics pisses me off, particularly when a fic is labelled "racist" or "sizist" or "sexist" because it depicts people doing things people actually do DO in the real world without turning into a didactic punishment-or-education story, and I have mostly refused to cater to it. Also while the writer of the fic did apologise, it was a Big Bang fic--doesn't that mean she was writing to someone else's prompt, or am I misinformed? I don't do many challenge fics.
I don't comment on posts like that because I'm living by Charles' Rules of Argument now (see my journal bio here) which means that I don't waste my time arguing with people whose minds are already made up and only engage in discussions of this sort when I am a) simply stating my case for the record or b) believe that everyone who is discussing the issue is more-or-less trying to figure it out, and so am I. There's nothing to be gained by butting heads with someone who's doing something they believe in and that you think is stupid and destructive, but I still have to fight the urge :/