tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post3072641071695886077..comments2024-03-25T21:50:16.103-07:00Comments on Quick Sip Reviews: Quick Thoughts - New Kids on the BlockCharles Payseurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573698060020195566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post-65545473899369166062016-10-24T07:04:29.514-07:002016-10-24T07:04:29.514-07:00Thank you for writing this! I'm new to SFF, th...Thank you for writing this! I'm new to SFF, the fandom, the writing, all of it. I'm forming some friendships now, but a year ago I felt like I was intruding. Rebecca DeVendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794400511220793877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5921299676772566445.post-20254441540751675992016-10-22T04:48:08.211-07:002016-10-22T04:48:08.211-07:00The myth about SFF and being a geek has always bee...The myth about SFF and being a geek has always been that it *meant* being on the outside, hasn't it? <br /><br />I have only gradually come to realize how large the divide is between those of us who take this as liberation from the kind of peer pressures you allude to, and those of us who experience it as deprivation and are anxious to create something they can be inside of.<br /><br />Both responses are natural, but it seems pretty obvious by now that SFF folks are no better at creating communities than the people who have traditionally excluded them. At this point, I treasure my 'outside looking in' status, and the only change I would make in it is to perhaps stop looking in.pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532518675955579561noreply@blogger.com