fandom and secret santa

[salinea]

What chopchica said here : one big word to it. (also some very brillant things in the comment).

Christmas isn't universal. Making it into X-mas or whatever kind of pseudo-OEcumenist version doesn't make it universal.

It just makes it more oppressive.

At least when it's Christmas the very Christian religion I don't feel excluded as a human being for not practicing it. It's just the different traditions that different religions have.

Secret Santa are a great idea. I had a lot of fun participating in the Snupin Santa last year, and it brightened my month of December considerably. But fandom is always thriving to be all inclusive and pretty tolerant. So don't people be surprised if sometimes people feel grouchy about that.

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[etrangere.livejournal.com]

You may not be wrong, although besides Fandom_Wank, there's also been some of the answers to mamadeb in the first place which were more agressive than it warranted. And the anon insults done that chopchica is mentionning.

I think every one has every right to raise awareness about any sort of privilege, without getting insulted. But that's the point with privilege those who benefit from it don't always see it.
Yes! That's pretty much exactly it!

Je vis à Paris, en 2000 je vivais dans la banlieue parisienne, donc j'étais dans le coin, mais pas à l'hotel. Pourquoi ?

[scriva.livejournal.com]

Je vis à Paris, en 2000 je vivais dans la banlieue parisienne, donc j'étais dans le coin, mais pas à l'hotel. Pourquoi ?

Mm. Maintenant, je suis un peu embarassée. (:blush-icon:) Quand j'étais à Paris, cet année, à l'hotel, je met un fille qui étais française et juive. En plus, elle aimais discuté beaucoup. ;) Mais, je pense que les possibilités de mettre à l'internet quelqu'un qu'on a met avant sont trés limitées. ^_^

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

hihi, oui effectivement.

Ya bcp de filles françaises, juives et qui aiment discuter, je pense.

[arethusa2.livejournal.com]

French is so beautiful!