Re: The actualfax $10 bill.

[eldabe]

(x-posted to facebook.)

Listen, Hamilton was a great person and all and it should have be Jackson yanked off a bill, this is true.

But if you let every cool guy stay on things instead of taking opportunities to replace them with women, we'll just...never have women on things. There are LOTS of awesome guys in history. There are also lots of women. You simply will never get to the women if you spend all time time talking about how awesome the men were, ok?

Added for LJ/DW: And I GET being in a fandom. I GET being obsessed with a thing. I even get being in problematic fandoms that don't always jive with the politics and aspirations I have for the real world. But...really. If Hamilton fans keep Hamilton on the $10, we are missing a big opportunity that won't come by for years. (Because that's how long it takes the mint do anything, apparently.)

I know this really needs to be posted on tumblr, where the fans are going nuts about this particular issue, but naaaah. I like it here.

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[eldabe]

Fair, I'm 100% totally not in RPF fandom, so I really would have no idea if these conversations are happening. :D I've been in fandoms with like, shades of RPF fic of the actors, but I'll read one or two and then drift on, totally not the same thing. I would love to hear your thoughts, because it's been really interesting watching the Hamilton fandom stumble around these issues (with the occasional person going "that's not how really happened and also they were all white" bursting in.)

The World Judgement sucks though. :(

Although...what's the line between RPF and actor fandom? I sort of always assumed it was just an extreme end of RPF fandom, like people who actually believe in Hogwarts were the extreme end of normal HP fandom. And they would sort of drift into the more mainstream stuff sometimes, or feed off it, because not every corner of fandom is healthy. (Which is fine, not a commentary on RPF fandom, which I will totally defend.)

I DO remember the LOTR fans tinhatting stuff, although, yeah, I saw it in LotR fandom spaces that I was floating around. I guess the lines between these fandoms are more malleable than they feel sometimes. IDK, I'm a total noob to this entire giant side of fandom, so I guess I should start digging around for some good metas before I start acting like I have any idea what I'm talking about!