tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post6123341519715846588..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: Why J.K. Rowling's Response to the Dumbledore Tweet Was Far from "Perfect"Chris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-32784356768573620882015-04-01T15:29:28.654-04:002015-04-01T15:29:28.654-04:00Yeah, whatever's important Right Now is the pr...Yeah, whatever's important Right Now is the priority, regardless of the principle we stood for yesterday or the principle we'll need to invoke tomorrow. Social media in particular has turned our cultural arguments into a coked-up game of Calvinball.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-60914662973934687042015-03-30T10:07:44.393-04:002015-03-30T10:07:44.393-04:00I think there is a lack of balance, Jeff. In the t...I think there is a lack of balance, Jeff. In the tides of popular thought, one is allowed to cross all lines, except for the hot buttons. One is allowed, with impunity, to make Spock and Kirk lovers, but, if someone makes a statement that that's an urealistic interpretaton of their relationship, people cry homophobia. At least that is how I see it. <br />Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-69585087881781700582015-03-28T13:49:31.285-04:002015-03-28T13:49:31.285-04:00Rowling's tweet—or, more specifically, the wel...Rowling's tweet—or, more specifically, the welcome it received—struck me as odd in an age of fan-fiction, mashups, and so on. Goodness knows no one waited for Gene Roddenberry's blessing to write Kirk/Spock romances, and fan culture today is about making a franchise your own, so it's unusual that fans treat Rowling's utterances like papal decrees. Maybe people just want so badly to believe that a world they love has a benevolent creator.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.com