December 6th: Invaders from Mars
Dec. 6th, 2013 04:29 pmFrom ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cesperanza : How does it feel to be (such an awesome) dude in the so heavily female dominated vidding world? Do you see something gendered in vidding, or is it just the sort of thing that more dudes would like if they'd--IDK, let go and embrace their feels more?? :D
I'm of two minds on this question. On the one hand, I kind of revel in my special snowflake status as one of a handful of male vidders in vidding culture a la Vividcon.
On the other hand, I am incredibly privileged. By not being a complete dick, I've managed to be accepted by my peers in this community and get great, interesting questions like this one. I feel like, if it was flipped, and I was a woman in a male-dominated community, I would have to work that much harder to make friends and garner a general acceptance, and there would be way more people looking to tear me down. This question might be posed as, "What are the challenges you have to face as a woman to succeed in a male hobby?"
With that said, I don't think vidding in and of itself is gendered. I understand that there are large communities of male vidders out there -- they just don't intersect with our spaces. And that's okay. I prefer my space the way it is. It's going to sound really weird to say this, but I don't really consider male spaces safe for me. I feel constantly uncomfortable and insecure. I always feel like I'm being judged on my level of masculinity. (Boo hoo, sad little middle-class, white, mostly-hetero, cis male, right?)
Do I think there's a difference in the way that guys vid in our community compared to women? Sure. Absolutely. Could I articulate it? No. Probably not. I think that there is a hesitance in male vidding to commit as deeply emotionally to our subjects. I can say that. I feel myself do it all the time. It doesn't lessen our love or passion for our subjects, certainly, and it sometimes comes out in more indirect ways. But I do feel like there's a sort of barrier or hesitance to go full-out and a tendency to swerve toward humor, action, sex, or analytical posturing (the last one is all me). Of course, if you're talking aboutabsolutedestiny, none of the previous probably applies, because he make people cry a lot. F**k that guy.
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In other news, my family (Mom, sister, sister-in-law, and niece) are in town and it's been a blast! However, some of these answers might be a bit abbreviated.
cesperanza : How does it feel to be (such an awesome) dude in the so heavily female dominated vidding world? Do you see something gendered in vidding, or is it just the sort of thing that more dudes would like if they'd--IDK, let go and embrace their feels more?? :DI'm of two minds on this question. On the one hand, I kind of revel in my special snowflake status as one of a handful of male vidders in vidding culture a la Vividcon.
On the other hand, I am incredibly privileged. By not being a complete dick, I've managed to be accepted by my peers in this community and get great, interesting questions like this one. I feel like, if it was flipped, and I was a woman in a male-dominated community, I would have to work that much harder to make friends and garner a general acceptance, and there would be way more people looking to tear me down. This question might be posed as, "What are the challenges you have to face as a woman to succeed in a male hobby?"
With that said, I don't think vidding in and of itself is gendered. I understand that there are large communities of male vidders out there -- they just don't intersect with our spaces. And that's okay. I prefer my space the way it is. It's going to sound really weird to say this, but I don't really consider male spaces safe for me. I feel constantly uncomfortable and insecure. I always feel like I'm being judged on my level of masculinity. (Boo hoo, sad little middle-class, white, mostly-hetero, cis male, right?)
Do I think there's a difference in the way that guys vid in our community compared to women? Sure. Absolutely. Could I articulate it? No. Probably not. I think that there is a hesitance in male vidding to commit as deeply emotionally to our subjects. I can say that. I feel myself do it all the time. It doesn't lessen our love or passion for our subjects, certainly, and it sometimes comes out in more indirect ways. But I do feel like there's a sort of barrier or hesitance to go full-out and a tendency to swerve toward humor, action, sex, or analytical posturing (the last one is all me). Of course, if you're talking about
absolutedestiny, none of the previous probably applies, because he make people cry a lot. F**k that guy.---
In other news, my family (Mom, sister, sister-in-law, and niece) are in town and it's been a blast! However, some of these answers might be a bit abbreviated.
