- Invitation Status
- Looking for partners
- Posting Speed
- 1-3 posts per day
- One post per day
- Multiple posts per week
- 1-3 posts per week
- One post per week
- Slow As Molasses
- Online Availability
- Evening/Late Night (MST)
- Writing Levels
- Intermediate
- Adept
- Advanced
- Prestige
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Nonbinary
- Transgender
- Primarily Prefer Male
- Genres
- High fantasy, modern fantasy, gaslamp fantasy, Anything Fantasy, dark comedy, supernatural, paranormal, psychological, essentially everything except slice-of-life and historical.
Oh, I know. No one is immune. We all think these things; it's about whether or not you have the capacity to realize why you're thinking a certain way and try to rectify it. I'm especially guilty of this when it comes to straight men.And while I'm sure there are some people who do believe these sorts of things whole-heartedly, it can also come in the form of more semi-conscious stereotyping, like what I was talking about before -- maybe you wouldn't consciously think/say "all people of X race act X way", but you might get certain vibes from people of that race without really thinking about it. And, unfortunately, not everyone thinks to catch those kinds of "vibes" or remind themselves that they're just basing them off of stereotypes. :/ (Slightly off-topic: but this sort of thinking isn't just exclusive to race. It happens all the time -- where things like your gender, accent, height, or even sometimes hair color can influence how people see you, even before they know the first real thing about you. Anyone can say that stereotyping is bad, but it takes a strong mind to catch these subtler things. I can't even say I'm immune. @_@ )
I was just responding to the discussion about hearing negative feedback about black women, and how it's not always individual criticism - or constructive criticism. Blank statements about an entire demographic can really impact your self esteem.