Very fine @UOJim post on why nostalgia for "heroic engineer" science fiction is a form of identity politics: http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2015/08/30/18838 …
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@HeerJeet@arthur_affect@UOJim I know SO MANY ppl who aren't white cishet males who are huge into "competence porn."1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@arthur_affect@UOJim but the second the protag isn't a white cishet male, suddenly it's some message fic pandering thing.2 replies 2 retweets 1 like -
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I'd argue "competence porn" is a white dude thing bc white dudes believe in a meritocracy where competence is auto-rewarded
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Replying to @arthur_affect
IDK, I know a ton of not white & not dudes who seek it out. They all ALSO tend to have specialized skillskets.
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Replying to @brigidkeely
Hyper competent women were also 1) a Henlein thing & 2) the first Mary Sue character (in Star Trek fic)
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But the whole reason we have "Mary Sue" as insult is bc a WOMAN character was hyper competent, instead of a male character.
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Replying to @brigidkeely
Fair. I'd say when Burnside refs Stross as someone who parodies competence porn it's bc Stross sees that most probs are social
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Replying to @arthur_affect
*nods* I'm not super familiar with Stross' work.
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Stross is "pessimistic" in the sense he's deeply skeptical that we have problems bc we're not smart/clever enough @brigidkeely
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