An uncomfortable truth about SFF - which is, I suspect, also true of most other creative niches/fields - is that it's always going to be cliquey. When your peers are your peers because you share an interest that is also your joint profession, friend & professional circles merge.
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Because even when I embarrassed myself in full fangirl mode meeting
@TamoraPierce, she was kind and funny and, after I gave her a copy of my book, sought me out later to have me sign it. Because@robinhobb was gracious and friendly and warm.Show this thread -
THAT was my introduction to fandom: established women making time for a newcomer, holding out a hand and acting as if I was in the right place. And that is what I think fandom should always strive to be, across all axes of marginalisation: a place where we welcome the future.
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Because the thing about the future? It rarely looks quite like the past, and you have to lay ground for it in the present. And that's impossible to do if your base approach to greeting *new* people is to be, on some level, tuning out anyone who Doesn't Already Matter.
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Is it really so hard to be welcoming? To look at newcomers and be excited just by their presence, without running a mental calculation about whether you want to endorse them; if they'll be worth the investment? Apparently, for some, it is. And they shouldn't be in charge.
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