Bah.

[jhameia]

I should be participating in the Great Steampunk Debate.

It will be interesting, at the very least. It'll be very heavily moderated. Allegra Hawksmoor of Steampunk Magazine, one of the moderators, will be watching very closely and I like her.

But I don't really want to.

When I think about the last great steampunk debate I was heavily involved in, the one surrounding Victorientalism, I feel really weary.

I don't want to enter a space where known racists dwell. And yes, I refuse to participate because the Gatehouse Gazette will probably be involved.

I don't want to participate in a conversation where I know if I cannot set the terms, my voice will be talked over.

I don't know what meaningful discourse will mean in this debate.

Are we supposed to learn that we're all different? Because we already know that.

Are we supposed to learn how to get along? Because although steampunk is outwardly very civil, there is no way we can all live with one another.

Are we supposed to define what steampunk is? Because that seems counterproductive and limiting.

I don't care much for civil discourse. You know how easy it is for bigots to be civil? Very easy, because they have nothing to lose.

Also, I will be moving around the States for half the month. And I doubt I'll have the energy.

Just had to get this out.