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I felt like AP got suddenly unproblematic and really trendy among the same people who were calling stuff out back in the day, and I thought I'd missed some redemptive gesture or something.
Is it just "I don't want to be mad at someone Neil Gaiman loves, because even hipsters like Neil Gaiman at least a little"? Or, you know, some other sincere and uncompromising explanation?
Is it just "I don't want to be mad at someone Neil Gaiman loves, because even hipsters like Neil Gaiman at least a little"?
Mostly this, I fear. Which is part of the reason I don't say much (super-publicly) about any issues I have with her.
I have no problems with Amanda Palmer and admire her.
She didn't say the rights things when she wrote her record about conjoined twins and was called out for being ableist.
That's the extent of her offense. Was she huffy and puffy and defensive about it? Yes.
That doesn't bug me.
My biggest issue with her goes back to why her "Fuck having a plan B" statement infuriated me. It's easy to have that belief when you have (and have always had) a safety net that will make sure you are taken care of while you Persue Your Art. And from everything I've heard about her TED talk, that blithe assumption of privilege is an undercurrent in it.
I unapologetically adore Amanda Palmer, and it has nothing to do with Neil Gaiman. I missed the whole Evelyn, Evelyn controversy when it happened, but I have listened to that music since then and don't have a problem with it.
My biggest issue with her goes back to why her "Fuck having a plan B" statement infuriated me. It's easy to have that belief when you have (and have always had) a safety net that will make sure you are taken care of while you Persue Your Art. And from everything I've heard about her TED talk, that blithe assumption of privilege is an undercurrent in it.
That, and her more recent tour where she was asking local musicians to play with her for zero compensation. Really? *She* deserves compensation for her work--excuse me, her Art--but other fellow musicians don't? That's not just privilege, it's sheer entitlement (which is a part of privilege, but not everyone who has privilege actually actualizes entitlement).
My biggest issue with her goes back to why her "Fuck having a plan B" statement infuriated me.
Really? That doesn't bug me at all. I don't think that's privilege. That's just one person's approach to the particularly difficult trick of "the struggling artist" realities.
So the VM Kickstarter video was amusing right up to the point Rico was acting like Keith while KB was being herself. It just made me cringe so bad I had to turn it off.
Glad they hit the goal in record time, though.
I don't think that's privilege.
Haven't we already had a conversation about this?
It's totally privilege -- as well as completely disingenuous -- to be able to say "Fuck plan B" when you clearly have a Plan B, even if you refuse to identify it as such.
I think it's a bit irresponsible when a lot of the people you're talking to are young, and might take from your advice that living in a garret with no heat and only ramen to eat is what you're supposed to do if you are a True Artist.
It's okay to need to work, too. It doesn't mean you can't make great art.