“What I’m seeing from being very deep into tumblr is that the gaze has become so academic and hypercritical that everyone’s afraid to do anything. The only way to never be “problematic” is effectively to be silent.”
Part of a quote from fanlore.org. It is about fanfiction, but I think it sums up my issues with purity culture in SJ spaces in genral tbh.
Purity culture breeds silence, not freedom from oppression.