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Remyth Project: All the Community We Need
Jan. 17th, 2009 09:12 pmSo several folks who've been excited by this have asked if we can form an LJ community for it. I've held off on the idea for personal reasons (hella busy), but, now that I've had some time to think about it, I think we should NOT have an community, and here's why:
Remyth is about having ownership of your words, stories and myths, and how you choose to share them.
When you post to your own journal, you have full control over it, not only in editing, deleting, etc. but you can choose to share it only with your friends. When you post to a community, (at the very least) everyone in the community can see it- and you don't necessarily pick who's in that community- the mods do.
Even if it's a safe space, honestly, people are dealing with some serious stuff here, if they just want 5 of their friends in on it and screw the rest of the world? That's ok. That's Remyth. Power is being able to choose your audiences, choose who you bless with your words.
Second, if we had a community, what happens to the people who are doing Remyths who aren't part of that community (Perhaps for even the reasons above)? Are they less legit? This isn't a cool kids club, and the biggest issue of even possibly having a safe space in the first place is that once you make a stage, people will come for the spotlight...
Although communities are fun, and great, as a social structure, it's not a good fit for the Remyth Project.
So. People of color with power over their own stories and past.
That's what it is and that's what it should be.
Because realistically? All I did was come up with a catchy name for something people have been fighting and working for, for generations.
Remyth is about having ownership of your words, stories and myths, and how you choose to share them.
When you post to your own journal, you have full control over it, not only in editing, deleting, etc. but you can choose to share it only with your friends. When you post to a community, (at the very least) everyone in the community can see it- and you don't necessarily pick who's in that community- the mods do.
Even if it's a safe space, honestly, people are dealing with some serious stuff here, if they just want 5 of their friends in on it and screw the rest of the world? That's ok. That's Remyth. Power is being able to choose your audiences, choose who you bless with your words.
Second, if we had a community, what happens to the people who are doing Remyths who aren't part of that community (Perhaps for even the reasons above)? Are they less legit? This isn't a cool kids club, and the biggest issue of even possibly having a safe space in the first place is that once you make a stage, people will come for the spotlight...
Although communities are fun, and great, as a social structure, it's not a good fit for the Remyth Project.
So. People of color with power over their own stories and past.
That's what it is and that's what it should be.
Because realistically? All I did was come up with a catchy name for something people have been fighting and working for, for generations.
