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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2021-10-13 07:35 pm
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Re: let's play: DNW WTF

(Anonymous) 2021-10-26 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
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The alternatives to "I feel uncomfortable asking someone do sensitivity read for free" are: get over your discomfort and ask anyway; don't bother using a sensitivity reader; or pay someone to do it.

Yes, and the best alternative is "don't bother using a sensitivity reader". It's a ridiculous demand to ask or hire a sensitive reader for your fic exchange assignment. This isn't even worth considering.

Re: let's play: DNW WTF

(Anonymous) 2021-10-27 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
I disagree. One year I was writing a YT fic about a character whose Jewish faith was very important to her. I'm not Jewish, and while the canon had a few interesting tidbits, she wasn't the main character. I did my best to research, wrote my fic, and asked someone who was Jewish to beta. Not only was my beta able to find two things that didn't ring true, but she also found a few other points where the character's actions could be tied more clearly to her faith and upbringing, in ways that brought the fic to a whole new level.

If I had signed up to write for, for example, Reservation Dogs this year, I would definitely look for a sensitivity beta.

Re: let's play: DNW WTF

(Anonymous) 2021-10-27 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
You're doing fandom right, coalie <33 I appreciate you

Re: let's play: DNW WTF

(Anonymous) 2021-10-27 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
And honestly, cultural and other specific topic betas have been a thing for as long as regular betas have.

Re: let's play: DNW WTF

(Anonymous) 2021-10-27 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
+1
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