I have to admit I edited the other one and just dropped half a sentence. I doubt anyone would ever notice and the story was so wonderful and...I just totally CHANGED THE TEXT. I get that. If you can change it, without it changing the atmosphere of the story it's probably not a bad idea. Sometimes an author doesn't realize how offensive a statement can be, other times they used it specifically to provoke that reaction. If I had done the former, I would probably appreciate the editing, if it were the latter... that could be problematic.
I do so appreciate it when an author says it's ok to edit their works when you podfic. Historically I would podfic a story and ask permission later, so never felt I could change things up, however lately I've been getting permission first, sometimes even involving the author in my podficcing process and it can be so useful when they let you change things up a bit.
Casual misogyny...oh yes. I've been doing older stories, and there's a lot of stuff we wouldn't see any more today And there are a lot of things that are commonly written today that can hit some people's buttons. I know I've seen more than one person get upset over the comparison to a "14 year old girl" (or similar age). It's really common but it's also problematic how it's used. I think misogyny can be especially weird in slash because there are things that can be said by women that sound misogynistic coming from a man. And while slash fandom is primarily women talking to other women, we often talk through boys giving it an off feel at times.
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I get that. If you can change it, without it changing the atmosphere of the story it's probably not a bad idea. Sometimes an author doesn't realize how offensive a statement can be, other times they used it specifically to provoke that reaction. If I had done the former, I would probably appreciate the editing, if it were the latter... that could be problematic.
I do so appreciate it when an author says it's ok to edit their works when you podfic. Historically I would podfic a story and ask permission later, so never felt I could change things up, however lately I've been getting permission first, sometimes even involving the author in my podficcing process and it can be so useful when they let you change things up a bit.
Casual misogyny...oh yes. I've been doing older stories, and there's a lot of stuff we wouldn't see any more today
And there are a lot of things that are commonly written today that can hit some people's buttons. I know I've seen more than one person get upset over the comparison to a "14 year old girl" (or similar age). It's really common but it's also problematic how it's used.
I think misogyny can be especially weird in slash because there are things that can be said by women that sound misogynistic coming from a man. And while slash fandom is primarily women talking to other women, we often talk through boys giving it an off feel at times.