why we choose fantasy fiction as a valid battleground for identity politics.

identity politics is part of my everyday, because (my) identity is always political, i almost always have to fight for it. wherever i am is a 'valid' place for identity politics. fandom is (often) where i am.

(then again, like with all political struggles, there are so many ways of doing activism and approaching activism and thinking about activism . . . and so sometimes i am not sure about the ways fandom 'does' it (hee), like i am not sure about the ways lots of activism is 'done'!)