The Grass is Always Greener (the Known Temptation Remix)

Now that authors have been revealed, I can post my remix here!  And the ironic thing?  The author I was assigned to this year is the one who wrote the beautiful Control (Atonal Cadenza Remix) for me last year.  What goes around, comes around, I guess.

Title: The Grass is Always Greener (the Known Temptation Remix)
Author:

beatrice_otter
Summary: No alternate reality is perfect.  No matter what it looks like on the outside.
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Word Count: 2774
Betaed by: redbyrd_sgfic
Spoilers: none
Remix of: "Ignoti Nulla Cupido" by melayneseahawk

 

( The Grass is Always Greener (the Known Temptation Remix) )

How to not be That Guy: or, how to be a decent human being when questions of privilege come up

There's been a lot of meta on LJ about feminism and related issues lately. synecdochic just wrote a very nice set of guidelines aimed at men who want to be good guys, who want to be supportive of feminism. It's not just what to do but why to do it and some things to keep in mind. It's well-written, concise, informative, and most important of all deals with the problem of privilege without coming across as an attack on the people who have privilege. And a lot of things she says are applicable to people with any privilege, male or female, so I think everyone should go read it.

Don't Be That Guy.

Disclaimer: As a middle-class 25-year-old white female from the Pacific Northwest currently in grad school, I've never really been in any situation where I felt threatened or belittled or ignored because of my gender. That kind of awareness simply isn't part of my default assumptions. But I know women for whom that is their life experience, and this is a good set of things to keep in mind.