echojulietfoxtrot asked:

Howdy. I know you're surely over the drama by now, but I thought the incinerator operator piece was amazing. Really ruthlessly crystallizes how easy it is to fragment responsibility for atrocity into neatly digestible little morsels that everyone gets a piece of, and nobody has to choke on. The - very obvious - historical context and reference is what charges it.

(((fromchaostocosmos)))
mimsymars answered:

Thank you. I’m really glad that some people got something out of it! I’m trying to feel proud of what was good about it, while still taking steps to ensure I’m not as clumsy or accidentally antisemitic with my art in the future as I was with that piece.

It was my first real foray into a video with any sort of serious subject matter, so if nothing else, I’m honestly really glad that I’m getting as much feedback as I have been! A lot of it is hard to hear, but a lot of people have also been really kind, both in their criticism and their praise, and I’ve already learned a ton about what not to do for my next attempt at something in that vein.

Overall, the “drama” has been a productive learning experience for me, and I’ve even made a few new friends through it, in a community I have otherwise not spent a lot of time with (I grew up in rural Utah, lmfao. Unfortunately, if I have ever met a Jewish person IRL, it was not in a situation that they felt the need to disclose it to me, so my viewpoint until all of this was extraordinarily limited.)

We listen, we improve, and we soldier onwards and upwards to better and more inclusive and thoughtful writing!

fromchaostocosmos:

By calling it drama it just goes to show just how little you understand.

And if you honestly think that this is because we are online so it is a people online being deranged thing you are sadly mistaken. Because most Jews whether online or in person would be just as appalled by that video.

Also it is not moving forward when you don’t apologizes to the people you’ve hurt and take ownership for your wrongdoing and keep your video up on other platforms. No, what that is instead is just ignoring the community who you are harming.

You most certainly have not listened nor have you improved. You are not being inclusive in any way, shape, or form at least when it comes to Jews.

[For the record please do not harass OP. We can criticize her which I think we have all done a decent job of over all and explain why we are upset and hurt; which there is nothing wrong with doing that. Just make sure it doesn’t cross the line into harassment and/or bullying. ]

I am still so bothered, unsettled, grossed out, disquieted, just a host of emotions along these lines by the fact this is all being called “drama”

We are calling out that our trauma and pain is being appropriated and that imagery from a Genocide, in which we were the specific targets of said Genocide and the reason it was done, is being used all while divorcing us and our connection to this imagery. And us attempting to bring attention to this and to explain why this not only insulting, but is is disrespectful is being called “drama”

It is repulsive.

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