Jason Momoa featured in TV Guide (includes PHOTO)

[wraithfodder]

Jason Momoa of Stargate Atlantis is featured on page 10 of the U.S. June 23rd TV GUIDE on 'top 10 breaking news.' However, most of us know that Jason .... oh, hmm, just in case, under the cut!

Yes, he cut his dreads but his head and neck were hurting from the weight of the dreads. He added that all that hair kept him from wearing a bike helmet and kept ruining his balance on a surfboard. Eek! but SciFi execs didn't want him to cut it so now he's got a wig.

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Comments

[rustler.livejournal.com]

I think it's deeply unfortunate that you have chosen to freeze threads rather than allowing discussion about why people are upset over dreads being equated with "alien" and "dangerous."

When you shut down the conversation, it reads (to me) as sticking fingers in one's ears and refusing to even contemplate the effect of what you've said on others.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I shut down the conversation because I had to go to bed to get up to go to work. I didn't want to wake up and find the comments section (which is not a board) a flaming wreckage. If people are upset, it's one thing, when they start accusing 'racist' toward other fans, I froze the threads. This is a thread about the hair change on a fictional character. People have explained why they said what they did, but others just aren't satisfied. I know I put up my LJ for fun, to discuss a TV show and a few other things, but not to turn into a political platform. If people want to discuss that, they should email each other, because, honestly, I don't want to spend my time moderating comments on pictures of Jason Momoa :(

[trixiesfic.livejournal.com]

Huh. I read the whole thread and I saw a few people say "hey the way you said that is kind of offensive" to which the other fans cried "omg, you're calling me a racist!"

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

I have to go with what trixesfic said. While of course it's your LJ and you can freeze or delete things to your heart's content, please don't go making things up. The word racist was first brought into the discussion when someone accused darkrosetiger of calling her one, when all darkrosetiger had said was that using the term "non-human" about someone with a human hairstyle--and one that, since she's my fiancee, I know she's considered having--was offensive.

If I'm wrong about this, I apologize; unfortunately, darkrosetiger isn't home yet so I can't ask her to check the comments in her inbox.

Frankly, I'm still boggling over the fact that in this day and age, anyone needs to be told why using a term as loaded as "non-human" with regards to something connected with PoCs is wrong.