Comment Policy

First off : Kickaction.ca is a site that strives to be a safer space for young women, and by that we mean all young women. So comments that include discrimination or hate on the basis of race, ability, gender expression, sexual orientation, class, and all those other axes of oppression, will not be published. Neither will comments threatening violence, making broad generalizations about large groups of people, or those that argue that one type of oppression is worse than another.

Second : Kickaction is a space for talking about pop culture, media, everyday incidents, politics, school, family, and pretty much anything else that strikes your fancy. In talking about these subjects, especially media, people look at things very closely, which can be totally useful in uncovering assumptions and recurring themes in our society - like, for example, racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, homophobia, fatphobia...all those ways that marginalized folks get pushed to the side. So : there is basically no such thing as over-analyzing, especially when it comes to pop culture.. If you write a comment that is along the lines of “You’re just over-analyzing those lyrics! That’s not what they meant! You just need to relax, you’re creating [sexism/racism/etc] with your negative outlook!” it will not be published.

The above goes for the “you’re overreacting” track too: just because you can’t see the significance of a comment doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have significance - especially if you’re speaking from a place of privilege (like a white person in a conversation about racism, or a man in a conversation about sexism). You might have a hard time seeing what’s going on because your privilege is standing in the way, but rather than assuming that other people are overreacting you should probably just take a step back and listen to what people without your privilege are saying (for a definition of privilege and examples of how it can work, read this).

And, as the AV Club put it so charmingly:

“Past deletions have prompted charges of censorship. Let's define some terms: If we attempted to pass a law preventing you from saying something terrible, that would be censorship. If you showed up in our living room attempting to say the same thing, we'd have the right to throw you out.”

Finally, a reminder. If you are not signed into the site as a user, all of your comments are sent to the moderators for approval before posting.

For further ideas on commenting, check these out.