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Willow (WitchWillow)
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| Name: | Willow |
| Alias(es): | WitchWillow, the_willow, Seeking Avalon, Avalon's Willow |
| Type: | meta, metadiscussion, fanwriter, moderator |
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| URL: | Seeking Avalon willow_dot_com/witchwillow at LiveJournal the_willow at InsaneJournal willow at Dreamwidth seekingwillow at Tumblr Willow at AO3 |
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Willow, also known as The Willow and WitchWillow, was a Black fan known for her writings and activism on issues related to race and racism in fandom. She organized PoC SF Carnival in 2007 and introduced in the prologue:
I am never not black. Ever. Other people see me and react to me and force me to see myself as black first, a woman second, usually an immigrant third and then as a human being. And that's supposing I'm not holding another woman's hand and then a sexuality label gets pushed past my humanity. There are only a few very short options I've found to deal with it - be ashamed and apologetic and try to hide who I am, ie disappear. Or be proud of my heritage as part of the diaspora and look for myself in the world's art, literature and music so I can nod and smile and say 'There I am. I count'.
She also wrote Open Letter: To Elizabeth Bear, one of the two essays by BIPOC fans that sparked RaceFail '09, and A Timeline of the event.
She passed away on Monday, September 7, 2021.