January 24, 2010: Meta, Fandom meta, slash debate, award news, fansite news, charity efforts

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Meta discussion Wtf? Insane fantasies by Tari Avalle on January 23, 2010 The 1990’s by Tari Avalle on January 23, 2010 My Social Media and Advertising Rant by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog on January 23, 2010 A handy guide to media fan convention art shows by the-shoshanna on January 23, 2010 Considering Fandom by Eric Rosenfield on Wet Asphalt on January 23, 2010 My blog would be blank without fandom and transsexuality. by lonetread on January 23, 2010 Time, well...spent. by Nathaniel on January 23, 2010 Intertextuality, or Your Sources are Showing Like an Ill-Fitting Slip by valarltd on January 23, 2010 New authors opt for podcasts rather than publishing by THERESA WINSLOW in The Capital on January 24, 2010

Fandom meta discussion American football: Football fans and phones — not always a good mix by Steve Ouellette on January 23, 2010 Basketball: Confessions of a new fan, or "How I learned to stop worrying and love women's basketball" by Swish Appeal on January 23, 2010 Basketball: A New Chant for the Dream by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog on January 23, 2010 Boston Celtics: How To Be an Optimistic Celtics Fan in Times Like These by Loscy Loscy on January 23, 2010 Fall Out Boy: Fall Out Boy Wentz & Ning's Bianchini At MIDEM on HypeBot on January 23, 2010 Minnesota Vikings: MPLS MISC.: Links: Special Vikings Edition! by Tanqueray77 on January 23, 2010 Music: Midem: Global Music Consumption Survey on HypeBot on January 23, 2010 Music: If the goal of music fandom in 2009 was to commune as directly as possible with the metaphysical essence of music… of COURSE the year’s dominant micro-genre obliterated any gestures at artfulness, craft and forethought. on MBVMusic on January 23, 2010 Music: Action Begins Midem: The Artist's Perspective on HypeBot on January 23, 2010 New Orleans Saints: Saints captivate fans throughout Louisiana by Roy Lang III in the Shreveport Times on January 24, 2010 Ray Stevens: The Birthday of Ray Stevens by ACcountryFan on January 24, 2010 Sports: Fandom, et al by mrpunchcar on January 24, 2010 Sports: Sports or romance? That is the question by A Glam Slam on January 12, 2010 Star Trek: While researching a Star Trek quote for a fic I am writing on Ship Wars, I came across two online articles that I would consider gems to the K/S community by xlcatloveress on kirkspock on January 22, 2010 Star Trek: Latent Racial Issues Quiz for S/U Supporters by ankhesen_mie on spock_uhura on January 22, 2010 Supernatural: No more dreaming of the dead: breaking family roles in heaven and on earth. by amonitrate on January 16, 2010 Supernatural: SPN 5.11 Sam, Interrupted by blackcat333-99 on January 23, 2010

The Slash Debate You can't write in a vacuum by mothwing on January 18, 2010 it sort of parallels some shit I said about slash back in the day (back in the day three months ago) about how women* may just be using slash** as a way of exploring sexual relationships*** between partners with equal social status by laughingrat on January 22, 2010 I'm a believer in slasher misogyny. I think it's a crying shame that femslash is a tiny proportion of fandom. by zvi on January 23, 2010 It never fails to amaze me that we place female characters in such an awful catch-22. by musesfool on January 23, 2010 Self, why don't you write women? by jerico-cacaw on January 23, 2010 Also, can we stop phrasing this whole mess in terms of a gender binary? by such-heights on January 23, 2010 From the blurb on Metafandom I concluded that the poster in question meant something like “female writers shouldn’t write male characters”, which naturally enraged me. by vamp-ress on January 23, 2010 A Man’s World by Michelle on January 23, 2010

Award news The First Ever Comic Book Movie.com Fan Fiction Awards!, With Oscar time rolling around, it is time that we recognize all of our amazing contributers here at CBM... by The Phoenix on January 23, 2010

Fansite news wwomb : wwomb update 01/23 - part 1 by peja on January 23, 2010

Fandom charity efforts A week ago, obscur_01 and I announced the Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned From Helen Magnus T-shirt, with proceeds to benefit Sanctuary for Kids. It's been seven days, and there have been some developments! by geonncannon on January 22, 2010 Update: Helping Haiti Heal Webcast Concludes; Raises $33,000 for Partners In Health in Six Hours by Edward on January 23, 2010 Geek Relief for Haiti by Ethan Gilsdorf on Psychology Today on January 23, 2010