Meta & fandom meta, publishing & convention news, slash debate, legal issues

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Meta discussion

• There's a blog post entitled "A Rant About Women" that's been circulating online recently, and together with this response to it, I've been wondering about how it all may apply to the comics industry. by parsimonia on January 29, 2010
• Let me just say this, once and for all: violence against women is not ROMANTIC. And no man's penis, whether it is twelve feet long, gilded in leprechaun gold, and equipped with a stellar G-Spot-Dar or not, will heal this woman through industrious and immediate application. by annerbhp on January 29, 2010
• Can anyone give me a rundown on how to transfer something from VHS to a digital file (or a dvd)? by thingswithwings on February 1, 2010
• Sometimes, the hardest part about fandom is dealing with other fans. by fanbitch on February 1, 2010
• Anyway, my policy for the master list is to include offensive fics, but put a warning on them. by kanata on February 2, 2010
• Does messing with the people/chracters age's in a fic pull you out of a story? by woman_of_ on February 2, 2010
• I mean, I'm in the mood to do a Beta love meme! by woman_of_ on February 2, 2010
• Poll: Any interest in a "women in charge" community? by lothy on February 2, 2010
• Weekly Motivation from Steven Savage--Fandom To Persistence by benihimesama on February 2, 2010
• Fandom =/= Object of fandom by cyberninjasio on ffrantsrants on February 2, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• Comics: It's A Dan's World: DC 75: BEHIND THE FANSITES: Interviewing Steve Younis of The Superman Homepage by Dan Woodward on February 2, 2010
• Harry Potter: Destructoid - Wizarding world in plastic: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 by Ben PerLee on February 2, 2010
• Lost: Well, after five seasons, numerous and painfully prolonged hiatuses, and more questions than a smoke monster could shake a tree at (hah?), we have arrived at the sixth and final season of LOS by Paula Abdul Alhazred on February 2, 2010
• Princess and the Frog: ANYWAY, there's this Mary Sue contest going on over at dr_facilier remind me to figure out how to code for LJ users and it is going to be so EPIC! by kitkat1327 on February 2, 2010
• Shinobi Ninja: NY Rock/Rappers Shinobi Ninja Engage Fans With New GPS Enabled Mobile Game by on HypeBot on February 2, 2010
• Soccer: Kick Like a Girl filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie talks about how a film sprang from real life and why coed competition is good for kids by Megan Wood on February 2, 2010
• Soccer: In Praise Of... "Football Grounds With Alan Mullery" by Ian on February 2, 2010
• Supernatural: If Supernatural started today, would it still have caught my interest? I had to know. by alleysweeper on February 2, 2010
• Supernatural: I love you all, I really do. BUT! The recent actions of some people within the fandom have made me sick and embarrassed to be a part of the fandom that was once so great. by anthrodork on February 2, 2010
• Supernatural: Supernatural: Swap Meat by Sylvia Bond on February 2, 2010
• Twilight: Twilight Saga Fandom Gets Noticed by IndytwilighterAmy on February 2, 2010

The Slash Date

• HOWEVER. This one thing keeps coming up again and again and I personally hate it and that's the concept of shipping being a matter of 'winning' and 'deserving'. by firefly99 on January 30, 2010
• "The appeal of slash" by cupidsbow (Mini Meta) by cupidsbow on February 2, 2010

Fandom legal issues

• Ignited by the Comcast fiasco in the US, the concept of Net Neutrality has been brought into the mainstream resulting in planned government interventions. However, unlike the name suggests, Net Neutrality might not stop BitTorrent blocking and could leave us worse off than when this all started. by Ernesto on January 29, 2010

Publishing news

• To the folks who worry about "punishing" Macmillan by Madeline Ashby on February 2, 2010
• Should Amazon Have Caved to Macmillan? by Jeanine Poggi on The Street on February 2, 2010
• Macmillan Books Still Mostly Absent From Amazon.com by MOTOKO RICH AND BRAD STONE on the New York Times on February 2, 2010
• Major Macmillan titles not yet restored on Amazon by Carolyn Kellogg in the LA Times on February 2, 2010

Convention news

• TwiCon: February Twicon Tuesday by MVF on MyVampFiction on February 2, 2010

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