December 22, 2009: Meta discussion, fandom specific meta, fandom news

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Meta discussion Interview: Scott Kirsner of Fans, Friends & Followers by Kyle Bylin in December 2009 Authenticity & Segregation in Naughty Bits on December 19, 2009 How Fictional Story Worlds Influence Real World Politics by Henry Jenkins on December 19, 2009 metafandom and its discontents by xie-xie-xie on December 20, 2009 Cover of Publishers Weekly by kcurly on December 20, 2009 In response to Lassiter This question is asked in context of why we choose fantasy fiction as a valid battleground for identity politics. by lazaefair on December 21, 2009 Vidders, why so mysterious? by penknife on December 21, 2009 fanlore log by facetofcathy on December 21, 2009 a note on the ongoing metafandom conversation by lotesseflower on December 21, 2009 Because there isn't an RP that wouldn't be improved by more Deadpool by dotchan on December 21, 2009 RANT/OPINION: Popularity on deviantART by thevariedmind on December 21, 2009 The Language of Tribes: True Fans and Outsiders by Kyle Bylin on December 21, 2009

Fandom meta discussion Anime: Manga is bigger than it’s ever been in the English-speaking world, but in recent years the rate of growth has slowed. by Chris Arrant in Newsarama.com on December 21, 2009 Avatar: One Year Since the Cast was Announced by jedifreac on racebending on December 15, 2009 Avatar: Movie Musings on Avatar & Non-Racist Films by heron61 on December 18, 2009 Avatar: Dances With Jar-Jar Binks: The Reckoning by sutlers on December 20, 2009 Avatar: why i won't be seeing 'avatar' by amredthelector on December 21, 2009 Avatar: Letter in MANAA/parent's take by peaceloveshoes in racebending on December 21, 2009 Avatar: Avatar by scary-lullabies on December 21, 2009 Avatar: In which our dragon LIKES a film for once by baxil on December 22, 2009 Comics: She Has No Head! - A Feminist Dialogue About Girl Comics (aka Feminists Talk About Stuff) by Kelly Thompson on December 21, 2009 Dollhouse: The Fake Tragedy of Joss Whedon by Matthew Yglesias on December 21, 2009 Glee: The “New Directions” of the underdogs by davidgoren on December 21, 2009 Haruhi : The Twelve Days of Christmas: Eighth Day by Eater-of-All in ghsanimeclub on December 21, 2009 Model horses: Saving Hobby History by Breyer History Diva on December 21, 2009 NASCAR: NASCAR fan building on his passion for racing by helping nonprofit organizations by Cheryl Anderson in Post-Crescent on December 22, 2009 One Piece: I came across a comment in One Piece fandom earlier today that was pretty much the final straw for me as far as fans of a pretty Racially Win canon being made of so much racefail themselves. by edward-hyde on December 21, 2009 The Prisoner: McGoohan on other people's Minds . DISinformation - How the fallacious cult stories infiltrated the modern media by Moor Larkin on December 21, 2009 Rage Against The Machine: Grassroots Facebook Campaign Nets Rage Against The Machine A UK 1 by Bruce Houghton in December 2009 Serenity: “I’ve got my Serenity” by windexlicker on December 21, 2009 Star Trek: Top Fifty Blogs For Trekkies by T'Bonz on December 21, 2009 Transformers: The 25 Greatest Transformers Moments in the World… EVER! by TFArchive on December 20, 2009 X-Men: X-Men: First Class Will Supersede X-Men Origins: Magneto by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) on December 21, 2009

Fandom news AD&T Weekly Meeting - 19 December 2009 by zooey_glass04 in otw_news on December 22, 2009

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