Meta & fandom meta, convention news

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Meta discussion

• When social networking goes feral by liv on February 17, 2010
• Oldtaku and Conkids by William P. Robertson on February 17, 2020
• The Latest Instance of FanFail by Peter David on February 18, 2010
• OTACOOL 2 Q&A by Danny Choo on February 18, 2010
• User-generated Content by Sean on February 18, 2010
• Parody of Jonathan Coulton = meta-meta? by soymade on February 19, 2010
• did some scattered readings of fandom meta today, which has led me to ponder how the structure of Livejournal itself has so deeply affected the way fandom is constructed and the way fans casually communicate. by meretricula on February 19, 2010
• Aooo by farla on February 20, 2010
• How will trans-media storytelling apply to your profession? by alisahathaway on February 20, 2010
• Comfortably Dumb: Finding Validation In The Surreal and Ultraviolent by Matthew H. Rafalow on February 20, 2010
• Writers Block by boltyyy on February 21, 2010
• Fanfic – Resources & Betas by literative on February 21, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• American Idol: Is The Next American Idol Going To Tweet His or Her Way To The Top? by Becky Bain on February 19, 2010
• Animanga: What type of female characters do you hate? by sapphire-pyro on February 21, 2010
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: In other news, I have started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender after many years of resisting it (I've just finished season 1). by firthgal on February 20, 2010
• Caprica: I'm not really particularly emotionally invested in Caprica, but I find it endlessly fascinating as a TV show that's trying, very deliberately, to avoid being pigeonholed as a genre series. by serrico on February 20, 2010
• Chicago Cubs: Lent and Why I Abstained from Purchasing Cubs Tickets by W. Smith on February 19, 2010
• Comics: Reviewing the Reviews: Likewise by Noah Berlatsky on February 20, 2010
• Heroes: Because the anonymous meme got me thinking... by megmatthews20 on February 20, 2010
• Figure skating: I have been dorkily following figure skating ever since I got Tivo and realized I could program it to record figure skating by oyceter on February 12, 2010
• Iowa: Is This Heaven? No, It's Iowa. by C.M. Tomlin on February 20, 2010
• Lost: KatesFate's Episode Review & Speculation 6.04 "The Substitute" by KatesFate on February 21, 2010
• Manga: This Week in Manga 2/13-2/19/10 by Manga Mom on February 20, 2010
• The Mentalist: The Mentalist 2.1 (Apparently it's a 'yes' then) by profshallowness on February 20, 2010
• Superheroes: Superheroes and the Unlimited Power by Steven Savage on Fan to Pro, February 16, 2010
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The fandom minute: Defending TPM, subtext, politics, cake, and other things you do under the cover of night by Dunc on February 18, 2010
• Supernatural: Who the fuck would turn a hot male character into a girl to write het fic? by ash-carpenter on February 21, 2010
• Veronica Mars: Class blog 5: SOS - Save our shows! by sullyvann on February 20, 2010

Convention news

• Spurlock and Whedon Do Comic-Con by Neil Miller on February 19, 2010
• Fandom Friday: Whedon, Spurlock casting Comic Con doc by Natalie Zutter on February 19, 2010
• Joss Whedon To Do Comic-Con Documentary by Dan Koelsch on February 20, 2010

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