January 16, 2010: Meta & Fandom meta discussion, Fannish charity efforts, Convention news

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Meta discussion

• I occasionally find meta just... bemusing, particularly when I want to say, 'Haven't we been here before?' by elayna88 on January 15, 2010
• Fandom Friday: Collective Writing and Lowered Inhibitions by Natalie Zutter on screen.ology on January 15, 2010
• a) My standard line in this argument is comprised of two words: drag queens. Which I expand thus: women (most women) understand that (some) gay men have created a really distinctive and important form of cultural expression, saying things they couldn't say otherwise, through the adoption of female avatars from popular culture. by cesperanza on January 15, 2010
• Comic-strip referencing 'race issue' by mrcab666 on racebending on January 15, 2010
• I guess my ideal fannish IRL club would be a general Fandom-meta club, where a circle of about ten girls sit with tea and biscuits whining about how this one person in their cast is so OOC and it keeps throwing them off but they're not OOC enough that they can put a finger on how/why, or how the mods at this one fandom comm they like have just ghettoised all the het fic and the fandom's too small to take that kind of stuff. by firefly99 on January 16, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• Captain America: Should Will Smith Play Captain America? by John Ricco on January 6, 2010
• House MD: 30 Reasons Why Season 6 is AWESOME for House/Wilson by ranrata on January 14, 2010
• Minnesota Vikings: What Price Vikings Fandom? Funny You Should Ask, Economists Say It's $530.65, Silly Horns Not Included by CONOR DOUGHERTY in the Wall Street Journal on January 16, 2010
• Samuri Guys: casting call for white samurai guys by Angry Asian Man on January 8, 2010
• Supernatural: I've been following some of the discussion about counteragent's recent fanwork about fourth walls, SPN, and marital relations, and I have a lot of thoughts. Initially, I should say that I loved it as a fanwork; I thought it effectively communicated its story and allowed me to invest in the characters. by rivkat on January 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Links to Supernatural Meta by morgana-st on January 16, 2010

Fandom charity efforts

• I would also suggest that you look at the other offerings -- there are tons of awesome stuffs, and it's a good cause. :D by ysobel on January 14, 2010
• ontd_startrek has started a fundraising page through Unicef for disaster relief in Haiti. on January 15, 2010
• rawles starts a catch-all post for Spock/Uhura offers in the help_haiti auction. on January 15, 2010
• seren_ccd starts a catch-all post for McCoy/Chapel offers in the help_haiti auction. on January 15, 2010
• andrealyn starts a catch-all post for Kirk/McCoy offers in the help_haiti auction. on January 15, 2010
• ashleyj28 starts a catch-all post for Kirk/Spock offers in the help_haiti auction. on January 15, 2010
• Bid on me ~~HERE~~ and I'll match the winning bid with a donation to Doctors Without Borders. by sellaturcica on January 16, 2010

Convention news

• con_txt has their first call for panels! Hooray! by melannen on January 15, 2010