January 21, 2010: Meta, Fandom meta, Slash debate, Con reports, Fansite news, Charity efforts

[sidewinder]

Meta discussion New fanart/comic: Good fourth walls make good neighbors by counteragent on January 9, 2010 I write about women. (Or, a dozen awesome women.) by melyanna on January 19, 2010 I'm at the point where I have all this anger and nowhere for it to go so a post about anger as it relates to racism by wistfuljane on January 20, 2010 As a frequent drive-by wiki editor myself, the idea of doing a wiki under anything but CC makes me twitch -- but I also understand that not all of our potential users are going to straddle the fandom/writing and copyleft communities as comfortably as I do, and that the ambivalent legal status of fanworks means muddying the waters further may be unwise. by sapphirekeep on fandom_lawyers on January 20, 2010 Thoughts on horror by valarltd on January 20, 2010 In which I am entitled, demanding, and a fannish grumpy old man (PLUS FIC AND VID MEMES?!) by chaila43 on January 20, 2010

Fandom meta discussion Anime: In which I’m embarrasingly long-winded about anime by Madeline Ashby on January 20, 2010 Australian sports: Australian Sports Fandom on Blogger by Laura on January 20, 2010 The Devil Wears Prada: Why Mirandy? by musicinferno on dvlwears_prada on January 20, 2010 Furry fandom: What Discovery Health Thinks of the Fandom? by Acton’s Hermitage on January 21, 2010 King of RPGs: Nerd Rage And Tabletop Gamer Love In "King of RPGs" by Annalee Newitz on January 20, 2010 Mad Men: How to be a Mad Men obsessive, As season three of the greatest 60s ad-agency drama of all time begins, we offer a guide to the series' greatest fan sites - and explain how to hold your own Mad Men party by Lucy Mangan in The Guardian on January 21, 2010 New York Yankees: Almost a Yankee, almost a Yankee fan by Benjamin Kabak on January 20, 2010 OK Go: Open Letter From OK Go, regarding non-embeddable YouTube videos by jorge on January 18, 2010 Sports: Explaining My Fandom by Rachel Partin on January 20, 2010 Star Trek: Terilynn's Trek: A Noob's View Of Star Trek: Online by TERILYNN SHULL on January 20, 2010 Star Trek: It might come as a surprise to realise that fan-made games have a history nearly as long as fan fiction and for sheer diversity of content have virtually no equal! by Kirok of L'Stok on January 22, 2010 Torchwood: Hey people, guess what? Time for one of my epic Torchwood rambles! Bet you've missed those *cough* by quietsuperstitions on January 21, 2010 White Collar: So, White Collar 1x08 by zvi on January 20, 2010

The Slash Debate Also, current slash debate is making me unhappy where my sexual orientation is. Partially due to the double erasure of asexuals (once when the debate gets turned into straight women vs. gay men, second time when people start going "hey, what about the LGB women?" or "And there are straight and bi men who write slash too!"), but hey, old hat, I'm used to being ignored. by kazaera on January 14, 2010 The m/m fiction versus gay fiction battle by duskpeterson on January 17, 2010 Why the current m/m slash/appropriation debate is making me feel exhausted by das-dingsi on January 17, 2010 closing for now on slash fail by stoneself on January 18, 2010 Thoughts on slash by miera-c on January 19, 2010 tossing my two cents into the slash debate by spacelogic on January 19, 2010 Yes more on the Slash Debate. Yes, more. by eumelia on January 19, 2010 A history and my take on The Slash Debate by Laura on January 20, 2010 (mirror) Anger by wistfuljane on January 20, 2010 in which i talk a lot (often in parentheses) by fizzyblogic on January 20, 2010

Convention reports Con Report: MEWcon by Acton’s Hermitage on January 17, 2010

Fansite news DeviantART: Terms of Service change RockFic: Change of ownership; site transfer downtime. by sidewinder in rockfic_on_lj on January 20, 2010

Fandom charity efforts ‘Hope for Haiti’ Telethon — Where and When You Can Watch It by justfp on thinkingofrob on January 20, 2010 QAF donators raise $2,632 as part of help_haiti multi-fandom auction by netlagd on January 21, 2010 help_haiti QAF totals and winners by netlagd on getithere on January 21, 2010