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January 31, 2010: Meta & fandom meta, Slash debate, Publishing news, Obituaries, Convention news
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- Poll: Help fandomnews improve its content by partly-bouncy on January 30, 2010
- An important thing to remember about fandom, particularly when reading or writing meta, is that it's sort of like running the gantlet. by executrix on January 30, 2010
- The Top 11 Genre Media Properties of the Last Decade—Part 1 by Andrew P. Mayer on January 30, 2010
- Chat/instant messenger, Online fiction archives, Search Engines by tonica on January 30, 2010
- An argument against copyright: Ten great comics that are actually fanfiction by m-mcgregor on January 31, 2010
- Thus, I offer you safetoread. It's a comm where folks can report triggering/squicky content for a specific published novel or report that novel safe to read. by jane_elliot on real_world_recs on January 31, 2010
- ANZ Championship: ANZ Championship on Facebook's fanpages and groups by Laura on January 30, 2010
- Harry Potter: So the topic I'm thinking about is shifting trends among Harry/Cedric readers. by rotaryphones on twoseekers on January 30, 2010
- Ice hockey: Happy Hockey Day, Canada — and Irene Bryson, MVP by on January 31, 2010
- Last Airbender: Box Office Mojo's preview of The Last Airbender by jedifreac on racebending by January 30, 2010
- Last Airbender: Fandom!Secret thread on the script by cranraspberry on racebending by January 30, 2010
- Lord of the Rings: I'm looking for a Lord of the Rings fic I read a few years ago. by ciannans_castle on fanficfinder on January 30, 2010
- Lost: As 'Lost' begins final season, we ponder TV without it by Eric Deggans in the St. Petersburg Times on January 31, 2010
- Lost: 'Lost' expert Jeff 'Doc' Jensen illuminates its allure by Eric Deggans in the St. Petersburg Times on January 31, 2010
- Minnesota Twins: Fandom rediscovered at TwinsFest by Howard Sinker in the Star Tribune on January 30, 2010
- Phoenix Suns: The Amare Shift - Phoenix Fandom and the Love-Hate Relationship by Eutychus on January 29, 2010
- Pokémon: DAY THIRTY-ONE — Pachirisu by Tetris Petras on January 31, 2010
- Sentinel: Let me start by saying that I've never read the original GDP stories by Susan Foster and I have no intention of ever doing so. by jane_elliot on epic_rants on January 29, 2010
- Sherlock Holmes: Ever since I started reading Holmes fic I have been having "omg this is so much like Vampire Chronicles" moments, but today it came to me that you could seriously make a case for VC as a Holmes/Watson vampire AU. by kanata on January 30, 2010
- Smallville: Smallville: Disciple by norwich36 on eat_crow on January 29, 2010
- Smallville: Smallville: Disciple by norwich36 on January 29, 2010
- Smallville: Disciple - The Long Review, and Screentimes by jeannev on January 30, 2010
- Smallville: sv 9x10 - 'disciple' by latxcvi on January 30, 2010
- STV Luzern: Muslim sportswoman fails to overturn headscarf ban by Muslim Women in Sports on January 31, 2010
- Supernatural: SPN 5.12 Swap Meat by blackcat333-99 on Jauary 30, 2010
- Supernatural: Some thoughts on how most fans wanted this trope to be played out between Sam and Dean, and some of the difficulties in making that work... by missyjack on January 31, 2010
- Juliet (The Dice Were Loaded From The Start) by legionseagle on January 29, 2010
- Yes, I am going to be raise eyebrows at someone who never engages female characters in any form and/or talks about them in problematic ways. And fandom, all fandom, slash, het, and gen has issues, oh god does it ever have issues, with not treating our fictional women fairly. by fan-eunice on January 30, 2010
- my experience with slash vs. female characters. by eska-rina on January 30, 2010
- Appro Aggro and the Economics of Fandom Exchange by austrianschool on January 30, 2010
- Have been following the meta around slash/het/femmeslash etc etc, and whilst appreciating the points out here in the alpha centauri section of fandom, I am most intrigued by the concept of subversive het relationships. by merlins-sister on January 31, 2010
- The female characters are written by the same people who write the male characters. by copracat on January 31, 2010
- Macmillan Books Gone Missing From Amazon by John Scalzi on January 29, 2010
- E-Books & E-Book Readers by The Crotchety Old Fan on January 30, 2010
- This is what Kindle users are afraid of by Don Bryant on January 30, 2010
- In memory of fodirteg, who will be missed by iulia-linnea on January 30, 2010
- fodirteg, you are loved and missed by unbroken-halo on January 30, 2010
- Furry Fiesta: Only One Day Left to Preregister for Furry Fiesta by bucktowntiger on January 30, 2010