Meta, Mary Sue, Grave/Cemetary Fail, Obituaries, fandomnews

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fandomnews

• hiatus news: fandomnews needs your help finding links! by Laura on April 13, 2010 (LJ mirror, DW mirror, IJ mirror)

Meta discussion

• Discussion: Slash cliches by potatoe1988 on the_slash_pile on April 7, 2010
• Writing fanfiction — why do they care about what you do? by Kat on April 12, 2010
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month - Role-playing by celestineangel on April 14, 2010
• Although I found my research to be very successful for the most part, there was one aspect that I will approach differently the next time I research: gathering data. by Football Fandom on April 15, 2010
• Female Friendships in Fiction by aella_irene on hooked-on-heroines on April 15, 2010
• Musing on vidding rules, audience expectations, and aesthetic impact by lola on April 16, 2010
• Is the Anime Fandom really getting Dumber? Not Really but… by chikorita157 on April 17, 2010
• Does writing slash about white men make you racist and sexist? by Kat on April 17, 2010
• At What Point Does Fic Go From AU To Original? by avocado-love on April 17, 2010
• Writing - Original or Fan by bookwyrmsanctum on April 17, 2010
• ... because you assume your readers have at least a passing degree of intelligence?* Because your blog is not exclusively a political manifesto? by whatistigerbalm on April 17, 2010
• Just about every story I've read lately with unequal power relationships in it has somewhere in it the unchallenged claim that slavery reduces -- or even eliminates -- crime and homelessness. by ritaxis on the_slash_pile on April 18, 2010
• Discussion: Apparently there are men here, too by potatoe1988 on the_slash_pile on April 19, 2010
• Racefail and me. Also, shared responsibility by green-knight on April 20, 2010
• You can't do fandom wrong (but you can be an asshole) by acrimonyastraea on April 20, 2010

Mary Sue

• Mary Sues by Michelle on April 19, 2010
• You keep using that word: on "Mary Sue" by xparrot on April 20, 2010
• a tentative meta on mary sue and the inimical effects of misunderstanding feminism by albumsontheside on April 20, 2010
• Oh dear, metafandom is overrun with links about Mary Sues. Tedious. by antennapedia on April 20, 2010

Grave Fail/Cemetery Fail

• What Neil Gaiman said... by Debbie Reese on April 18, 2010
• neil gaiman's racist fail by kynn on April 18, 2010
• Words, Context, Power by yeloson on April 18, 2010
• why. by delux_vivens on deadbrowalking on April 18, 2010
• I am waiting for people to realise that they don't have to run all over the place to defend an author when they are called out on being fail-tastic. by kerri on April 18, 2010
• Neil Gaiman CemeteryFail Neil Gaiman's GRAVE ERROR Links (credit: Kynn) by ithiliana on April 19, 2010
• Everything that went on here and here is proof of why representation is so important. When POC culture is reduced to the myths and the stereotypes? by karnythia on April 19, 2010
• You Know, Some Days My Reading List Practically Makes My Posts For Me by hederahelix on April 19, 2010
• A few privileged pants-droppers by fiction-theory on April 19, 2010
• Oh Neil by hari-mirch on April 19, 2010 ([http://phi.dreamwidth.org/126898.html"> mirror)
• And then you ask me why I distrust white people by la-vie-noire on April 19, 2010
• verily verily I sigh to report that Mr. Neil Gaiman himself has joined the fail express by unusualmusic on April 19, 2010
• Racefail and me. Also, shared responsibility by green-knight on April 20, 2010
• The Politics of Who Cracks the Joke by eumelia on April 20, 2010
• Neil's apology to me by kynn on April 20, 2010
• CemeteryFail and Respect by lavendertook on April 20, 2010

Obituaries

• George Scithers (1929-2010) by David Hartwell on April 20, 2010
• George H. Scithers, 1929-2010 by Paula Guran on April 20, 2010