Meta, legal issues, Wincon, Diana Gabaldon, call for papers, obituaries

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Meta discussion

• Women are People, Chainsaws are Chainsaws: Gaming Violence by Seth Robison on May 6, 2010
• Why SyFy cannot keep its shows alive by Michael Martinez on May 7, 2010
• Vidding: Things for which I do not care: learning curves by lizbee on May 9, 2010
• Ignore Them And They'll Go Away by trouble on May 10, 2010
• What’s the Big Deal With Pop Culture? (And Why Do You Keep Talking About it?) by disabledfeminists on May 11, 2010
• Forgetting to write? what? by SusanAshlea on May 11, 2010
• Slash, Again by Michelle on May 13, 2010
• Responding to Various Outrages by jimhines on May 13, 2010
• Warning: non-graphic talk about somone's lolicon stupidity by crabapplered on May 14, 2010

Diana Gabaldon

• Fanfiction is not Rape. It may be an ocean, though... by the__ivorytower on yourthoughtson on May 10, 2010
• Meanwhile, if you've missed the latest fandom news, historical novelist Diana Gabaldon (*pauses to squee delightedly at her darkfic novels, all of which I own*) posted four messages at her blog by duskpeterson on May 10, 2010
• It feels like fandom is about to explode by darkemeralds on May 11, 2010
• You know how Diana Gabaldon thinks fanfic is totally pornographic and totally evil, like writing rpf about you and someone's daughter and then sending them copies of it? by tree-and-leaf on May 11, 2010
• Fannish/Writing by marina on May 12, 2010
• Fanfic -- Personal Opinion only below by aberwyn on May 13, 2010
• This again? by galateus on fandom_stupid on May 14, 2010
• Wherein the cake is taken by wombat1138 on May 14, 2010
• Why is original fic better again?; or, an ode to how much I love fanfiction by earlwyn on May 14, 2010
• Fanfiction at its most pure. by adelejournal on May 16, 2010

Wincon

• anon =/= hater, liar, troll, coward, wanker, or even unreliable by schmevil on May 8, 2010
• People are being smart on the internet! by sahiya on May 11, 2010
• worth saying? or not worth saying? by tielan on May 12, 2010
• Women, Fandom, and Female Characters by ladylunas on May 12, 2010
• Cons as safe spaces and being better to each other by betnoir on May 12, 2010
• Yes it's another post on ConventionFail, but this one is not so triggery! by sohotrightnow on May 12, 2010
• i wake up every day with poison in my head behind exactly the same face. by azurejay on May 13, 2010

Fandom legal issues

• Links to material by missyjack on fandom_lawyers on May 12, 2010

Call for papers

• CFP: Nationbending, a special edition of Transformative Works and Cultures by Madeline Ashby on May 10, 2010

Obituaries

• Frank Frazetta: Frank Frazetta has passed away at the age of 82 by Dan on May 11, 2010
• Frank Frazetta: Frank Frazetta passes away at age 82 by Michael Martinez on May 11, 2010

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