Meta & fandom meta, convention reports, call for papers, fansite news, polls/surveys/research assist

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Meta discussion

• Thoughts Contingent on Fandom Reads and Disappointment. by kingsgrave on July 8, 2010
• creativity 2.0: creativity has never really been a democratic process by sophiaserpentia on July 12, 2010
• How Racist is RTD? Hmm. by azn-jack-fiend on July 13, 2010
• As is always the general trend in metafandom, there are examinations being conducted of the way we do things. by hollow-echos on July 17, 2010
• Conan O’Brien’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Internet by Sarah Lacy on TechCrunch on July 18, 2010
• Metafandom and nationality by gelbes gilatier on July 17, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: It talks about our different reactions to men and women's pain and also explains why I can't stand Wesley Wyndham-Pryce and why I love Buffy Summers by penny-lane-42 on July 13, 2010
• Chuck: I'm waxing philosophical by mummyluvr314 on July 17, 2010
• Comics: It's been well-documented that one of the biggest issues that comics is facing is that it's not attracting new readers. by neo-prodigy on July 12, 2010
• Harry Potter: Mostly because I was lurkingish through fandomsecrets and found this secret about Cho Chang and completely like, went through all the things for it for basically two hours. AND I AM SO ANGRY. WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE AND HARRY POTTER ANGERING AND RACISM AND WHAT THE FUCK IS JUST WRONG WITH THEM. by domolovesyou on July 14, 2010
• Sport: 40 Ways Sports Teams Can Utilize Foursquare by Brian Gainor on July 18, 2010

Call for Papers

• CfP Vampires: Myths of the Past and the Future by Adriamaral on July 18, 2010

Polls, surveys, research assistance requests

• OTP (One True Poll) by gabrielleabelle on July 12, 2010
• Harry Potter: HP Fandom Participation Poll by phoenixacid on July 18, 2010
• Merlin: Phoenixacid's Pensieve - Merlin Fandom Participation Poll by phoenixacid on July 18, 2010

Fansite news

• LiveJournal: A couple of days ago, mgs_slash mod firefly99 pointed out that MGS-Slash had been flagged as containing explicit adult content. by athena-crikey on July 15, 2010
• FanFiction.net: FanFiction.Net user statistics by Lord Kelvin on July 18, 2010

Convention reports

• Infinitus: Infinitus post by emmagrant01 on July 18, 2010

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