January 18, 2010: Meta discussion, Fandom meta discussion, Fandom legal issues, Charity efforts

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Meta discussion A Guide to Experimental Formatting in Writing by hokuton-punch on January 8, 2010 We're here, we're queer AND YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR US. by grey-bard on January 14, 2010 (meta) this is why I get to call myself a dyke and still ask that you not by thoracopagus on January 14, 2010 (meta) The Slash Debate: Queer vs. Female Space by thoracopagus on January 14, 2010 The Slash Debate: Slash and Heterosexual Privilege by thoracopagus on January 15, 2010 So, in the current greater fandom blow-up about varying issues of homophobia, objectification, fetishization and how real gay men feel about slash, I feel very strange because I don't know where to stand. by xie-xie-xie on January 15, 2010 Can't we all just get along? by SusanAshlea on MyVampFiction.com on January 16, 2010 so now slash is just like drag? seriously? by prof-pangaea on January 16, 2010 I don't like stories about extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. I like stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. by bedlamsbard on January 17, 2010 The latest round of "straight women shouldn't write m/m slash" meta is just . . . stoopid, as stoopid as it always is. by writestufflee on January 17, 2010 That discussion about m/m fiction and appropriation... by carmarthen on January 17, 2010 So I've been reading metafandom's links to the various arguements about 'straight women writing slash is objectifying gay men blah blah blah' that have been going on. by ix-tab on January 17, 2010 Didn’t the Beatles say “all you need is love”? by Amanda on January 17, 2010 privilege, culture, appropriation, stories by Lee Kottner on January 17, 2010 budget, logistics and actual non-romantic plotlines aside, the structure behind your basic movie or TV-show het pairing is pretty simple. by girls_are_weird on wakizashi_ on January 17, 2010 So, here's a post that is not that post that is an attempt to address the problems I'm having with vocabulary at least. by niqaeli on January 17, 2010 Unjustly neglected authors, and a rant about fantasy by sartorias on January 17, 2010 Fandom, Gatekeepers, and Careers by Steven Savage on January 17, 2010 Outside the borders of Slashtopia by sqbr on January 18, 2010 Quite interested to see that some posts and comments are interpreting cesperanza's drag/slash analogy to mean that slash is okay because drag is okay. by copracat on January 18, 2010 Conclusion, Part 2 by Seth Kleefeld on Comic Book Fanthropology on January 18, 2010

Fandom meta discussion Avatar: Tricia's Obligatory Art Blog!: "I wanna live like the blue catpeople!" - Thoughts on "Avatar" by Trish on January 18, 2010 Avatar: The Last Airbender: Media Monday Spotlight – Avatar: The Last Airbender on RaceBending.com on January 18, 2010 Captain America: Okay, so week or so back, someone posted an article about how Will Smith might play Captain America in the new movie. by muccamukk on January 16, 2010 Dallas Cowboys: Cowboys' loss leaves true blue fans truly blue by JEFFREY WEISS in the Dallas Morning News on January 18, 2010 Jpop: Because Nani did something I've always wanted to do: to public admit hate for some pairings. ♥ by choko-jun on January 17, 2010 Magic Under Glass: A discussion is currently taking place about the cover of Magic Under Glass, by Jaclyn Dolamore (Bloomsbury, 2010), castigating the publishers for showing a girl on the cover who does not accurately represent the ethnicity of the character in the book by Charlotte on January 17, 2010 Milwaukee Bucks: The Struggle of Being a Milwaukee Bucks Fan and the Search for a Better Team by Adam Lindemer on January 17, 2010 Star Trek: The Society for the Promotion of Android Welfare by inzanity_grrl on Star Trek on January 17, 2010 Star Trek: Writing a Star Trek script.. by discorex on startrek on January 17, 2010 Supernatural: [1] by jmtorres on January 16, 2010 Supernatural: [2] by mobiusklein on January 16, 2010

Meta discussion in other languages Spanish: -●•·O·•Lamentos Al viento•·O·•●-: EL demonio de demonios... by Doonceella on January 17, 2010

Fandom legal issues Never Mind the Bollocks: Shepard Fairey's Fight for Appropriation, Fair Use, and Free Cultre (Part Two) by Henry Jenkins on January 15, 2010 New law could block access to anime, manga and slash fan sites in Australia by kt on fanthropology on January 17, 2010 (mirror)

Fandom charity efforts Help Haiti by swan_tower on fangs_fur_fey on January 14, 2010 help_haiti, Lost and SPN meta-ish stuff by desertport on January 17, 2010 How Much Has the Fandom Given for Haiti? by justfp on thinkingofrob on January 18, 2010 Need a beta? Want to help raise money for Haiti? by songquake on hp_betas on January 18, 2010