January 19, 2010: Meta & fandom meta discussion, Slash debate, Obituaries, Awards, Convention report

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Meta discussion

• Yes. Another sexism and comics rant. by Adalisa Z on January 6, 2010
• Race Discourse: Bringing Anxiety Attacks Since The Beginning of Time by wistfuljane on January 10, 2010
• What do we call it when a fan starts selectively 'scrubbing' her online presence (systematically removing some content from both online as well as archived blog/websites/mailing lists/forums) without actually leaving fandom? by morgandawn on January 12, 2010
• Fandom News & World Report - 1/15 by kmarier on nwsfs on January 15, 2010
• what is a gamer? by spacelogic on January 15, 2010
• It doesn't mean your stories have to be about Sherlock being a racist or Irene struggling against misogyny, but these are things that are good to keep in mind. by marina on January 17, 2010
• What Role Will Sports Play in Massachusetts Senate Race? by Evans Clinchy on NESN on January 18, 2010
• That was the year that was: Fannish** 2009 by sherrold on January 18, 2010
• Guys, this is WEIRD. I am so ridiculously excited about FANDOM in a way I haven't been in years. by kanata on January 18, 2010
• However, being a fanfic writer is the whole big fish/little pond thing. It's not enough and it's not good enough. I know that; I do. by shonagonchan on January 18, 2010
• Anime Blogging… Like Writing a Textbook? by fuzakenna on January 18, 2010
• A (working) Bibliography of Fandom and Fan Studies by covarla on fromtheether on January 18, 2010
• nojojo made a thoughtful post about why racefail was 'the bestest thing evar' for SFF, which reminded me that it has been a little over a year since that conversation started. by deepad on January 18, 2010
• Why I Think RaceFail Was The Bestest Thing Evar for SFF by N(ora). K. Jemisin on January 18, 2010
• I dreamed that linkspam labeled one of my posts as derailing and showing white privilege by wistfuljane on January 18, 2010
• Anime Fandom in the Pop Culture by Otaku Dan on January 19, 2010

The Slash Debate

• Slash and the appropriation/objectification of The Other by herongale on January 13, 2010
• Fiction exists in the real world, and influences real-world people. This is not an issue of "some people" not being able to distinguish between fiction and reality. by mothwing on January 14, 2010
• It means when someone says to me 'this thing you do hurts me' that I should listen even when inside I'm going 'I did not, you are making that up'. When they (whoever they are) say 'you are hurting a whole community' I really listen. by jamie on January 16, 2010
• Switch hitters: Lesbians write gay male erotica, and gay men write lesbian erotica by xie-xie-xie on January 18, 2010
• I'm subscribed to both metafandom and linkspam. They usually don't post the same links, but now and then they intersect -- especially when a big, eh, event is taking place. Well, I usually don't have more use of these communities that quickly reading over the excerpts, then moving on. by jerico-cacaw on January 18, 2010
• SCIENCE (which is to say statistics, which is even better) by cimorene on January 18, 2010
• Slash, as I've often said, is an interpretation of the text. by eumelia on January 18, 2010
• Some things I will clarify up front: I am queer. I am biofemale, though identify as genderqueer in a way that would take a long time to explain. I write m/m profic. by mjules on January 18, 2010
• There's this thing going on in slash fandom by linaelyn on January 18, 2010 , 2010
• Fiction is appropriation. Appropriation is not the end of the world. by black-trillium on January 19, 2010
• you know, not all slash is actually about sex by edenfalling on January 19, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• Anime: Anime & Manga News for 18 January 2010 by Brent Newall on January 18, 2010
• Arizona Cardinals: Commentary: The Cardinals’ bandwagon about to get lighter by Nick Ruland on The State Press - An independent daily serving Arizona State University on January 19, 2010
• Captain America: in relation to my post yesterday about captain america by handyhunter on January 11, 2010
• Comics: Peter David, X-Factor and the gay kiss that changed the game , IN PRINT / It was only a matter of time before the Marvel universe expanded to include gay characters by Chaos McKenzie on January 14, 2010
• Magic Under Glass: Rabid Reader: Race-Fail 2.0 at Bloomsbury by Mardel on January 18, 2010
• Manga: 5 Female Voices in Manga Criticism by Melinda Beasi on January 13, 2010
• Kpop: NUNA's Dream: Why do they love Kpop so much? by jarimdi on January 19, 2010

Obituaries

• Takumi Shibano, 1926-2010 in Locus Magazine on January 18, 2010

Convention reports

• Some thoughts about Rustycon by kmarier on January 17, 2010

Award news

• Comics nominees announced for 21st annual GLAAD Media Awards by Kevin Melrose on January 13, 2010
• GLAAD Media Awards comics nominees announced on Publishers Weekly on January 13, 2010
• PK Dick Award 2009 nominees have been announced! by kmarier on nwsfs on January 17, 2010