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• SF and ablism (or: a not-as-such brief thought) by megwrites on June 3, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• Big 12: Breaking down the money in conference realignment by Courtney Linehan on June 9, 2010
• Boston Celtics: It's not easy wearing green by Beth Teitell on June 10, 2010
• Comics: Hope Larson's "Girls & Comics" Survey Results by Matthew Holm on May 19, 2010
• Comics: Deeply Problematic: Comics and disability: XKCD and dyslexia, Natalie Dee and Tourette's syndrome by RMJ on May 26, 2010
• Comics: First gay cartoon character? Yeah right. by Monique Madrid on June 1, 2010
• Comics: Thoughts on the girl comics market (a dissertation, ha!) by Stephanie Villarreal on June 2, 2010
• Comics: What would a feminist superhero tweet? by Miriam on June 2, 2010
• Comics: Hope Larson's Girls & Comics Survey, part 2 by Matthew Holm on June 2, 2010
• Comics: Despite A Rough Couple Days…Optimism Prevails! by Kelly Thompson on June 3, 2010
• Comics: Single Motherhood in Romance Comics - Love Me, Love My Child! by Jacque Nodell on June 3, 2010
• Comics: Girls & Comics, 3 by Matthew Holm on June 3, 2010
• Comics: She Has No Head! and the Bechdel Test for Race by tinyheroes on June 3, 2010
• Comics: This just in: People on the Internet SUCK! by elfinpiper on June 3, 2010
• Glee: Let's all dream on by WHEELIE cATHOLIC on May 19, 2010
• Glee: Glee: Dream On by s.e. smith on May 20, 2010
• Glee: Glee Makes me Glum by Bad Cripple on May 20, 2010
• Glee: After the whole quad thing from last week, I sort of hoped that Glee would be done with its disability shenanigans. by Wheelchair Dancer on May 21, 2010
• Philadelphia Flyers: Flyers fan paints his mom's car by Staff on June 9, 2010
• Spider-Man: The Geek Beat: Can Spider-Man Be Color Blind? by Elisabeth Rappe on June 1, 2010
• Spider-Man: The 'Donald Glover For Spider-Man' Campaign: A Comic Book Historian's Take On The Heated Debate by Rick Marshall on June 2, 2010
• True Blood: True Blood by BRIAN LOWRY on June 9, 2010
• Twilight: "Short Second Life of Bree Tanner": Stephenie Meyer slays her own vampires by Lizzie Skurnick on June 8, 2010
• World Cup: DirecTV Likely To Score With World Cup by REINHARDT KRAUSE on June 9, 2010

Obituaries

• Jerry Emerson Loomis: RIP: Jerry Emerson Loomis 1933-2010 by sfwa on June 6, 2010

Award news

• Chesley Awards: Celebrating our 25th Anniversary of the Chesley Awards by Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists on June 7, 2010

Convention reports

• WisCon: Panel Notes: Reducing Global Machismo by catrambo on June 3, 2010
• WisCon: so fucking special: mental illness panel ftw. by rhivolution on June 7, 2010
• WisCon: Wiscon Report - notes on Including Disabled Characters in Your Work(s) by sophy on June 8, 2010
• Music Documentary Conference: Sights and Sounds: Interrogating the Music Documentary Conference by Oliver Carter on June 7, 2010

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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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Meta discussion

• The Next Big Thing – Traditional Television by Steve Sternberg on May 4, 2010
• Friends, LJ, Fandom and Lurking by gossymer on May 5, 2010
• That grammer thing by menomegirl on May 5, 2010
• Gaming is Serious Business (even at IBM) by Drew Neisser on May 5, 2010
• Are colleges businesses or non-profit do-gooders? (Sports suggests a credibility gap) by Fair Game News on May 5, 2010
• What’s The Big Deal With Pop Culture? by disabledfeminists staff on May 5, 2010
• The Value of Taking a Stand: Sheila Johnson & the Navigation of Culture, Politics and Sport by on Swish Appeal May 5, 2010
• Is Twitter Changing the Celebrity/Fan Relationship? by Kelly on May 6, 2010

Diana Gabaldon

• FAN-FICTION AND MORAL CONUNDRUMS by Diana Gabaldon on May 3, 2010
• Fan-Fic II by Diana Gabaldon on May 4, 2010
• oh what the crap. by anivad on May 5, 2010
• FAQ: Fanfic by Charles Stross on May 5, 2010
• Fan Fiction is Evil! by s. andrew swann on May 5, 2010
• in defense of fanfic by st-salieri on May 5, 2010
• Linkblogging: NANA, an author on fanfic, and fans' response by umadoshi on May 5, 2010
• Geek Girls Rule! 127 – Fanfic, Authors and How not to ask people not to fic your works. by geekgirlsrule on May 6, 2010

Publishing and writing news and advice

• Re-Write Wednesday: I Had to Do This by Janice Hardy on May 5, 2010
• Brave New (Writing) World: Do It Yourself by Nancy Jane Moore on May 6, 2010

Obituaries

• Ernie Harwel: Ernie Harwell, voice of the Tigers, dies at 92 by Draft Day Suit on May 5, 2010
• Peter O'Donnell: Death of creator of seriously kickass heroine by oursin on May 4, 2010

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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

• How Much A Real Webcomic Creator Earns by Sean Kleefeld on April 15, 2010
• The Ongoing Virtual (& Real) Us Vs. Them by Sean Kleefeld on April 15, 2010
• Shonen Jump Asks Fans to Stop Scanning its Manga by GodLen on April 16, 2010
• How to Avoid the “Con Crud” in Six Easy Steps! by Kelly on April 16, 2010
• Voice Of The Fans: What's The Best Media Tie-in Novel? by JP Frantz on April 16, 2010
• Why House of Five Leaves and Hakuouki? Anime and History by gia manry on April 16, 2010
• 3-Minute Expert: Amazing AMVs by gia on April 17, 2010
• So there's the apocafic genre, in which an AU is written about the end of the world in whatever fandom. by sophia-sol on April 17, 2010
• Recently it seems like the latest big fandom is Fandom - that the majority of fan-related discussions I'm seeing on my flist are not about series or characters or pairings but on trends in fanfic, and trends in responses to fanfic, and metaing about trends in fannish meta. by xparrot on April 17, 2010
• Fanfic comes with more thought than you realize by cozzybob on April 18, 2010
• No Foreigners Allowed by Charles Tan on April 21, 2010
• My Response to Deepad's Open Letter: by Charles Tan on April 21, 2010

Mary Sue

• Sue me! Mary Sue Link Roundup by vommarlowe on April 18, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: Buffy/Spike talk + Buffy comics by inxsomniax on April 16, 2010
• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: Because I'm bored . . . Shippy thoughts. by eilowyn on April 16, 2010
• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: Buffy Came Back Wrong: Dead Things and Older and Far Away by gabrielleabelle on April 17, 2010
• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: "Same Time, Same Place" and "Help" by snickfic on April 17, 2010
• Comics: Why Indie Comics Rock by Sean Kleefeld on April 14, 2010
• Comics: A while back Michael Dean wrote a now semi-infamous essay in The Comics Journal where he declared that there was no comics journalism on the web — just link farms, commentary, and event coverage. by Noah Berlatsky on April 17, 2010
• DBSK: Fandom by meriken on April 17, 2010
• Doctor Who: TV REVIEW: Doctor Who - 'The Eleventh Hour' by Scott Shaffer on April 16, 2010
• Doctor Who: Doctor Who 503 by ranrata on April 17, 2010
• Doctor Who: Daleks- BOOM! by Jenn on April 18, 2010
• Manga: North American Manga Sales Dropped 20% in 2009 by gia manry on April 16, 2010
• NBA: Is there any team that had a worse season than the Wizards? by Mike Prada on April 18, 2010
• Persepolis: Persepolis and other stuff by marilena-r on April 16, 2010
• Pittsburgh Steelers: Harris: How big a fan do I have to be? by The Daily Advance on April 17, 2010
• Shirley Template: In good condition, Shirley Temple doll has some value by Danielle Arnet in Arizona Daily Star on April 18, 2010
• Sydney FC: How do Sydney FC use social media? by SportSpiel on April 15, 2010
• Twilight: what's you're fav fandom apart from twilight? by cuddlebuggery on April 17, 2010

Fandom legal issues

• The Effect of Net Neutrality and Online Video Services by Jim on April 16, 2010

Publishing and writing news and advice

• Where Ideas Come From: Life by Chris Dolley on April 16, 2010
• Chemistry in books and screen by Sherwood Smith on April 18, 2010

Obituaries

• Rockies President found dead by Draft Day Suit on April 20, 2010

Fansite news

• Smallville: LEGENDARY: A Chloe Sullivan Appreciation Project on April 1, 2010

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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

• Choose Your Fictions Well by Henry Jenkins on April 14, 2010
• Behaviors of Otaku; how non-otaku sees Otaku; and how Otaku sees themselves in Japan by u0706410 on April 16, 2010
• Otaku hunting; Are otaku at fault? by u0706410 on April 16, 2010
• Otaku-ism uniqueness in Japan; Spreading influence outside of Japan by u0706410 on April 16, 2010
• Reducing the World's Suck with Henry Jenkins by Elisabeth (Lissa) Soep on boing boing on April 16, 2010
• Henry Jenkins: Fandom, Literacy, and Scholarship by theunquietlibrary on April 16, 2010
• Neshomeh Makes a Speech About Bullying, Critiquing, and Concrit: What We Are and What We Are Not. by neshomeh on the_ppc on April 18, 2010
• Loli Manga, Google, and You by gia manry on April 19, 2010
• on dominance, submission, and privilege by pippingeek on April 19, 2010
• Armless Maidens and Fanfic (A Meta About Fanfic and Female Creativity) by calamitycrow on April 19, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• The Avengers: THE NOT-SO-SECRET-AVENGERS: Was The Line-Up Purposely Leaked? by Dan on April 15, 2010
• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: Favourite Xander scenes! by cordelianne on spring_with_xan on April 15, 2010
• Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: The Buffy Recusant by Ravynnia on April 15, 2010
• Lost: Chapter Two - About 'LOST' by Zoe Kendell-Taylor on April 14, 2010
• Sports: Color Commentary: “The Role Model Thing: Perspectives from the Women’s Game” by All White Kit on April 15, 2010
• Sports: Top Moments in Philadelphia Sports Fan History, A long and storied history of bad behavior by JOSH ALPER on April 16, 2010
• Sports: Fans should be vested in ownership of clubs by NUFCMVFC on April 16, 2010

Mary Sue

• Wottaguy vs. Mary Sue by rahirah on April 17, 2010
• Mary Sues and distorting the narrative by chaila43 on April 19, 2010
• So (Mary) Sue Me by snorkackcatcher on April 19, 2010

Publishing and writing news and advice

• Why Content Is a Public Good by Milena Popova on April 14, 2010
• Re-Write Wednesday: Tab A Into Slot B by Janice Hardy on April 14, 2010
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• Richard Nash on the Future of Publishing by Eric Rosenfield on West Asphalt on April 15, 2010
• A glimpse of the Romanian speculative fiction market by Kirsi Salonen on April 15, 2010
• Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking (Networking Part Seven) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch on April 15, 2010
• Help! I Need a Publisher!: HOW LONG IS A BOOK? by Nicola Morgan on April 15, 2010
• Heroines Who Don’t Kick Ass by S.C. Butler on April 15, 2010
• An Overview of Writing for Print vs. the Web by Monica Valentinelli on April 15, 2010
• Getting ideas is a skill by Juliette Wade on April 15, 2010
• Brave New (Writing) World: Too Big to Change? by Nancy Jane Moore on April 15, 2010

Call for papers

• Popular Music Fandom: A One Day Symposium by onlinefandom on April 14, 2010

Fandom news

• Manga: This Week in Manga 4/10-4/16/10 by Manga Mom on April 17, 2010

Obituaries

• Robotech's Macek, Otakon's Scofield Pass Away by gia manry on April 19, 2010

Award news

• Shirley Jackson Awards: 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees by Shirley Jackson Awards on April 16, 2010

Convention reports

• Norwescon : Norwescon photos up by jimgranger on nwsfs on April 9, 2010
• Jane Austen festival: Jane Austen festival starts in Canberra by Susanna Dunkerley on April 17, 2010

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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