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Overflow edition Fansite news

• Dreamwidth: Top ten popular misconceptions about Dreamwidth by liv on July 10, 2010
• LiveJournal: In which LJ are fuckers. AGAIN. by ineptshieldmaid on July 8, 2010

Convention news and discussion

• Better microphone use at conventions: a report by sasha_feather on July 7, 2010
• Summer Trek Convention And Show Guide by T'Bonz on Trek Today on July 9, 2010
• I Dreamed A Dream Of Cons Gone By... by yuki-onna on July 10, 2010
• Cyphan Con: In a Jewel Staite by PlayItGrand on July 7, 2010
• New Music Seminar : New Music Seminar Announces Updated Conference Schedule & Speaker Line Up by on July 8, 2010
• ReaderCon: Conventional Lover by yuki-onna on July 8, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: The Diminishing Importance Of CCI by on July 2, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: SDCC PROGRAMMING FOR Saturday, July 24 by First Comics News on July 10, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: San Diego Comic-Con 2010: Saturday Schedule Now Live by Jace on July 10, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: Full San Diego Comic-Con Saturday Lineup (UPDATING) by Rich Johnston on July 10, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: Marvel Studios vs. We the Fans- Coming this Comic Con by DannyRand401 on July 10, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: Protesting San Diego Comic-Con For "Idol Worship" by Tom Goldman on July 11, 2010
• San Diego Comic-Con: Comic-Con Survival Guide Review by Sean Kleefeld on July 11, 2010
• VividCon: One last Vividcon post... by settiai on June 25, 2010
• VividCon: So I missed apparently a new discussion on ableism at VVC. by seperis on July 2, 2010
• VividCon: I'm just glad Vividcon is never going to be an issue for me by rodo on July 5, 2010

Convention reports

• Ancient City Con: Costumed crowd fills gaming, sci-fi con at Jacksonville Hyatt by Timothy J. Gibbons on July 10, 2010
• T2: T2 Report by ru_salki99 on June 25, 2010

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Overflow edition Publishing and writing news and advice

• Agents Are Not Just Gatekeepers by Nathan Bransform on June 15, 2010
• A Year Later by Mark Newton on June 15, 2010
• Writing Science Fiction vs Fantasy by S.C. Butler on June 15, 2010
• Context is Everything by Tansy Rayner Roberts on June 15, 2010
• Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ignorable. by Deborah J. Ross on June 15, 2010
• My 3-Step Recovery Plan for Over-Writing by Nina Hess on June 15, 2010
• SOCIAL MEDIA AND US by Philip Athans on June 16, 2010
• Write from Your Heart? or Follow Trends? by Rachelle Gardner on June 16, 2010
• Handling Caste Systems by Juliette Wade on June 16, 2010
• Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Risks Part Two by Kristine Kathryn Rusch on June 17, 2010
• Titles and Covers and Sales, Oh My by Eric on June 17, 2010
• Did You Hear That? by Janice Hardy on June 17, 2010
• How do you think of these things? by Madeleine E. Robins on June 18, 2010
• the octavia symposium (aka: not faster caterpillar – butterfly! by Adrienne on June 20, 2010
• Writers on Writing: Jane Austen by Sherwood Smith on June 20, 2010
• Why Robin Sloan is the Future of Publishing (and Science Fiction) by Eric Rosenfield on June 20, 2010
• Writing Nowadays–Taxing Writers by Steven Harper Piziks on June 21, 2010
• Unseen History by Cheryl Morgan on June 21, 2010
• How to Critique Manuscripts & Still Stay Friends by smorris on June 21, 2010
• Inherent Contradictions in Character by Juliette Wade on June 21, 2010
• The Things We Leave Behind by Rachelle Gardner on June 21, 2010
• Love and Death: Would you like a little romance with your action? by Deborah J. Ross on June 22, 2010

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Overflow edition Meta discussion

• 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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Fandom meta discussion

• Atlanta Hawks: The anatomy of hope by hawksdawgs on April 17, 2010
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: A new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated project...or not? by jedifreac on racebending on April 16, 2010
• Doctor Who: Doctor Who - The Beast Below by Angry Who Fan on April 16, 2010
• Doctor Who: Doctor Who" is back after the fireworks of David Tennant's departure from the title role three months ago. by Miss Media Junkie on April 17, 2010
• Glee: The Glee of Knowing Thy Self by Brian Logee on April 17, 2010
• Hourou Musuko: Hourou Musuko 84: Germination by arya on April 15, 2010
• Kiss x Sis: Ask John: Does Kiss x Sis Deserve the Kiss of Death? by on April 14, 2010
• Music: Graphic: How Much Can Musicians Earn Online? by Bruce Houghton on April 16, 2010
• New York Yankees: Is This The Begining Of The End Of My Yankees Fandom? by Steve Lombardi on April 17, 2010
• Otoko Onna Onna Otoko: Manga: Otoko Onna Onna Otoko by Abe Shuuji by kanata on April 14, 2010
• Pumpkin Scissors: Pumpkin Scissors vol. 3 by yhlee on April 11, 2010
• Saori & Tony no Bouken Kikou: Hawaii de Dai no Ji: Manga: Saori & Tony no Bouken Kikou: Hawaii de Dai no Ji by kanata on April 12, 2010
• St. Louis Blues: Why I am a Blues Fan by Carnie on April 15, 2010
• Sports: The Value of Good Sports Writing and PR by tieuli on April 17, 2010
• True Blood: Book Wars by sookieverseblog on April 17, 2010

Publishing and writing news and advice

• Make it easy for people to say yes by c_smith_author on meta_writers on April 16, 2010

Polls, surveys, research assistance requests

• When was the last time you participated in fandom on the internet not through a journaling site? by tkp on April 15, 2010
• Wanted for interview: Men who write under female pen names. by adelejournal on April 20, 2010

Award news

• Hugo Awards: PJ Farmer’s Riverworld to be Eviscerated Sunday on syfy: My Hugo voting ballot to be Eviscerated Next Week by The Crotchety Old Fan on April 17, 2010

Convention reports

• PAX East: PAX East Recap: The Lost Chapter by Nathaniel on April 16, 2010

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Fandom meta discussion

• Supernatural: 5.17 99 Problems: Must Be Hard, Being The Vessel Of Heaven And Having No Hope by bardicvoice on April 13, 2010
• Supernatural: "God is not a deadbeat dad" - When watching Supernatural, always turn on your x-ray vision. by su-darklily on April 14, 2010
• Supernatural: 5.17 - "Whore" of Babylon, SPN and misogyny by su-darklily on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Congrats SPN on 100 episodes! *throws confetti* by maboheme on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Five Years, 100 Episodes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly by mummyluvr314 on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: 100 episodes! by rivers-bend on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: To Err Is Human by miconic on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Thoughts and Review on Supernatural 5.16 "Dark Side of the Moon" by erivar on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Review of Supernatural 5.17 "99 Problems" by erivar on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: The oddest artifact ever by Anna Vega on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Do not attempt to adjust your screens... by rogueslayer452 on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: *laughs hysterically* by maraceles on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: 100 SPN by kalena-henden on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: 'Tracking The Visual Story': The Saga of Red & Blue in SPN S5 continues... by zimshan on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: FUCK YEAH DEAN, I'VE MISSED YOU BB by everindelible on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: 5.17 - "Whore" of Babylon, SPN and misogyny by su-darklily on April 15, 2010
• Supernatural: Some people seemed shocked by the final scene in 99 problems and while for many this may be the most redundant meta ever written, I want to talk about how Dean is motivated by his love of his family. by missyjack on April 16, 2010
• Supernatural: Let's talk about 'Supernatural's' 100th episode, 'Point of No Return' by Maureen Ryan on Chicago Tribune on April 16, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5.18 - Looks like they made it by yourlibrarian on April 16, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5x18 - Longer Thoughts by giandujakiss on April 16, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5.18 Point of No Return by desertport on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: Someone wanna explain to me why in as active a fandom as SPN is I get uber hits on my fic but few comments, BUT in my Spander fandom I get uber hits and, by my standards, uber comments? by heavenlyxbodies on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: You can count on me. No, really. I think. by sistermagpie on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5.18 Point of No Return by blackcat333-99 on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5.18: Erotically Correct by tartysuz on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: A SPN Wondering by fates3 on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN: "Point of No Return" Episode Review + Meta by rogueslayer452 on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: Point of No Return: "Because, you're still my big brother." by sophie-deangir on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: 'wow, sam, you'd be an awesome guy' by familiardevil on April 17, 2010
• Supernatural: oh supernatural, you tickle me, punch me in the face, drag me by the hair back to some darkdark cave and some how i love it by entwinedangels on April 18, 2010
• Supernatural: I'm just reading this little entry, which is old as all get out--ah, coming into a fandom late has its perks, let me tell you. by maraceles on April 18, 2010
• Supernatural: daddy's little blunt instrument (and other thoughts) by amonitrate on April 18, 2010
• Supernatural: Meta - Visual Parallels of Devil's Trap and Point of No Return by weesta on April 18, 2010

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Fandom meta discussion

• Soccer: Technology In Football by Rob at twohundredpercent.net on April 13, 2010
• Soccer: Original Commentary: What Would A Women’s U.S. Open Cup Look Like? by All White Kit at womentalksports on April 14, 2010
• Soccer: Girls in the hood cry foul over hijab ban by Muslim Women in Sports at womentalksports on April 14, 2010
• Soccer: Iran protests hijab ban for soccer team by Muslim Women in Sports at womentalksports on April 14, 2010
• Soccer: Al Jazeera Story about Iran's women's team & a follow up to last week's post by From A Left Wing at womentalksports on April 14, 2010
• Soccer: Hijab ban pushes women to the sidelines by Muslim Women in Sports on April 14, 2010
• Supernatural: Why I don't think that John should be what God's vessel looks like. by mobiusklein on April 11, 2010
• Supernatural: HEAVY META ON 5.17 by fannishliss on April 12, 2010
• Supernatural: Supernatural: 99 Problems by Sabrina Boyer at pinkraygun on April 13, 2010
• Supernatural: meta on 5.17 by me and a meta rec by amonitrate on April 13, 2010
• Supernatural: 5.17 99 Problems: Must Be Hard, Being The Vessel Of Heaven And Having No Hope by bardicvoice on April 13, 2010
• Supernatural: 5.17 Episode Review, part 3/3 by tahirire on April 14, 2010
• Supernatural: you've got me on my toes by affectingly on April 14, 2010
• Supernatural: So there are many people doing picspams and post to celebrate the 100th episode of Supernatural. by missyjack on April 16, 2010

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Fandom meta discussion

• Baseball: The Baseball Fan and Gambling: A Defense of Fantasy Baseball by The Prince of Slides on April 11, 2010
• Doubt by Tonogai Yoshiki: Manga: Doubt by Tonogai Yoshiki by kanata on April 9, 2010
• Furry fandom: Anti-fur entry-logic fails by Wolfee Darkfang on April 2, 2010
• Harry Potter: Is J.K. Rowling Serious About More 'Harry Potter'? We Look At Past Interviews For Answers by Adam Rosenberg on MTV.com on April 9, 2010
• K-9: While I was at watching the Beast Below I deided I would also give a watch to the new K-9 series. by Ashley on April 11, 2010
• Love Buzz: Manga: Love Buzz by kanata on April 8, 2010
• Manga: SoCal Manga Publisher Up for Sale by gia manry on April 9, 2010
• Modern Warfare 2: Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing fan-fiction video is worth a watch by Sal Cangeloso on April 9, 2010
• NCIS: 'NCIS' Fan Columnist: A Fine Bromance My Friend by Jacky Jackman on BuddyTV on April 9, 2010
• Pittsburgh Pirates: Loneliness, Thy Name Is Pirates Fandom by David Matthews on April 8, 2010
• Project Runway: Another season of "Project Runway" is drawing to a close. It's my favorite reality show despite my disinterest in fashion generally. by Miss Media Junkie on April 11, 2010
• Queer as Folk: i was reading a fic and it hit me how alike justin and lindsy are ,i mean they are both blond ,both alittle pale,come frome relatively similar background'upper middle class' by anyusa0030 on qaf_coffeeclub on April 8, 2010
• Second Life: Watching the Watchers: Power and Politics in Second Life (Part One) by Henry Jenkins on April 9, 2010
• The Sentinel: Episode discussion: Poachers by magician113 on ts_talk on April 10, 2010
• Soccer: Let them play! by on April 11, 2010
• Sports: How Athletes are Using Twitter to Build a Brand by SportSpiel on April 12, 2010
• Starsky and Hutch: First love ... by jdjunkie on April 11, 2010
• Star Wars: The People vs. George Lucas Review by Jeff Leins on April 11, 2010
• Tim Tebow: 2010 NFL Draft: 32 Thoughts on Who Takes Tim Tebow by Lee Johnson on April 11, 2010
• The Tonight Show: Battlefield Late Night: The Forbidden Zone by Jim on April 9, 2010
• Transformers: The Language of Casting - A Look at Transformers 3 by jedifreac on racebending on April 9, 2010
• Yoshinaga Fumi: I need icons of this by la-vie-noire on April 8, 2010
• Young Avengers: On Race, Feminism, Young Avengers, Bad Faith Arguments and Lying by jazzypom on April 11, 2010

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Fandom meta discussion

• Anime: Weekly Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach Manga Discussion by GodLen on April 1, 2010
• Doctor Who: who else writes ‘Doctor Who’ fan fiction? by MaryAnn Johanson on March 31, 2010
• Duke: From Durham: Why You Shouldn't Hate Duke, And Why You Probably Will Anyway by Ben Cohen on April 1, 2010
• Last Airbender: sometimes the status quo bites back by kaigou on April 1, 2010
• Last Airbender: UGO.com interviews Racebending.com staffer Mike Le by jedifreac on racebending on April 1, 2010
• Last Airbender: Race + Fandom Roundup: M. Night on Airbender, and Tales of Two Amandas by Arturo R. García on April 1, 2010
• Michel Jackson: Fans Demand Michael Jackson's Name Reinstated at LA School by Thad Komorowski on April 1, 2010
• Music: There is no UK music business without the fans – so look after them, What if, as several studies of piracy and music purchasing seem to suggest, the good fans (buyers) and the bad fans (illegal downloaders) are the same people? by Tom Ewing in The Guardian on April 1, 2010
• Music: Two Indie Music Bloggers Form Record Label by Bruce Houghton on April 1, 2010
• Sports: “True fandom” is being a diehard, unapologetic, bleeding team colors fan. You a Broncos fan, well you now hate the Raiders, Chargers, and Kansas City Chiefs. by d7thomas on March 30, 2010
• Sports: Delaware State Invokes Prong 2, Cheerleading in Defense by Title IX Blog on March 31, 2010
• Sports: Daily Show does sport by After Atalanta on April 1, 2010
• Sports: Phoebe Prince, School Harassment Cases, and Title IX by Nicole Marschean on April 1, 2010
• Stargate: *cries* Valhalla (Stargate novel no. 14), you are keeeeeeeeeeeelling me! by pepper-field on March 26, 2010
• Stargate: 06x21: Prophecy by sjhw_tolerance on redial_the_gate on March 27, 2010
• Stargate: Valhalla review 2.0 by pepper-field on March 29, 2010
• Stargate: tl;dr on the Stargate books by pepper-field on March 30, 2010
• Star Trek: Watching "Arena." I like the Gorn. But I like Enterprise's reimagining of the Gorn better. by fayanora on startrek on April 1, 2010
• Supernatural: Speculating on 5.16 by zazreil on March 8, 2010
• Supernatural: The Nature of Angels by vikki on April 1, 2010

Fandom meta discussion

• AFL: Round 1 in the AFL Twitterverse by SportSpiel on March 28, 2010
• Butler basketball: Coming clean about my Butler fandom (with lots of unnecessary parentheses) by Sarah Black on March 28, 2010
• Chuck: Why I stopped watching "Chuck." by Miss Media Junkie on March 28, 2010
• Comics: My Ideal Comics Shop by Alex on exfanding.com on March 26, 2010
• Comics: Sarge Steel in Comic Fandom Monthly by Mister 8 on March 29, 2010
• Fanboys: Fanboys & Objectiveness by Sean Kleefeld on March 27, 2010
• Justin Bieber: Why Justin Bieber Is Such A Big Hit by Jay Frank on hypebot on March 28, 2010
• New York Yankees: Do We Have To Open At Fenway? by Jane Heller on March 25, 2010
• New York Yankees: Liberals who judge all sports on the basis of payroll are like conservatives who judge all art on the basis of morality. It’s just plain not what being a fan, or a rival, is about. by Dara on March 28, 2010
• NCIS: So, this is a kinda weird thought that hit me today, just before work was over... Maybe one of the reasons NCIS fandom feels different from other fandoms I was involved in before is that I feel there is a real lack of "derivative" fan art floating around here. by littlesammy on navy_ncis on March 24, 2010
• Star Trek: Journey to Babel by on kirkspock on March 24, 2010
• Star Trek: After all the hulla-balloo over the new 'reboot' movie, I may be a little late (I don't get to the theater often, so I had to wait for the DVD). by ami_ven on startrek on March 25, 2010
• Star Trek: I was watching the movie last night and I decided to post my favorite funny moments. by newsiegroylover on kirkspock on March 26, 2010
• Star Trek: I was led to believe that Spock needed contact with someone, either through a mind meld or just skin to skin, to feel their thoughts. by freaky_anomaly on kirkspock on March 27, 2010
• Star Wars: George Lucas, the most hated filmmaker in America, More than a decade after "The Phantom Menace," a documentarian examines why "Star Wars" fans just can't forgive by Paul Hiebert on Salon.com on March 28, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5.15 - We need a writing resurrection by yourlibrarian on March 26, 2010
• Supernatural: SPN 5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid by blackcat333-99 on March 28, 2010

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