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emmagrant01: Lumos Post of Doom #1: The Overall Con Experience I think I'll write up some of my thoughts about Lumos and the impact that going to cons has had on my enjoyment of and perspective on fandom.

bastardsnow in writercon: A WriterCon report, or my two-day date with 9,738 women and about 6 dudes Here’s the thing about me. I don’t go to WriterCon for the panels. They’re all wonderful, and I’m glad that they’re there, and they really are very interesting, but they’re not why I go. I go for the people.

wordplay: Media culture rambling Cultural elites tend to have more free time as well as an increasingly rich support system for their artistic endeavors, creating a group of professional amateurs who have managed to turned their hobbies into a significant part of their lives and have found a way to tap into a genuine worldwide subculture of people. Which, of course, is really all about guys filming themselves dropping Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke and putting it up on YouTube.

fairestcat: [untitled] I'm looking for examples of fannish activities and organizations, that are welcoming of both het and slash writers and readers where the organizers, creators and runners primarily identify as het fans. Any fandom. On or off lj. In fact? I'm interested in examples of non-segregated fannish activities and organizations period. And in who's running them. So give me examples of what cool inclusive stuff slash fans have organized in various fandoms too.

fairestcat: The continuum of fannish spaces, with specific focus on SGA There are exclusively het areas and exclusively slash areas. This is all of the good....There are a handful of specifically inclusive communities that welcome slash and het equally. This is of the good also....Here's the thing though. The inclusive communities? They all seem to be organized and maintained by people who primarily or exclusively read and write slash or possibly by people who read and write slash, het and gen somewhat equally.

seperis: you have got to be kidding me I still have no idea what the debate is about, exactly. On whether we should all be one large, multipairing, happy fandom where the slash layeth down with the het and watch all their tiny fic spawn play together. Or whether we separate far enough away that we never meet. Or whether the permeable edges are as permeable as we think.

viciouswishes: Community, Identity, and Femslash During some recent wank, lornelover turned to me and said, "Does anyone identify as a femslasher?" I racked my brain and couldn't find a yes. I know many authors who write femslash, but none that I could think of who identified themselves as femslashers and solely write femslash. All my favorites also write gen, het, and/or m/m.

Writercon slash discussion

sp23: Because I had something to say about it... The problem with the post in question comes in not just because of the controversial simile he used - which frankly was comparing apples with planet-killing meteors - but because he appears to associate slash with man-hating.

linaerys: Men in Slash, Women in Comics People do not have the right to go into ANY environment and expect that it cater to their interests....I wouldn't go to a Harry Potter con and expect SGA discussion. And I wouldn't go to a fandom-wide con and be annoyed that Harry Potter fans were there, talking about Harry Potter. Slash is no different just because it has to do with sex.

anonymous_sibyl: Slash, Sexuality, Characterization, and Old-Guard vs. New. A response to a post in Writercon comm. It's sad, to me, that he reacted to a new situation, one where he, as a heterosexual male, was in the minority--and the norm was defined by females, homosexuals, bisexuals, and many others who don't conform to his definition of normalcy--by feeling oppressed. Perhaps, instead, he should have looked at this as a lesson, a demonstration of how many of us feel in the world where he, and those like him, have all the say and get to make all the definitions.

darkrosetiger: Welcome to my world You don't like slash? Fine. Don't read it. But don't come whining to me about how no one ever writes het or femslash that gets your dick hard, because you know what? It's not about you. I'm not writing for you.

theregoesyamum: [untitled] Online fandom is a space where those who have been historically oppressed can have their voices heard and their problems shared and listened to, and if that's through writing female-oriented stories or exploring queer dynamics through slash then so be it.

sigelphoenix: I wish I still had my "bitch, please" icon There, right there, is the heart of privilege. This man said something horribly offensive - and a lot of other things that were just offensive - without really meaning to. He wasn't trying to be rude or malicious. He just ... didn't notice. That's how privilege works in fandom. This man isn't actively oppressing women by attacking them or pushing them out of his chosen hobby....This straight man is used to having his fear of the Other - male homosexuality, especially as depicted by women - accomodated. He expected the same in his fandom.

telesilla: Fandom As a Female Space Saying "this is women's space and we should only ever say positive things" goes against any notion of feminism I have. It perpetuates the idea that women are frail, over-emotional beings who fall to pieces at the very sight of anything the least bit negative. How is that good for anyone? How does that help women, either here in fandom or out there in the big bad world of real life?

Original post linked here for completeness

Writing, Reading, Vidding

amonitrate: videos again... and pretentious pop culture academia thoughts I recently purchased this book on Miami Vice....Anyway, the author of the Vice book seems to be trying to prove that the show reflected the neo-conservative, consumerist strain of the 1980s and gets in depth about its patriarchal construction of masculine identity. At the same time, he admits that the show contradicts these things.

deirdre_c: Ficcing for Dummies I've seen many, many posts giving advice on how to be a good beta, but I haven't seen any about how to be a good beta-ee. I'm going thru the process for the first time (as an author), and I have been blessed with two FANTABULOUS betas. But I worry I'm clueless about blundering over some unwritten rules about what is appropriate etiquette between beta and author.

fee_absinthe: [untitled] Can't read first person fanfic. It makes me uncomfortable. It crosses a line. It's one thing to write stories in an author's created world. But it's another thing to presume to be in the heads of her characters by expressing their thoughts directly. I don't mean it's wrong. But when I see you attempt it, I never buy it.

entrenous88: thoughts on writing inspired by WriterCon, Part I: Writer's Block & Writing Practice I won't cover every panel I was at, but I will touch on the ones that brought up writing ideas/issues for me, since I hope that will prove useful to other people for consideration and discussion.

Polls and questions

norwich36: Lurking and lurking Lurkers--that is, people who almost never or never comment or post entries on lj-- come take my poll! If you don't have an lj account, feel free to answer the poll questions anonymously in my comments...

dahliablue in vidding: You Tube Opinions I'm wondering what the general opinion is of putting your vids on sites like You Tube or Put File.

murklins: Producing Fandom Newsletters: Hot Tips, Anyone? Does anyone have any time-saving tips? Do we all follow a similar process, or do some people have their own unique techniques?