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Fri, Jul. 13th, 2007, 12:11 am

fairestcat: Thursday, July 12, 2007

• verstehen: In the midst of the discussion that saeva and I had about this morning's post on metatextual and contextual racism (and other isms) - I think the bias overlooked by fandom and probably created unconsciously by the show's producers and writers is the anti-intellectual air. After all, accepting it as rote is easy; it plays right into the general culture of anti-intellectualism within Amer -
  
  (tags: eureka race)


• gayalondiel: Parody, satire, and copyright infringement. - My question is, is it actually exempt? I don't think it's going to make a difference to YouTube, and as I said I'm only posting out of interest, but I suspect it's not as cut and dried as all that and I would be really interest to know if people consider -
  
  (tags: satire vidding)


• ataniell93: Why I Hate The Words "Love Interest" And That Doesn't Make Me a Misogynist, Thanks - I'm a feminist, but I don't like love interests. And I don't get why feminists should, or why this is misogynist. [SPOILERS FOR SPN S3] -
  
  (tags: media spn)


• narahttbbs: Fanfic book club? - When I read good fanfics, I always find myself wanting to discuss them afterwards. I don't mean in the sense of leaving feedback, which is a bit too uni-directional for a proper discussion -
  
  (tags: fanfic reading)


• misscam: And as the Harry Potter Wankalypse draws nearer... - What would it take for your fandom(s) to top that? What could happen in the show/book/anime/band/etc that would cause wankery to go all the way and be known as the most supreme ever? Come on, you can think of something. -
  
  (tags: fandom)


• troyswann: Coming to you live from Firefox - And, of course, because I am not a vidder of any kind, and am rather a writer of some kind, I have to start thinking about what the relationship might be between a "constructed reality vid" and a fic AU. Are they analogous? I dunno. Somebunny should 'spla -
  
  (tags: vidding)


• mitsamford: [In fandebate] Gender and Fan Studies (Round Six, Part One): C. Lee Harrington and Sam Ford - I was fascinated, as I delved into these discussion of fan fiction and fan communities versus user-generated content and producer/consumer interaction that[...]studying producer/ consumer interaction was considered by many to be a male perspective -
  
  (tags: gender soaps fanac)

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