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lovelokest.livejournal.com: Sunday, August 19th, 2007
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mecurtin: Fandom and/or insanity - I think part of the reason I don't feel bothered is that I'm old enough to know how tenuous the privilege of "not mentally ill" really is. -- fandebate_mod: [in fandebate] Gender and Fan Culture (Round Eleven): Nancy Baym and Aswin Punathambekar - Again, I find myself shifting away from the dominant focus of fan studies--how do fans engage texts as collectives--and toward what I think are much more central issues in music fandom: how do people use music as a means of constructing their own identities-
- geoviki: Migration issues
- lothy: A guide to using ficsearch communities,
I frequently post searches either to find specific fics I remember, or to ask for recs for particular themes or pairings. These communities are incredibly useful resources....I decided a guide to using these kinds of places might be useful. - giandujakiss: Tops and Bottoms in Slash Fanfic - in slash fanfic, there seemed to be a particular preoccupation with making clear to the reader that both partners "pitch" and "catch." [...]as though the authors are concerned that if one partner regularly occupies the bottom role, he'll be perceived as s -