The inaugural post of metafandom. I've gathered together some interesting links; if you've others to add, drop them in the comments. I'm still looking for volunteer compilers, if the mood takes you, and please feel free to link this anywhere you want.

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•sophia_helix The waning of ambivalence: fandom_wank's effect on fandom.
•pauraque fandom_wank - possible virtues of: poll and comments discussion.

•bettyp my delicate butterfly soul is cooking like an egg in mary's glass house: on fanfic criticism.
•marythefan oh goody. round 3.45 billion of "the writer is god and every word is sacred" on fanfic criticism.
•sumbitch my poor darling. when will she learn that discussion of response to post.
• sistermagpie Professional Amateurs and Amateur Professionals: on fanfic criticism.

•algernonthemous I. Don't. Get. It.: fanfic and disclaimers.

•msmanna The Book of Fanfic bible spoof.

•ozarque Writing science fiction; audiosynthesis; mouthfood prevails....

•scifantasy in fanthropology Meta-fandom: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan: post-fandom/meta-fandom.
•dragonscholar in fanthropology Fandom Terminology : I think a good term for a fandom that has achieved an existence independent of its source material is a Post-fandom.
•copracat I'll be post-fandom in the cross-post: we start out within a specific fandom, but build social contacts that transcend our immediate fan interests.

•galadhir in slashphilosophy The Invisible Essay: A Christian Perspective on Slash Fiction.

•vamplover84 HP RPGs: on reading RPGs

•opera142 Writing Ramble: Style, tone and voice: So I'm thinking tone should work as a guide

•thefourthvine rant: Enough Already: In short, it's time for another mean-spirited FF rant.

•closet_geek First name calling: Really, how much do the names we call other people matter, and what’s the relation between our feelings about them to what we call them?

•stargems Do you think Bobbie will get a cameo in Behind the Music?: Do I find certain message boards bizarre? You betcha. Do I think Bev is either blissfully unaware or pushing an agenda? Yup. That part is painfully obvious, devoted parent or not. Do I still heart NSYNC?
•withdiamonds Where's all the snow?: The thing about a fandom involving real people is that it's always evolving. It's not a dead show, where we can make up our own ending. Popslash debate.

•slit An Open Letter to Spongebob Squarepants: Mr. Dobson has insinuated that you and Patrick are engaged in a homosexual relationship, an observation to which I think the only appropriate response is a great big fat "DUH."
•kellyfaboo Focus on intolerance: So when I heard that Dobson was telling people that SpongeBob was gay and promoting the "gay agenda," I was like, well sure you can queer any relationship.

•starrysummer More thoughts on het and slash: HP -
Why do slash readers/writers tend to be more against het than het readers/writers with slash?
•cedarlibrarian Canon canon canon starts with C.:Why fanfic is fanfic

• monanotlisa "We, The Fen...": keywords: fandom - content - form - communication
• stoney321 Buffy is, like, smarter than David Hume and St. Thomas Aquinas. Seriously.: blink thinking and shattering empiricism.