Fandom Meta

gaudior - On cultural appropriation this post appeared a few weeks ago in the blog Reappropriate, "a political, current events, and personal blog written from the perspective of a loud and proud Asian American woman": "Fuck you Asiaphile": I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore. ... Now, as an undeniable otaku (looking up, I can see eight pieces of anime merchandising without having to turn my head), I was quite bothered. I could see myself as definitely being one of the people she was talking about, and I felt dismayed and unhappy to hear that my taste in art could upset anyone that much.

executrix - Ficathons: MetaRomCom! by analogy with "slashing the slasher," ficathons are a Writer/StoryOTP! RomCom. You know, with the meet-cute and the snark because "you two can't get along BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO MUCH ALIKE!" And the big kissup at the end.

ajhalluk - Literary Characters are not real people There seems to be another round going on of that rather tiresome assumption that someone can predict one's attitude to real-life issues (or Issues as they always seem to be described on lj) by looking at one's response to fictional people. [possible Sayers and Bujold spoilers]

viciouswishes - Woman in the Comic Store I am a woman who reads comic books. ... However, I haven't always felt comfortable going into comic shops. I've spent a lot of time and money at my hometown one, but never felt welcomed.

zortified - [So there are four kinds of stories] I've decided that the worst kind of story to encounter is the poorly written story with content that appeals, or would appeal if the darn thing were just written better.

Polls and Questions

theregoesyamum - Chan Poll

minisinoo - POLL time... LJ fic reading habits

caramellis - And on the fifth day, god created smut So I was wondering, how many of you discovered your kinky side through fandom? How many of you learned about kinks through fandom?

lone_gunfreak - [on clip theft] Am I the only vidder that doesn't CARE about clip-theft, and is tired of all the screeching from the people that do?