General
brooklinegirl - Sexuality and Fangirls, Once Again - It's just - I don't know, sexuality doesn’t come with a pamphlet, you know? You don't always immediately figure out what you want. // Which is partly why, I think, there is such a lot of bisexual fangirls.

alchemia - Untitled - In fandom, we are all fans- we are all writers and readers and artists and lurkers and members of discussions; you do not know if I am a man or a woman, young or old, skinny or fat... but you also don’t know if I had a $50 meal out because I was too lazy too cook.... or if I counted the cost to the cent of every can of beans and bag of rice so that I could get the grocery bill to the exact cent that food stamps allows me.

trobadora - Genderswitch femslash? - I have this very specific genderfuck kink about turning a m/m slash pairing into f/f - I may have mentioned it on occasion. *g* I'm not sure what exactly it is about it that gets me so much, but lately I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

fandom_me - Untitled - If you want feedback you need to let people know you appreciate it, when you get it.

thelastgoodname - Hiding slash and homophobia - My initial reaction to any and all discussions of hiding slash is that it's an issue of homophobia—internalized homophobia, fear of other people's homophobia, outright homophobia, whatever.

kassrachel - Notcapade: chosen families - I think there's something about this paradigm -- small group of misfits working together to solve crime or save the world, or on the run from the law, or in some way forming community outside the mainstream -- that pushes my happy buttons, maybe because I've always been something of a misfit myself.

cereta in non_txt - Notcapade - To all those of you going to Escapade, safe travels and happy gathering! // To those of you who are not going (like me), I issue the following challenge: sometime in the next 3 days, post something to your LJ that you think people would like to talk about, have an actual discussion about, whether it's just "Why We Love {Character/Show/Episode/Book/Plot}" or an analysis or a metacommentary or even a "How do you explain/avoid explaining this wacky fandom thing to friends/family/co-workers?" Then, as you read your friends list, make a point of digging a couple of layers into comments.

nostalgia_lj - Angsty Manpain - See, kids, "I'm eighteen quid a week better off" is a sign of evil and greed and laziness, whereas "lols, I own a city and occasionally cause massive death and trauma to innocent people simply by living there" is what makes a man a hero.

princessofg - Cunning Linguists by Lackner, Lucas and Reid - Being a chapter of Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, by Hellekson and Busse, 2006, McFarland, reviewed/commented on by me.

On Creating and Criticism
lozenger8 - Writing from the emotional void... - I'm trying to improve on letting characters say and feel stuff, considering that this is one of the generally accepted reasons for fan fiction - we write what the official canon can't. But it's difficult, when these are characters who just don't have that kind of pull - when the phrase "thank you" holds the most emotional impact from the canon to date.

penknife - AU and You - So, let's talk about AUs, and what makes them work (or not).

princessofg - The Audience As Editor: The Role of Beta Readers by Angelina I. Karpovich, part I and The Audience As Editor: The Role of Beta Readers by Angelina I. Karpovich, part II - Being a chapter of Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, by Hellekson and Busse, 2006, McFarland, reviewed/commented on by me.

Polls, Questions, Other
queenzulu - Vidding: Thoughts, questions, newbie enthusiasm. - Vidders, non-vidders, whomever, I'd love to know: // -Can you "see" a vid in your head when you listen to a song? // -Can you make a vid with Brain-Premiere? Or Brain-Editing-Program-Of-Your-Choice? // -Can you make a vid that resembles what you've imagined? // -Once you've got a vid in your head, how do you proceed?

lauralaitaine - Fanfic layout - How do you like your fanfic? I'm not talking about good spelling and grammar or writing style or anything related to the telling of the story, but the layout.

thelastgoodname - On responding to feedback - Does the number of comments a person gets on a regular basis have an impact on the response rate? That is, do people who get fewer comments respond more regularly, or vice versa? Or is there no connection whatsoever?