October 13th, 2007

01:21 pm

fandebate_mod: [in fandebate] Gender and Fan Culture (Round Nineteen): - This emphasis on cultural specificity (in contrast to, say, authenticity) seems to be a contrary impulse to what Iwabuchi describes as "odorless" transnational popular culture; fans' knowledge of the originating culture may be incomplete and even wholly 'inauthentic', but - particularly within the fandom itself - it still holds considerable cultural capital. -
(tags: fandom anime gender)

vylit: so the thing - But the point isn't Yuletide or Secret Santa fics as much as it's the reaction that people had. -
(tags: fandom religion)

vaznetti: Warning: I am so furious that I can barely see - And you know, I don't want to distrust you. I don't want to feel like I can't speak my mind, or say that something makes me feel uncomfortable or excluded. -
(tags: fandom religion)

wonderfulwrites: Not-so Intelligible Thoughts on Fandom's Influence on Writing - I realized today that I'm writing fic that makes more sense in the context of fandom than the source. Would any non-fandom person get a dark HG/SS fic? Or a fic about the Doctor's offspring? -
(tags: fanfic)