August 20th, 2009

07:28 pm

bop_radar: On inclusion and exclusion in vidding fandom: personal reflections - I've become increasingly uncomfortable about the politics of inclusion and exclusion within the community, and specifically at Vividcon. -
(tags: vidding community cons lj)

laurashapiro: Vividcon 2009: Some observations about race, gender, and accessibility - Vividcon has been a very safe space for white women in the past, where our gaze is privileged, our opinions are valued, and our sexuality and our bodies are celebrated and safe. -
(tags: disability race gender cons)

musesfool: ten is for everything - For various reasons lately, I've been thinking about how to get along in general fandom-at-large (as opposed to a fandom for a specific source) on LJ/DW/etc., or at least how to not piss a majority of people off before you even get to things that are actually worth pissing people off over, and though it's not anything that hasn't been said a million times before, I thought I'd share what I came up with -
(tags: fandom)

zvi: Creative Commons and Derivative Works: That Does Not Mean What You Think It Means - I wish CC would have a more sophisticated discussion of what exactly a derivative work is (I know, I know: legal questions are hard), and a licensing scheme which allowed for the licensing of some derivative works but not others. -
(tags: copyright fair_use fandom)

bop_radar: On inclusion and exclusion in vidding fandom: personal reflections - I've become increasingly uncomfortable about the politics of inclusion and exclusion within the community, and specifically at Vividcon. -
(tags: vidding community cons lj)

laurashapiro: Vividcon 2009: Some observations about race, gender, and accessibility - Vividcon has been a very safe space for white women in the past, where our gaze is privileged, our opinions are valued, and our sexuality and our bodies are celebrated and safe. -
(tags: disability race gender cons)

musesfool: ten is for everything - For various reasons lately, I've been thinking about how to get along in general fandom-at-large (as opposed to a fandom for a specific source) on LJ/DW/etc., or at least how to not piss a majority of people off before you even get to things that are actually worth pissing people off over, and though it's not anything that hasn't been said a million times before, I thought I'd share what I came up with -
(tags: fandom)

zvi: Creative Commons and Derivative Works: That Does Not Mean What You Think It Means - I wish CC would have a more sophisticated discussion of what exactly a derivative work is (I know, I know: legal questions are hard), and a licensing scheme which allowed for the licensing of some derivative works but not others. -
(tags: copyright fair_use fandom)