Queer as News

QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 7/20/08

2008-07-22T05:03:22Z

Hello, everyone! Sorry the newsletter was a little late this week, I've been struggling with carpal tunnel syndrome after my fic-explosion last week, plus oh yeah, all that typing I have to do for work... my apologies! It's even worse, because I'm about to go on vacation so this is definitely newsletter lite! Back to normal next week, I promise.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 7/12/08

2008-07-13T22:54:07Z

Hello, everyone! I think we're all still staggering in exhaustion and awe over the 223 drabbles posted in the Rim-o-rama, but there was lots of other news this week, and a little wank, too, which we're going to completely ignore because fandom? It's my happy place. :)

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 7/04/08

2008-07-05T02:36:46Z

Hello, everyone! Let me begin by wishing those of you in the United States a safe and happy Independence Day weekend, and by thanking happier_bunny for bringing out the newsletter last week so I could concentrate on getting my Pride on! Thanks, bunny!

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QAF FANDOM INSANEJOUNRAL NEWSLETTER (LIGHT) 6/29/08

2008-06-30T01:41:25Z

I'm standing in for xie_xie_xie for this newsletter. I apologize but it won't be as pretty or as heavy.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 6/13/08

2008-06-14T01:47:32Z

Hello, everyone! I'm going to try to get the newsletter out on Friday evenings from now on, as much as RL will permit, so you can use the weekend to catch up. But that means this one covers only five days instead of seven, so it might be a bit short.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 6/08/08

2008-06-09T03:19:13Z

Hello, everyone! I'm thinking that I should focus on getting this newsletter out on Fridays so that you can use the weekend to catch up on fandom. So from now on, barring interference from that irritating thing known as "real life," expect this to hit your flists Friday nights from now on.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 5/31/08

2008-06-01T19:29:07Z

I'm back with the fully-featured real-thing IJ QAF fandom newsletter! Yay!

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 5/19/08

2008-05-26T18:18:35Z

Hello! I'm going to do one more newsletter-lite, simply because it's a holiday weekend and I'm still a bit crispy around the edges, and have a work deadline tomorrow. It won't be quite as lite as last week's, however.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 5/17/08

2008-05-18T18:36:05Z

Hi everyone!

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 5/10/08

2008-05-12T00:29:44Z

I hope all the moms in the fandom had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Just a reminder that the "Challenge in Two Parts" stories will be posted starting Friday night... more details in the newsletter.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 5/04/08

2008-05-06T22:30:43Z

A little late this week, because InsaneJournal was moving to a new server system and access was sporadic on Sunday and Monday, especially to icons. For that reason, the marathon was suspended and will be tonight, Tuesday -- so you haven't missed it!

I've also slightly changed how I'm going to cover the series marathons; I was always a week behind, because they start on Monday. From now on I'm going to feature the coming marathon, with a link to the previous one. I hope that works a bit better.

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 4/26/08

2008-04-26T21:03:36Z

Was it just me, or did this week seem to go by really really fast?

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 4/19/08

2008-04-21T20:12:36Z

A new vid asylum... lots of Season One themes and contests... and more!

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 4/12/08

2008-04-12T23:18:52Z

I'm still a bit sick, but after doing four million test mailings on a back-up journal and feed, I've isolated the problem with this newsletter's display on LiveJournal: It's just too big. I considered making it smaller, but you know, I don't want to start leaving stuff out, and even stripping it of all but essential code, it was still too big. So clearly, the fandom is just too big for RSS, yo. We broke the internets! Go us!

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 4/4/08

2008-04-06T01:17:00Z

I'm pretty sure I've figured out why the feed for this newsletter has been misbehaving, but there's no real way to know other than to try again. Also, I have the most terrible flu ever, so this issue will be a bit shorter than usual. My apologies!

Queer as News
The newsletter of the Queer as Folk Fandom on InsaneJournal
For the week ending April 4, 2008

Busy, Busy
It was the first International Brian Kinney Week on InsaneJournal, and who could complain about that? In other news: There's a new QAF asylum on InsaneJournal! Visit qaf_squee! And as always, if you have news, please post it here.

Pimp This
The challenge this week at qaf_drabbles is... Gay-stastic? Seriously! Or, you know... not so seriously. Come by and write... and read. Drabble prompts change every Wednesday.

Marathon: 112!
Every Monday, qaf_marathons watches and discusses an episode. This week is 112... icons here from brianslave68 plus aramina's very funny 112 picspam here; discussion here.

Next week: 113! Not-hot!Kip Thomas! Hot-hot!Marianne! Silly!dancing!Justin! And Brian finally sticks his dick where it didn't belong.

Meta, Meta Everywhere
First: Visions of blowjobs. Next: Reflections on Brian's strength. Then how fanon and meta can mess up fic writing. Thoughts on luceononuro's "Fly" from givemetehlove; Rage's fatal weakness; Gale vs Brian from firehead30; thoughts on the Brian and Michael friendship.

Ongoing Happenings

Fic Updates
This newsletter posts fandom news, including news about fic, such as challenges. But we don't post fic updates -- those go at _love_qaf_fic.

Quiz This!
qaf_scavenger plays a weekly game matching quotes to episodes. Because they change themes on the same day this newsletter comes out, our news is always a week old -- but be sure to drop by and see what's new this week, and play!

Fanfic Reading Club
The new Fanfic Reading Club at qaf_coffeeclub will begin a new discussion on April 13: rhiannonhero's post-414 reunion fic, "Forever Changes Everything," led by singlewoman. The complete schedule is here.

Current Challenge
Sign up to make graphics (due April 11), write fic inspired by the graphics (due May 16), or both, in the "Challenge in Two Parts" at qaf_challenges! Sign-ups, rules, and more info here!

Icons in this issue by brianslave68 ("come hither" from 112); "It was love to me" by sanami276; Brian icon by LJ's lauradumb; Marianne icon by rebeccama; angsty Brian icon by LJ's furriboots; icon from "You Look So Fine" scene from LJ's no_apologies_86; Brian/Rage by testdog65; "Write This" icon by stephmck.

Ooooh, Shiny!
All the things we can't resist!

Great Videos
It's time for some Brian-centric vids, in honor of International Brian Kinney Week! And qafmaniac kicked things off with her new vid, Sexy Boy. plasticine_star recc'd schschu068's WOW, I repixed two Brian vids both set to Jewel's "Foolish Games," happier_bunny repixed sra_black's vid set to Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars, and 4cupcakes1988 rounded things out with another Brian vid, by IHeartJakeToo, set to Poe's "Walk the Walk."

Fic Recs:
qaf_retread recc'd the beautiful "All He Knows" by Ethan (xhaleslowly) as well as the angsty series "Hold On" by kimberleyqaf. This week's dose of crack starts with a favorite of mine, Out of Shadows", also by kimberleyqaf, then some really wrong MPREG (well, if it's MPREG it's wrong, duh) recc'd by 4cupcakes1988, and then a visit to the Gayboy Mansion followed by an introduction to Brian's Lost Sister. Last in the crack department is something you will have to see to believe... there are no words.

Contest!
Nominations are open in iconics' first contest -- with a King of Babylon wild card category. Voting begins April 7!

Icon Challenge!
The theme this week at qaf_icons was "Kissing," and new theme is "Toys!

More Icons

QAF quote icons by sanami276; Mel/Lindz icons by foreverbm; more Brian/Justin goodness through the seasons from youbetterwiseup; rinmonster's hilarious bad!fic icons; QAF icons from pfodge here. It's testdog65's first time: check out her virgin effort! Then brianslave68 gives us Brian's tongue plus more Brian; qafmaniac offers many Brian icons plus some dirty!feet!Brian ones, too!

More:
happier_bunny wants to see your favorite Brian icons; nerilka24 has a Brian colorbar, and so does foreverbm, in two versions, plus two Brian headers and a Justin colorbar; a Season Four picspam with some cracky commentary from happier_bunny;a Brian picspam from plasticine_star; a cheek-pinching vid clip and a hysterical "don't touch me" picspam from besamislabios; kata_ny's King of Babylon picspam with a Brian focus; another great QAF graphics tutorial, this one featuring Brian and his camera, from badbadpixie; two count 'em two Brian!tongue picspams from rosy5000; an interview with Brian Kinney in the form of a picspam from plasticine_star; and a stunningly beautiful Season One green apple picspam from the bitchesofbritin.

Feed check

2008-04-01T23:20:55Z

I noticed that the last issue of Queer as News did not get picked up on the LiveJournal feed... not sure why. You can find it here:

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QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 3/28/08

2008-03-29T21:47:26Z

Queer as News
The newsletter of the Queer as Folk Fandom on InsaneJournal
For the week ending March 28, 2008

Busy, Busy
It's been another one of those weeks for the Queer as Folk fandom on InsaneJournal! Before we get started, a couple of reminders. Be sure to check out the BrianJustinLove.com website, where I publish this information each week, as well as info about the show and the InsaneJournal fandom on a regular basis. We're getting traffic from all over the world -- see a breakdown of the countries visiting the site here! And as always, if you have news, please post it here.

Sit On This
The challenge this week at qaf_drabbles is chairs! And in this fandom, you know what that means. Come by and write... and read. Drabble prompts change every Wednesday.

Marathon: 111!
Every Monday, qaf_marathons watches and discusses an episode. This week is 111... icons here from brianslave68 and here from not_yet_defined; discussion here.

Next week: 112! Ice cream kisses! Be ready!

Dirty!Feet!Justin
And speaking of 111, I hosted an impromptu "dirty!feet!Justin" meta and fic challenge... the master list of all submissions is here, and it raised $150 for the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force!

Ongoing Happenings

Fic Updates
This newsletter posts fandom news, including news about fic, such as challenges. But we don't post fic updates -- those go at _love_qaf_fic.

Fanfic Reading Club
The new Fanfic Reading Club at qaf_coffeeclub is continuing to discuss the classic post-121 reunion fic "Subject to Change" by LJ's soundczech. Please stop by!

Current Challenge
Sign up to make graphics, write fic inspired by the graphics, or both, in the "Challenge in Two Parts" on qaf_challenges! Sign-ups, rules, and more info here!

Icons in this issue by LJ's dawnydiesel ("pretty hair"); teenaged Justin by LJ's nanoa; Babylon icon by maybe742; dirty!feet!Justin from 111 by not_yet_defined; ice cream kisses from 112 by youbetterwiseup; prom icon by badbadpixie; "Write This" icon by LJ's stephmck.

Ooooh, Shiny!
All the things we can't resist!

Great Videos
Aida, aka LJ's bea_nonymous, is one of the great vidders of our fandom -- and one of the biggest Justin lovers. I was honored with a video made especially for me in the gift exchange in December of 2006, "Sexy and Seventeen," set to the Stray Cats' song. You go, Justin! And then keep on going, because qafmaniac made me my bunny of a slutty!strong!political!Justin video to Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation"!

Fic Recs:
qaf_retread recced some post-series love here, a few classics here, and then topped it off with hurt/comfort by LJ's ragingpixie here. And then there's the crack! And oh yeah, more crack, this one from sidhe.

Meta, Meta Everywhere
Fic writers: how can you be objective about your work? Tell us here! zortrana stirred up some controversy asking about the phenomenon of Brian "taking Justin back" on qaf_coffeeclub. Get two QAF fans together and they'll always find plenty to say about episode 513; foreverbm wonders just how much money did Justin make in Hollywood; pinkfriction discusses her thoughts on Season Four; rebeccama shares favorite series minor moments; katya_ny wants your recs for angsty fic. And last, come tell me what fate you think Justin-haters deserve!

Icon Challenge!
The theme this week at qaf_icons was "In Babylon," and there were some gorgeous entries! The new theme is "Kissing!"

Icon News:
If you could only use one single icon for a month, which would it be? Find out what people said! And there's a new asylum on InsaneJournal, devoted to QAF icon contests! It's iconics and the first contest starts March 31!

More Icons

sanami276 went crazy for Justin Day -- and her "Justin Likes it Rough" series inspired fic, too! youbetterwiseup made beautiful angst and ice cream kisses; , foreverbm has a mixture; yivel gives us QAF quote icons; some pretties from pfodge; some stunning new icons from brianslave68; season 4 porny goodness from youbetterwiseup; a few Season One gems by nerilka24.

More:
Graphics maker extraordinaire badbadpixie is offering help with QAF's notoriously difficult caps... a prom tutorial is here; pixie is also translating her Swedish recaps of the series, and has started with episode 117.Also, silent_seas is continuing her "Icon a day" personal challenge.

Feed for queer as news

2008-03-22T00:59:51Z

Although I edited the LJ feed for Queer as News to give just a one line summary, and it did that last time, this time, for some reason, it spewed the entire post, with messed up code, onto my LJ flist, and presumably yours.

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Week ending March 21, 2008

2008-03-21T23:30:42Z

Queer as News
The newsletter of the Queer as Folk Fandom on InsaneJournal
For the week ending March 21, 2008

Busy, Busy
What's going on in the QAF fandom on InsaneJournal this week? Looks like lots. Before we begin, a reminder from me to enable your IJ friending notifications. Also, check out the website, where I'll be publishing the information in this newsletter each week, as well as info about the show and the InsaneJournal fandom on a regular basis. And as always, if you have news, please post it here.

Fanfic Reading Club
The new Fanfic Reading Club at qaf_coffeeclub has gotten off to a great start with a discussion of the classic post-121 reunion fic "Subject to Change" by LJ's soundczech. The fic is beautiful and the discussion, led by testdog65, fascinating. Please stop by!

Get Arrested!
The challenge this week at qaf_drabbles is arresting behavior! Come by and write... and read. Drabble prompts change every Wednesday.

Marathon: 110!
Every Monday, qaf_marathons watches and discusses an episode. This week is 110... icons here from sanami276, and here and here from libra2; discussion here.

Next week: 111! Dirty!socks!Justin! Be ready!

Meta, Meta Everywhere
When did you know you first loved Brian? Tell us at qaf_coffeeclub! Then go by gmta_nz's place for a discussion of Myrna's story "Thanksgiving," a post-S3 fic with what may be the most beautiful ending in the fandom, despite some serious Jennifer issues. What do you think? pinkfriction discusses her thoughts on the series finale; not_yet_defined is wondering about MPREG in our fandom.

Ongoing Happenings

Fic Updates
This newsletter posts fandom news, including news about fic, such as challenges. But we don't post fic updates -- those go at the asylum formerly known as love_bj_fic, now re-named and re-purposed as _love_qaf_fic. It's open to all canonical pairings -- read about the changes here! And please, post your fic there -- even if you think everyone watching that asylum already reads your journal, it helps create a permanent archive of fiction for newcomers to the fandom.

Current Challenge
Sign up to make graphics, write fic inspired by the graphics, or both, in the "Challenge in Two Parts" on qaf_challenges! Sign-ups, rules, and more info here!

Ooooh, Shiny!
All the things we can't resist!

Great Videos
When I posted this on qaf_repixed, a few people said they'd never seen what may possibly be the greatest vid in the history of vidding, or what its creator, LJ's kitkatbyte, refers to as a "vidlet." Which just goes to show that perfection by any other name is still, you know, totally perfect in every way. Do not miss "Rubber Ducky" no matter what! I mean, call in sick to work if you have to.

Tongue Action
qafmaniac did the fandom a favor and posted this clip of 403 chair!sex in slow motion. Brian sucks Justin's tongue very, very slowly.

Fic Recs:
qaf_retread recced "First Morning" by LJ's ragingpixie -- a beautiful antidote to angst. But for those who like to suffer beautifully before they get their happy ending, don't miss the next rec: "Five Days" by LJ's ayesakara. Both are post-513 stories. And if you want some long, addictive angst!crack, happier_bunny recc'd Irina's "The Wish" and its sequel, "Anything Goes" over at qaf_crackfic!

Icon Challenge!
The "humor" challenge at qaf_icons was updated this week. qafmaniac found inspiration in season 2, brianslave68 shares Emmett and Debbie's thoughts on MPREG, nerilka24 has like the cutest Gus icon ever plus more, and then of course, there are the bunny ears.

More Icon Updates:
Brian and Justin in blue and red, from maybe742; Best. Icons. Ever. from sanami276, created for the authors who wrote in the "Justin gets fucked by something large... very, very large" challenge over on bj_action last month; icons based on a German fan book from qafmaniac; foreverbm took a break from her beloved Ben/Michael to give us some new Brian/Justin icons; incredible S2/S3 icons, lots of them, from youbetterwiseup.

More:
loud99 needs help with a cap search; queer_as_news has a new layout courtesy of sanami276; a 209 picspam featuring cute!Justin from qafmaniac. Also, silent_seas is doing an "Icon a day" personal challenge -- and she's used some beauties!

Icons in this issue by sanami276 (110 kiss and "my fandom"), "family" icon from 110 by libra2, bunny ears by qafmaniac, Justin!tummy by badbadpixie, Ben hugging Hunter by silent_seas.

Week ending March 15, 2008

2008-03-17T02:12:21Z

Queer as News
The newsletter of the Queer as Folk Fandom on InsaneJournal
For the week ending March 15, 2008

It's all about friends!
What's going on in the QAF fandom on InsaneJournal this week? Quite a lot, even though I was out of town for most of it!

The Friending Party
Sometimes, newcomers to the fandom are shy. Sometimes even oldtimers are shy! If you're new here, or if you've been lurking for a while, this post has been commented on by members of the fandom who are happy to have new fans "friend" them. Please stop by!

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Got news?

2008-01-12T23:29:07Z

Please let me know if there's any Queer as Folk InsaneJournal news by commenting.

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