metafandom's Journal -- Entries on 11th February 2008

11th February 2008

1:11am: Sunday, February 10, 2008

ithiliana: Help, help, the MENZ are being oppressed! - people who claim feminism never did anything for fandom, or that feminism in fandom means excluding men, are seriously mistaken, and, well, probably don't realize that their claims have been being made for going on thirty years now. -
(tags: fandom gender cons)

yonmei: Oh no. I refuse to believe it. The universe is not so badly designed. - Giving Orson Scott Card a "lifetime achievement award" says something. It says that the people who decided he should get the award either did not know he is a homophobic bigot - which says they haven't informed themselves of much about him - or knew and d -
(tags: prowriting sexuality)

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10:42pm: Monday, February 11th, 2008

fabu: Things I believe (2/?): All Art is Derivative - I don't believe that fanfiction is "training wheels" for writers - a crutch to be used when you're first learning, then cast off once you've developed sufficient skill. Fanfiction is at one end of the continuum, but I don't think there's a bright line bet -
(tags: transformative_work fanfic)

morgandawn: Copyright: Fair Use In Vidding - this snippet caught my eye: "Guyz Nite’s video celebrating Die Hard. The lawyers for the studio sent a takedown notice, but then the marketing department wanted to pay Guyz Nite to put it back up because it was good promotion -
(tags: fair_use)

azurelunatic: Signs you might not be from LJ originally (some of LJ's rules, both social and not-so-social) - People in LJ tend to cluster into the same sorts of social groups that people face-to-face do, with the same kind of evolved social standards. -
(tags: LJ social)

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