: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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tishaturk: IP/Gender Symposium - What this means is that even if a vidder doesn't change the story of a show--even if her vid is mere recapitulation--she is changing the narrative by changing the discourse; she is always re-narrating, re-telling. Sometimes "retelling" means telling-against-the-grain; sometimes it simply means telling-again. Either way, a vid is always a transformation of the narrative on which it's based. -- havocthecat: Femslash Fanfic & Feedback - Do you think the lack of feedback is because there just aren't the numbers to support it, or do you think it's because people just don't leave feedback? Or does one feed on the other? I mean, lack of feedback could cause people to leave for the shinier pastures of het or slash. -
- lolaraincoat: two points on the latest episode of stupid behavior among writers of science fiction - The general point is that the past is more tightly woven together than you think, and no amount of "world-building" can salvage a project that starts with such sweeping assumptions but ends up in such a familiar place anyway. -
- sabinelagrande: There isn't enough facepalm in the New or Old Worlds - Our destinies have been inextricably linked every since Contact. Without Contact, throw away your Defoe and kiss Shakespeare goodbye. -
- everysecondtuesday: An Open Letter to Politifandom - That said, I'd like to talk about the 20s and 30s and (and maybe you're getting tired of this, but) I'd like to talk about race, gender, and sexuality. -
- rodo: Languages & Fandom - A Poll - What language(s) do you use to participate in fandom? [POLL] -
- ciderpress: I think I've done enough conventions to know how to spell "Melllvar". - If you don't see us, it doesn't mean we're not here; it means that your gaze is selective, you have *chosen* for your gaze to be selective, it means that you have chosen to erase us from your mind and your community and out of your spaces. -
- tablesaw: Part the First: In Which I Discover What Is Already Found. - Several people pointed out that the racial issues raised by such a story were problematic. Several other people objected that no such issues were raised. -
- bravecows: Thirteenth Child et seq - It's easier to make excuses than to think, "Oh my god, I have been surrounded by lies my entire life." -
- ethrosdemon: untitled - Rule of thumb: shut up. -
- cimorene: gay media invisibility: representations of our own (gay genre) vs queering the text (slash) - This is why slash goggles aren't enough - because it's not enough for it to be visible to slashers; we need to be visible to everybody -
- coffeeandink: Access Lists: The New Friends Trauma - How do you feel about being added to an access list but not a subscription list? [POLL] -