InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "tick tick tick tick BOOM!"

acari (acari) wrote in metafandom,
@ 2008-01-29 22:16:00

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

darkrosetiger: Not Your Granddad's Magical Negro - If you really want to know how we can talk about race in fandom, here's how: White fans have to want to have the conversation with actual fans of color (we do exist!) rather than talking to each other. Realize that the discussion is going to be painful and emotionally fraught. -
(tags: fandom race)

matociquala: code monkey think maybe manager want to write goddamned login page himself. - Okay, and that's the thing right now. The internet is not just going to change the nature of entertainment. It's already changed it. -
(tags: fandom media)

seperis: between a rock and a hard place - The concept of objective quality is one of the things everyone flinches on kneejerk. We are all married to the "I" statement in a very big way when discussing fic we liked. "I liked". "I think". "I enjoyed". "I consider this the best story ever in the his -
(tags: fanfic community)

cofax7: zen meta... or how I learned to stop worrying and love the polar bears - Fandom reroutes around the blockage. Fandom takes attempts at order as a challenge, not a limitation. (I don't always think this is a good thing, mind you: but it's an observable phenomenon.) -
(tags: fandom)