ladyjax: The POC in SF Carnival #8: Intra-Racial Dialogues - What Lies Between Us - I decided to focus this month's carnival on the relationships that PoC have with one another. Why? Because, we have issues and history with both within our communities of origin and without that sometimes spill over into the cross-cultural homes that we t -
shfan: Vidding. Why? - I am uncomfortable with the winning and losing concept in fandom. In fandom, I'll never vote. I'll list my personal favorites (but even that list changes from day to day). I'll give feedback to artists whose work I admire. I'll share. I'll celebrate. Fand -
liviapenn: You're Racist Against Sidekicks! - Pointing out that there is an inequality in the way that certain characters are portrayed as belonging to (or not belonging to) certain groups does not mean that the person who is pointing out the inequality is racist against the group she is discussing. -
sparkymonster: Trying to Find My Reflection - In many ways, my involvement in science fiction fandom is the result of my search for a geeky brown girl to be my BFF. -
cygna_hime: The Dispossessed, Fandom, and Me - We are, you see, the Dispossessed. We left the mainstream world and came here to fandom to do at least some of our writing in, free from the constraints of what we may and may not write. -
byslantedlight: Slash Day 3 and Other Types of Ramble - I went to the Slash Day 3 conference at De Montfort University in Leicester yesterday, and interesting it was too... It was an academic conference, of course, but it was all about slash, so I was intrigued from the start. -
nemesis_cry: Self-publishing fanfic: why not do it - I'm talking about those authors who self-publish fic about Real People and then sell it.[...]In other words, I'm talking about going to Lulu.com and making our fics available for purchase as neatly bound books, for a price. -
psycholibrarian: Meta: Fandom - Slash - Incest - Wincest... - Fiction about this has certainly existed for a long time, but it's become more and more ubiquitous with the growth of fandom and slash. In some circles, it's even become a given, with no explanation necessary. -