Guest Post by Mark McHarry and Dru Pagliassotti: Dru Pagliassotti and I have launched a blog, Yaoi Research: http://www.yaoiresearch.com. Formal work about yaoi and boys’ love is finally beginning to appear but we saw a need for a central place
[META] Fanon, Glorious Fanon (or The Shortest Oliver Twist Companion to “More”)
Guest Post By Patrice Persad I will admit that (in most cases) I favor fanon over canon. In fact, sometimes the enthusiasm that I feel for a particular original work when all I know is the plot or characters’ names
[META] On Very Special Episodes and “Holiday Favorites”
Netflix has made me very happy over the past few years. They’ve offered me access to an amazing range of documentaries that I never would have had the energy to locate on my own, created the opportunity to watch about
[META] Fandom as Industrial Practice? Christian on The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else
Once again, Aymar Jean Christian has written something thought-provoking that I feel an immediate need to write about myself. I know I shouldn’t be surprised that this emerging leader in Web Series Studies keeps publishing brilliant and timely thoughts on
[META] The Art of Fannish Conversation
Before I committed myself fully to transformational media fandom, tattooed “I heart vampires” across my forehead, and started trying to explain the appeal of slash to men in suits at dinner parties, I was into “CLACK” fandom. For those not
[META] Twilight Antifandom: A Case Study
Jacqueline Marie Pinkowitz contributed an amazing article to the Praxis issue of the latest issue of Transformative Works and Cultures, and it took on a subject close to my heart. In “‘The rabid fans that take [Twilight] much too seriously’:
[META] They Should Film That Story and Show It Every Christmas: Faith at the Fic Carnival
Amanda Hodges and Laurel Richmond published an article in the latest issue of Transformative Works and Cultures that will delight and intrigue fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, especially fans of bad girl Faith Lehane. Much of what
[META] Outsiders in Hisland
Guest post by Patrice Persad: Fraternal fellowship, especially when it is displayed, among the Curtis brothers in S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is why the novel is one of my favorites. Of course, in Outsiders fanfiction, many stories feature the fraternal
[META] Attracting Contributors to the TWC: Part Four
Guest Post, the fourth in a four-part series, by KC Lynch: Part 4: Social Networking the TWC Earlier this year, UW’s Anthropology Librarian received three faculty requests for a magazine called Anthropology NOW within a two-week time period. In academia,
[META] Attracting Contributors to the TWC: Part Three
Guest Post, the third in a four-part series, by KC Lynch: Part 3: Utilizing the Power of Librarians Let’s say librarians rule the world…since it’s not far from the truth. While some decisions are out of their hands, like which