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poster: Lisa Schmidt

[META] Teaching Fandom, Revisited

Time to post! But I’m afraid that my brain is full of nothing but teacherly thoughts and I apologize for this. Once again, I am dwelling upon the challenge of bringing folks to acceptance of the fact that we are

Lisa Schmidt 16/01/201221/11/2019 1 Comment Read more

[META] Fans and their Failure of Whiteness

The “Race and Ethnicity” issue of the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures is live! The subject of race represents a critical yet still under-developed area within fan studies, so kudos to the editors of the Journal for bringing us

Lisa Schmidt 30/11/201121/11/2019 2 Comments Read more

[META] Dear Supernatural

When you first began this whole “meta” experiment, I applauded you. I thought the premise of “The Monster at the End of This Show” was brilliant: there’s this hack writer (who turns out to be a prophet) who has written

Lisa Schmidt 13/11/201121/11/2019 7 Comments Read more

[META] Wankety Wank

In the wake of the announcement from Jared Padalecki that his wife is pregnant, let us here consider the nature of wank. If you want to look into the wankfest to which I refer, you can go here. I don’t

Lisa Schmidt 15/10/201121/11/2019 6 Comments Read more

[META] Ah! Hurt/Comfort!

So, Volume 7 of the Journal of Transformative Works of Cultures is up. I must admit I have not had a chance to read it all, but I would like to point you to this article which is in the

Lisa Schmidt 23/09/201121/11/2019 3 Comments Read more

[META] The Encounter

Don’t you love when this happens? A person you had heretofore known merely as an acquaintance, possibly-maybe a friend but it’s too soon to tell is suddenly revealed to you as a fan of your show/movie/book.  And you are revealed

Lisa Schmidt 19/08/201121/11/2019 3 Comments Read more

[META] Bringing Fandom to the Classroom

Most fans know how it feels to contemplate sharing their fandom with the outside world.  You dwell, you ponder, you cogitate and you finally decide that you are not gonna hide, dammit!  You are gonna fly your geek flag, because

Lisa Schmidt 29/07/201121/11/2019 8 Comments Read more

[LINK] A Thoughtful and Well-Researched Article About Fanfiction

Yesterday a story by Lev Grossman appeared on the Time Magazine website, titled “The Boy Who Lived Forever” (soon to be available in print). The occasion of the story, of course, is the imminent conclusion of the Harry Potter saga,

Lisa Schmidt 08/07/201121/11/2019 1 Comment Read more

[META] I Am Acafan, Here Me Roar?

“I”, meaning whom? I am Lisa Schmidt, writer, thinker, debtor, and life traveller, and this is my introductory post.   I’m very pleased to be joining the Organization for Transformative Works, truly.  I am one of those academic types who

Lisa Schmidt 10/06/201121/11/2019 5 Comments Read more

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