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General Fandom
hey guys it's time for the DYSTOPIAN FUTURE DANG!: snarp (DW) - "OK so yeah, YA dystopia, we got cameras EVERYWHERE and they're watching you and shit happens cause of THAT, and also people are stoned and sad and angry and the government is basically evil and LIES SUPER OBVIOUSLY ALL THE TIME ABOUT SHIT"
Plot Twist: Didn’t See That Coming: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "The question is, Wanderers, how do we react to these plot twists? It can be satisfying to get ahead of the curve and work out what’s going to happen, but it gets boring very quickly if you’re always right "
Fandom As an Eye-Opener: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "Fandom, you see, can open our eyes to things we never would have considered before … and encourage us to think more about our own views on the subject."
How to Introduce Someone to Your Fandom: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "So how do you introduce them to it? Fear not, Wanderers, for this is the FW Tips section, which means we have some FW Tips for you!"
Mega-Franchise Movies Catching Fire With Existing Stories: Fangirl (blog) - "I am more convinced than ever that mega-franchise movies have a far better chance at succeeding when the characters and world-building are already well established."
On Brian Wood, Being a Professional, and Better Futures For Con-Going Daughters: Fangirl (blog) - "Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that a Star Wars storyteller who has pontificated on social media or in interviews about women’s rights, gender equality, and feminism ultimately proved unable to back up their words with actions."
Sexual Harassment in Comics: The Tipping Point: Laura Hudson - Comcs Alliance (blog) - "When men get angry, we call it brave, kickass – we pump our fists in the air. When women get angry it somehow warps; it becomes threatening. We call it crazy, hysterical, unhinged."
Who archives the archives?: The problem with relying on YouTube as an archive: Raizel Liebler - The Learned Fangirl (blog) - "Who makes sure that YouTube is available? Google. And the recent YouTube “outage” proves that even Google can’t always make sure that it works constantly. "
Ms. Men and Missing the Mark: Anita Sarkeesian’s Second Tropes vs. Women in Video Games Series: Kristin Bezio - The Learned Fangirl (blog) - "However, there are many female gender-choice “version” characters which are included in the trope’s definition that I would argue don’t belong there because the character was deliberately designed to be either male or female."
Why I Turned my Back on the Masters: Ian Sales - Nerds of a Feather(blog) - "And let’s be fair, while people may still read the so-called masters, and some of their books are still in print, and you’ll find them cluttering up various lists of alleged SF classics... no one actually writes like them any more."
The Lawful Good: A Defense: Shana Mlawski - Overthinking It (blog) - "I’m not just talking about racial diversity, though that always gets a thumbs-up from yours truly. I’m talking more about diversity of personality. Basically, I’m experiencing asshole fatigue."
The Rise Of The Sitcom Race Hustler: Alyssa Rosenberg- ThinkProgress (blog) - "This is an exceedingly tricky tightrope for pop culture–or any other medium–to navigate. It requires characters who can recognize that their racial or ethnic background can be an asset in certain, limited situations, without the show suggesting that being a person of color actually confers some net advantage that is unavailable to white people."
Specific Fandoms
A Song of Ice and Fire
Jon/Ygritte was not a healthy relationship (Spoilers ahead): ygrittekissedbyfire (tumblr) - "I won’t say you’re wrong, to someone who has only seen the show it’s understandable how you could come away with this opinion. But there is so much more to them that I can’t wait for you to discover with the books. I don’t want to spoil too much so I’ll stick to the points you raised."
CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER ANALYSIS: BRAN VI: racefortheironthrone (tumblr) - "Bran VI is a rare interesting Bran chapter (to me at least), in no small part because it focuses not on mythic hero’s journeys, dream sequences, or folk tales as per usual, but really gets into the meat of Westerosi politics – and what’s especially rare, the politics of the North."
Mad Men
One For The Money, Two For The Money: John Perich - Overthinking It (blog) - "But why exactly did Trudy kick Pete out? Or, more to the point, why did Pete get caught?"
Orange Is The New Black
Why Orange is Not The New Black: Kimberly Bernita Ross - Racialicious (blog) - "Comparing the women-in-prison film genre with OITNB is a ripe opportunity to analyze changing representations of sexual orientation, gender and race on screen."
Supernatural
#john winchester, abuse apologism, and child abuse as a social justice issue: amonitrate (tumblr) - "As I considered how to best respond in a thoughtful way to these two posts, it hit me that what they are doing is following the classic patterns of derailing. Which I’d already been drawn into without realizing in my initial responses."
Zombies Run
How well does Zombies, Run pass the Bechdel Test?: zalia (tumblr) - "S2 scores better than S1. There are only 3 missions where there are no female characters at all, and 2 where there are no male characters at all. "
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General Fandom
hey guys it's time for the DYSTOPIAN FUTURE DANG!: snarp (DW) - "OK so yeah, YA dystopia, we got cameras EVERYWHERE and they're watching you and shit happens cause of THAT, and also people are stoned and sad and angry and the government is basically evil and LIES SUPER OBVIOUSLY ALL THE TIME ABOUT SHIT"
topic:dystopia
Plot Twist: Didn’t See That Coming: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "The question is, Wanderers, how do we react to these plot twists? It can be satisfying to get ahead of the curve and work out what’s going to happen, but it gets boring very quickly if you’re always right "
topic:narrative
Fandom As an Eye-Opener: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "Fandom, you see, can open our eyes to things we never would have considered before … and encourage us to think more about our own views on the subject."
topic:fandom
How to Introduce Someone to Your Fandom: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "So how do you introduce them to it? Fear not, Wanderers, for this is the FW Tips section, which means we have some FW Tips for you!"
topic:fandom
Mega-Franchise Movies Catching Fire With Existing Stories: Fangirl (blog) - "I am more convinced than ever that mega-franchise movies have a far better chance at succeeding when the characters and world-building are already well established."
topic:movies, topic:adaptions
On Brian Wood, Being a Professional, and Better Futures For Con-Going Daughters: Fangirl (blog) - "Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that a Star Wars storyteller who has pontificated on social media or in interviews about women’s rights, gender equality, and feminism ultimately proved unable to back up their words with actions."
topic:sexism, topic:comics
Sexual Harassment in Comics: The Tipping Point: Laura Hudson - Comcs Alliance (blog) - "When men get angry, we call it brave, kickass – we pump our fists in the air. When women get angry it somehow warps; it becomes threatening. We call it crazy, hysterical, unhinged."
topic:comics, topic:sexism
Who archives the archives?: The problem with relying on YouTube as an archive: Raizel Liebler - The Learned Fangirl (blog) - "Who makes sure that YouTube is available? Google. And the recent YouTube “outage” proves that even Google can’t always make sure that it works constantly. "
topic:archiving, topic:youtube
Ms. Men and Missing the Mark: Anita Sarkeesian’s Second Tropes vs. Women in Video Games Series: Kristin Bezio - The Learned Fangirl (blog) - "However, there are many female gender-choice “version” characters which are included in the trope’s definition that I would argue don’t belong there because the character was deliberately designed to be either male or female."
topic:gaming, topic:feminism
Why I Turned my Back on the Masters: Ian Sales - Nerds of a Feather(blog) - "And let’s be fair, while people may still read the so-called masters, and some of their books are still in print, and you’ll find them cluttering up various lists of alleged SF classics... no one actually writes like them any more."
topic:scifi, topic:writing
The Lawful Good: A Defense: Shana Mlawski - Overthinking It (blog) - "I’m not just talking about racial diversity, though that always gets a thumbs-up from yours truly. I’m talking more about diversity of personality. Basically, I’m experiencing asshole fatigue."
topic:characterization
The Rise Of The Sitcom Race Hustler: Alyssa Rosenberg- ThinkProgress (blog) - "This is an exceedingly tricky tightrope for pop culture–or any other medium–to navigate. It requires characters who can recognize that their racial or ethnic background can be an asset in certain, limited situations, without the show suggesting that being a person of color actually confers some net advantage that is unavailable to white people."
topic:television, topic:race
Specific Fandoms
A Song of Ice and Fire
Jon/Ygritte was not a healthy relationship (Spoilers ahead): ygrittekissedbyfire (tumblr) - "I won’t say you’re wrong, to someone who has only seen the show it’s understandable how you could come away with this opinion. But there is so much more to them that I can’t wait for you to discover with the books. I don’t want to spoil too much so I’ll stick to the points you raised."
fandom:asoiaf
CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER ANALYSIS: BRAN VI: racefortheironthrone (tumblr) - "Bran VI is a rare interesting Bran chapter (to me at least), in no small part because it focuses not on mythic hero’s journeys, dream sequences, or folk tales as per usual, but really gets into the meat of Westerosi politics – and what’s especially rare, the politics of the North."
fandom:asoiaf
Mad Men
One For The Money, Two For The Money: John Perich - Overthinking It (blog) - "But why exactly did Trudy kick Pete out? Or, more to the point, why did Pete get caught?"
fandom:madmen, topic:television, topic:economics
Orange Is The New Black
Why Orange is Not The New Black: Kimberly Bernita Ross - Racialicious (blog) - "Comparing the women-in-prison film genre with OITNB is a ripe opportunity to analyze changing representations of sexual orientation, gender and race on screen."
topic:race, topic:gender, topic:movies, fandom:orangeisthenewblack
Supernatural
#john winchester, abuse apologism, and child abuse as a social justice issue: amonitrate (tumblr) - "As I considered how to best respond in a thoughtful way to these two posts, it hit me that what they are doing is following the classic patterns of derailing. Which I’d already been drawn into without realizing in my initial responses."
fandom:supernatural, warning:abuse
Zombies Run
How well does Zombies, Run pass the Bechdel Test?: zalia (tumblr) - "S2 scores better than S1. There are only 3 missions where there are no female characters at all, and 2 where there are no male characters at all. "
fandom:zombiesrun
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- fandom:orangeisthenewblack,
- fandom:supernatural,
- fandom:zombiesrun,
- topic:adaptions,
- topic:archiving,
- topic:characterization,
- topic:comics,
- topic:dystopia,
- topic:economics,
- topic:fandom,
- topic:feminism,
- topic:gaming,
- topic:gender,
- topic:movies,
- topic:narrative,
- topic:race,
- topic:sexism,
- topic:television,
- topic:youtube,
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Date: 2013-11-28 01:14 pm (UTC)