So. I have a friend. I chatter about her on twitter a lot, because this is the friend who just midway through last year got into fandom -first Sherlock, then Merlin, now Buffy. And just a few months ago started listening to MCR. She's not...in bandom, really, but she's started putting pictures of Gway's perfect face on her tumblr. And basically ( Read more... )

I've had a lot of interaction with online research and ethics today. The first thing that happened is that a visiting academic (whose work I quite like), upon learning that I'm in fandom, asked with casual disregard "Oh, do you do ethnographic research? I mean, do you go to cons and talk to people?".

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The top show of the year for me was th JJAMZ/Penguin Prison/Neon Trees show, i
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Woo! I signed up for the I made a thing fest!


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So, I live in a lovely bubble. All of my friends - male and female - are ardent feminists. Offline and on, they argue for, demand, and make women visible, known, present through their crafts and through their being-in-the-world. I'm really fortunate that this is the case, and every term I teach, I'm frustrated that I have to explain what feminism ( Read more... )

 "...but then at home, she had said, 'the mountains are so beautiful.' Her father was dying there, Mrs. Ramsay knew. He was leaving them fatherless. Scolding and demonstrating (how to make a bed, how to open a window, with hands that shut and spread like a Frenchwoman's) all had folded itself quietly about her, when the girl spoke, as, after a ( Read more... )

I feel as though this comic more or less sums up my fannish life for the last year or so. Still, I like feel like I'm inching my way back in. :) I'm on Twitter a lot these days, and I've been reading tons of fic. My pinboard has gotten a lot of action, and I'm tumbling all the things (mostly teen wolves and gerard fucking way, tbh) . I'm all ( Read more... )

 I have a long post in the works about my Teen Wolf feelings, but instead: birthday-related shenanigans!

Among the many wonderful gifts I got for my birthday a couple of weeks ago (which were mostly time-with-the-people-I-love related, the best kind of gift), I also received a t-shirt and pin from a friend who is a little unclear as to what exactly ( Read more... )