Hey LJ, it's been a while. Somewhere between dissertating, conference going, wedding planning, editing for TWC, and teaching my first courses at UCSC, I haven't had time to breathe let alone keep up here. Which is sad, and somewhat ironic considering that my dissertation on the state of contemporary fan culture has forced me to divorce myself ( Read more... )

Clearly I have nothing interesting to say, so instead I'm going to toss out a bunch of random links to things that have been amusing me over the holidays ( Read more... )

It's well-documented how much I hate "Twilight" and the entire phenomenon. No offense, Twihards, but I don't just think its bad fanfic (which it is), I think it's arguably a dangerous text for young women to be attracted to (somewhere between "suicide attempts will help me win back my one true love" and the bruises=sexy domestic abuse parable of ( Read more... )

So, I'll admit it, I went to see "Eagle Eye" on opening day, motivated by my long-standing Shia appreciation, the absurd heat wave, and the sheer awfulness of the trailer.

I can't imagine any of you care enough about this flick to get uppity about being spoiled, but just in case...( SPOILERS AHOY )

Sigh.

So, this is good news. Great news, in fact. Still, I sort of loathe to admit it, because I promised myself I'd never be one of those people...

( I've officially changed my dissertation topic. )

This was a week where all my media consumption thematically coalesced in interesting ways. Among them:
-Finally slogging through "Breaking Dawn," despite already knowing everything that happens courtesy of fandom wank and Cleolinda's amazingly entertaining recaps-Watching the media fallout from Sarah Palin's nomination and speech ( Read more... )

Henry's recent blog posts on his first time at SDCC have prompted me to post a long overdue recap of my own experience at Comic-con. Unfortunately, a series of unfortunate events (Luke not being able to get Wed/Th off work, my sudden bout of food poisoning in the middle of the masquerade that killed Sunday) cut our time at the con short. Our ( Read more... )

Whew. Long time no see. I have so much I'm dying to discuss ( Read more... )

...when all I want to do is watch the Watchmen...it's been an awesome week: trailer (seen in IMAX pre-Dark Knight, as God and geeks intended), EW cover story, and then cosplaying Silk Spectre at Comic-Con this Saturday. Yes, I'm happily basking in the first onslaught of content. And yes, I've already got a number of problems with what I've seen ( Read more... )

Ah, the viewing party. I used to co-host weekly "Lost" viewing parties, but eventually we gave them up as the show started going downhill and haven't yet managed to organize them since its revival. The point is, I'm attending a "Gossip Girl" season finale party this evening, complete with dress code, and it's making me want to expand my ( Read more... )