LJ vs. Blogs, Males vs. Females in Academia; Gender/Fan/Media studies
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Summary
Recently, a friend of mine in both academia and fan spaces, brought into public debate issues that a number of us had been talking about for some time, often in private (under flock, in chat, etc.): the issue of the gendering in fan studies, media studies.
You can see her blog entry here: http://kbusse.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/mit5-review/
I'm participating over there (at great length which will surprise none of you who know me in other spaces).
The impetus for this entry was attending Media in Transition 5/
It's important to note that what we're talking about is, I firmly believe, systemic in academia (if given the chance, I'd say in mainstream and other U.S. cultures--that being the only national culture/s I know well enough to judge.
We've seen examples of women aca-fen going over to blog primarily because of the desire to engage in this discussion in public, under real names.
So I'm wondering if any men will come to (or are in) LJd--academics--aca-fans--and willing to discuss the issue in this space.
There's a lot going on in Kristina's blog, so maybe there's no need for this other complementing discussion, but I think there may be, and that's why I'm posting over here as well.
Summary
Recently, a friend of mine in both academia and fan spaces, brought into public debate issues that a number of us had been talking about for some time, often in private (under flock, in chat, etc.): the issue of the gendering in fan studies, media studies.
You can see her blog entry here: http://kbusse.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/mit5-review/
I'm participating over there (at great length which will surprise none of you who know me in other spaces).
The impetus for this entry was attending Media in Transition 5/
It's important to note that what we're talking about is, I firmly believe, systemic in academia (if given the chance, I'd say in mainstream and other U.S. cultures--that being the only national culture/s I know well enough to judge.
We've seen examples of women aca-fen going over to blog primarily because of the desire to engage in this discussion in public, under real names.
So I'm wondering if any men will come to (or are in) LJd--academics--aca-fans--and willing to discuss the issue in this space.
There's a lot going on in Kristina's blog, so maybe there's no need for this other complementing discussion, but I think there may be, and that's why I'm posting over here as well.