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Earlier this month I was asked to write a guest blog post for the Organization for Transformative Works (the OTW) in support of their March Fundraising Drive. I hope you will please read this post and others from around the community and think about what the OTW means, or could mean, to each of us in fandom. Please follow otw_news this week as they

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[silviakundera]

In May, I attended the first annual Book Blogger convention, where a room full of publishing reps were asked, “How many of you know what fanfiction is?” I was stunned when less than half of them raised their hands.
To be honest, that makes me feel better. (though I'd like to have vengeance against the person who even asked that question lol) I really hate the idea of non-fandom persons becoming too intimately aware of fandom. It makes me feel like my safe space is being intruded upon. It's not about feeling that it's illegitimate or not, for me. Just, I feel that fandom, fanfiction, vidding etc is by fans & for fans and not intended for the eyes of others. I don't want attention from outside the community. I don't want to be attacked OR catered to. I want us to be left the hell alone. (may that's a pipe dream, but it's what I want)

These last 3-4 years I've felt like there's almost a ticking clock going over my head in regards to my continued enjoyment of fandom -- pretty much directly connected to popular culture becoming more aware of it and the media & 'the powers that be' sticking their noses in.