We should all watch China Beach together, and I'm told I did good
My presentation went pretty well! My advisor tweeted that I did a good ethnography of Community fandom, and people told me I did well, and didn't qualify it with "for an undergrad." I was in a really neat panel with people who presented on online fan practice. I went first, and the lady who went after me presented on a vid for Lord if the Rings set to set to a song by the Wu-Tang Clan to illustrate how the books and movies were racialized.
The next talk was about social media and teen audiences, focusing I the WB and CW. The girl presenting was a Dawson's fan, not a Buffy fan, but we were from the same generation (post-Gen X, pre-Millennial) so we could relate.
The last talk on my panel was about two scholars re-watching China Beach, which they claimed was a great feminist show in that it was about women in the Vietnam War. They tweeted back and forth about it, and convinced me it would be something fun to watch as a group.
I was up at 3:30 am to get to my flight in St. Louis, and I plan on crashing as soon as I get home. Tomorrow is the kickoff of Undergraduate Research Week at school, and I decided it would look good on my CV, so I'm on the committee. I go to Chicago for another conference Tuesday night, so don't expect replies for a few days. I have read every comment and message, though, so keep 'em coming.