I'm sure you're all sick of hearing about my survey, but I have an update that's very important - I've created a follow-up survey that gives me a couple provable theses to work with. I'm coming up with a thesis post hoc (as Mary Kirby-Diaz tells me my research is), but this second survey is very important for proving said thesis. If you took the ( Read more... )

Hello, and here's the official launching of my "Feminism in the Buffyverse Fandom" survey!

The survey is here, and the discussion at my research LJ is here.

I've advertised the survey at SlayAlive, BuffyForums, the Fan Forum Buffy Page, the Fan Forum Angel Page, the Buffy Page atFanpop, and The Bronze Beta. I'm going to contact various ( Read more... )

*Takes a deep breath*

Whew! So I have my survey on feminism in the fandom up. Right now it's unofficially launched, but just in the preview stage for the f-list to go over, correct errors for me, and tell me it's WAY TOO LONG (I know! But there are so many good questions!).

Here it is, for you to take first, and here is the corresponding LJ ( Read more... )

Heh. Found this in the glossary of one of my Buffy research books:

"'Shippers. Fans who favor the sexual pairing of two particular characters in a television series. For example, "B/A 'shippers" refers to fans who believe Buffy and Angel are perfect for each other. Such a fan is said to "'ship A/B" or to "'ship B/A." Occasionally 'shippers will ( Read more... )

So I had my sixteen questions for the Buffyverse fandom regarding feminism in the Buffyverse all set up. I asked the f-list for question help. I asked feminist friends for advice on my questions. I was all ready to set up my www.surveymonkey.com survey so I could post it this Wednesday (thus getting it out before Buffy Season 9 begins, lest it ( Read more... )

For my "Feminism in the Buffy Fandom" paper, I'm preparing a survey I'm going to advertise anywhere I can think of (Whedonesque - remind me to ask simonf's help - main site, Twitter feed and Facebook page, if possible; Buffy Forums, SlayAlive, Buffy Boards, The Bronze Beta; Tumblr; The Sunnydale Herald . . . if you think of other places I should ( Read more... )

So the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures is doing an issue on comics, and I'm so tempted to do a paper on fan reaction to Season 8. It would be a big endeavor; I'd want to get a full spectrum of views, so I'd be delving into the archives of Season 8 at Whedonesque and the boards, polling everyone everywhere, getting Simon's help to ask ( Read more... )

Guys! Guys! I am SO EXCITED for that Independent Study course where I get to do Whedon studies! Much thanks to ceciliaj, nvrbnkisst and ruuger who have been inundating me with interesting links that have me geeking out. I'm finally studying what I want to be studying, and it feels good to be doing so in a "future's so bright I hafta wear shades" kind of way ( Read more... )

So, I had my school schedule all planned out. I was going to school five days a week, I was taking 17 units, and I would be getting several graduation requirements done in one fell swoop ( Read more... )

There comes a point in an essayist's life when they hit a brick wall and decide throwing the laptop down the garbage chute is a valid response to that wall. I am at that point, the same point I was at last Saturday when I asked for the Angel love. The Angel love post helped me have some form of respect for the guy, but it didn't help me write ( Read more... )