Greetings from 2013
ETA: A few people have asked for a copy of their responses or of the results summary once it's all done, but not entered any contact details - but the survey is genuinely totally anonymous if you don't leave any details, so I don't know how to contact you! Anyone who that's the case for, if you see this, drop me a comment (or PM or email) and we'll sort it out!
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So honestly, I did not really plan to post here again, being as how I've been absent for several years. I still use LJ for commenting, but I'm mostly over on AO3 these days. Now, though, I'm setting out to (attempt to) survey the thoughts and feelings and opinions of ficdom and its adjacent communities on some pretty important stuff, and it occurs to me that some people might end up wanting to check me out and make sure I'm not a fic-hating psycho.
So here is me. This LJ is circa a couple years ago, but you can still find a bit of fic via tags if you want to. You'll find my AO3 link up top left, under my icon, and that's where recent fic updates can be found (if I've made them - I have the world's most patient readers/cheerleaders). Over on the left in links, you can find my ff.net account, which has a small selection of fic circa '07/'08; my Dreamwidth account, which, honestly, was never truly active as a blog but has been much used for accessing fabulous communities and reading fabulous fic; my DA, where you can see me dressed as Merlin; and my FB, where you can find me.
I've been hanging around ficdom since I was 12 or thereabouts, and I hope that anyone interested can feel confident that I'm not out to trash, judge, shame or belittle the community or what we do. I'm not out to write a paean to our fabulousness, either (though there might be a little of that) - we're all pretty good at telling each other how awesome we can be without someone writing a book on it. What I am out to do is to try to understand a set of cultural processes that happen here, and don't happen out in the wide world. For years now, we in ficdom have communicated about and dealt with issues of sexual assault and consent in ways that don't happen elsewhere. Talking about sexual assault is something that can be pretty tough for a lot of people. I believe that what we do here in ficdom is worth trying to understand. I hope that you who have found your way here will consider taking some time out of your probably super busy day to help me out. Thanks in advance ;)
Help me out by taking the survey (if you read fic - I think almost everyone here does?): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/consent-in-fic (completing it at very basic level takes about 15mins, will take longer if you give me long answers, but all questions are skippable. And it's here for 6 weeks so come back later if you're super-busy! :D)
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So honestly, I did not really plan to post here again, being as how I've been absent for several years. I still use LJ for commenting, but I'm mostly over on AO3 these days. Now, though, I'm setting out to (attempt to) survey the thoughts and feelings and opinions of ficdom and its adjacent communities on some pretty important stuff, and it occurs to me that some people might end up wanting to check me out and make sure I'm not a fic-hating psycho.
So here is me. This LJ is circa a couple years ago, but you can still find a bit of fic via tags if you want to. You'll find my AO3 link up top left, under my icon, and that's where recent fic updates can be found (if I've made them - I have the world's most patient readers/cheerleaders). Over on the left in links, you can find my ff.net account, which has a small selection of fic circa '07/'08; my Dreamwidth account, which, honestly, was never truly active as a blog but has been much used for accessing fabulous communities and reading fabulous fic; my DA, where you can see me dressed as Merlin; and my FB, where you can find me.
I've been hanging around ficdom since I was 12 or thereabouts, and I hope that anyone interested can feel confident that I'm not out to trash, judge, shame or belittle the community or what we do. I'm not out to write a paean to our fabulousness, either (though there might be a little of that) - we're all pretty good at telling each other how awesome we can be without someone writing a book on it. What I am out to do is to try to understand a set of cultural processes that happen here, and don't happen out in the wide world. For years now, we in ficdom have communicated about and dealt with issues of sexual assault and consent in ways that don't happen elsewhere. Talking about sexual assault is something that can be pretty tough for a lot of people. I believe that what we do here in ficdom is worth trying to understand. I hope that you who have found your way here will consider taking some time out of your probably super busy day to help me out. Thanks in advance ;)
Help me out by taking the survey (if you read fic - I think almost everyone here does?): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/consent-in-fic (completing it at very basic level takes about 15mins, will take longer if you give me long answers, but all questions are skippable. And it's here for 6 weeks so come back later if you're super-busy! :D)