In light of certain recent fannish kerfluffles, I went looking for this great post I read a few months ago, and of course I couldn't find it. Fortunately, someone on tumblr just linked to it: How to Be a Fan of Problematic Things.

Liking problematic things doesn’t make you an asshole. In fact, you can like really problematic things and still be ( Read more... )

Steven Moffat on the furor over the fact that some fans believe his depiction of Irene Adler was sexist:

“I think it’s one thing to criticise a programme and another thing to invent motives out of amateur psychology for the writer and then accuse him of having those feelings. I think that was beyond the pale and strayed from criticism to a ( Read more... )