DAMMIT, DC FANSITE, QUIT GOING DOWN
To make the dragonspam worthwhile, here are the panel description drafts for Yaoicon (Yes, I did write all four, STFU).
(Internalized) Misogyny and Yaoi
She dies a horrible death in the first chapter, she can't figure out her husband and his "best friend", or she's found disgusting, too "soft and womanly." She's too much a yamatonadeshiko, a Mary Sue, or she's too tsundere. She's the female character, the wife, the girlfriend, the love interest or any woman who might possibly look at one of the pair with maybe some kind of emotion. Come and discuss the more obvious problematic elements (death/rape) and the smaller, more glossed over aspects (the feminization of one of the male partners and correlation between that and his rape or subordinate status in the relationship) of misogyny in the world of yaoi.
LiveJournal and the Limits of Online Community
In January, Livejournal laid off a dozen staff members. In March, Scans_Daily, a 3000-member strong LJ community, was deleted for TOS violations. In April, a former LJ staffer, Synecdochic, and others opened Dreamwidth for business. Many fans are uneasy about the continued survival of Livejournal as a stable platform for fandom. But is the answer to move to other journal services? And what are the overarching concerns for further online interactions between fans that go beyond LiveJournal?
What's a Nice Lesbian Like You Doing in a Fandom Like This?
Academics describe slash and yaoi as "important to the LGBT community and the formation of queer identities, as it represents a resistance to the expectation of compulsory heterosexuality." But much of yaoi fandom is focused on men, and enjoying men, often to the exclusion of female queers of all stripes. So why do we do it? In what ways do we see ourselves reflected or rejected by the dominant paradigms of our fandoms? Why do we like reading, writing and watching two men in a loving relationship even when we don't necessarily like men? Join us for a discussion about the trial, tribulations and joys of being lesbians and other female-identified queers in yaoi fandom.
You're a Handsome Devil, But I Don't Swing That Way: Supernatural and Slash
Supernatural, the only fandom where RPS (real person slash) is the moral high ground. Where incest, angelsex, and demonsex are only the most canon of OTPs. Where the Powers That Be not only nod slyly to their fandom, but let the characters discover slash themselves. Come, sit with us while we talk about the crack, the meta, and all the fun permutations of fandom-- whether it be CW RPS, carsex, or just plain MPreg.
(Internalized) Misogyny and Yaoi
She dies a horrible death in the first chapter, she can't figure out her husband and his "best friend", or she's found disgusting, too "soft and womanly." She's too much a yamatonadeshiko, a Mary Sue, or she's too tsundere. She's the female character, the wife, the girlfriend, the love interest or any woman who might possibly look at one of the pair with maybe some kind of emotion. Come and discuss the more obvious problematic elements (death/rape) and the smaller, more glossed over aspects (the feminization of one of the male partners and correlation between that and his rape or subordinate status in the relationship) of misogyny in the world of yaoi.
LiveJournal and the Limits of Online Community
In January, Livejournal laid off a dozen staff members. In March, Scans_Daily, a 3000-member strong LJ community, was deleted for TOS violations. In April, a former LJ staffer, Synecdochic, and others opened Dreamwidth for business. Many fans are uneasy about the continued survival of Livejournal as a stable platform for fandom. But is the answer to move to other journal services? And what are the overarching concerns for further online interactions between fans that go beyond LiveJournal?
What's a Nice Lesbian Like You Doing in a Fandom Like This?
Academics describe slash and yaoi as "important to the LGBT community and the formation of queer identities, as it represents a resistance to the expectation of compulsory heterosexuality." But much of yaoi fandom is focused on men, and enjoying men, often to the exclusion of female queers of all stripes. So why do we do it? In what ways do we see ourselves reflected or rejected by the dominant paradigms of our fandoms? Why do we like reading, writing and watching two men in a loving relationship even when we don't necessarily like men? Join us for a discussion about the trial, tribulations and joys of being lesbians and other female-identified queers in yaoi fandom.
You're a Handsome Devil, But I Don't Swing That Way: Supernatural and Slash
Supernatural, the only fandom where RPS (real person slash) is the moral high ground. Where incest, angelsex, and demonsex are only the most canon of OTPs. Where the Powers That Be not only nod slyly to their fandom, but let the characters discover slash themselves. Come, sit with us while we talk about the crack, the meta, and all the fun permutations of fandom-- whether it be CW RPS, carsex, or just plain MPreg.