Well. I've been very very busy. I'm very excited about this paper and can't wait to show it to you all ( Read more... )

Hi all,

In the interest of furthering interest in fandom studies...here is an article from Nerve.com that some of you might find interesting about women and yaoi fandom. It even mentions LJ! I'll be replying to comments and such very very soon. Today is my last day of work before four whole glorious days off...*wiggles*

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Well it's crunch time for me. These next three weeks are going to mark the beginning of my writing process for this project. I'm going to rapid-fire some questions at you over the next week and a half or two weeks and then completely disappear for a while. Before I disappear, however, I'm probably going to open up posting access so that all members ( Read more... )

So...*rubs hands together in a sinister way* here's a short one. Not a simple one. But a short one :).
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Do you think LJ fandom is a "female space"? Why or why not? How or how not? Tell me about your experiences, please give details or examples if you can. :)

My loose definition of female space can be found here.
"I'd define "female space" as a ( Read more... )

Hey all! Well here it is. Moment of truth. Behind the cut you'll find my Literature Review for this project. I want to hear what you all have to say about it! This paper is a short outline of the theroretical approaches I'll be using in my final project. It doesn't contain any information that is terribly specific to this community or even all the ( Read more... )

(x-posted to personal journal ( Read more... )

One of the unique things about internet fandom is that we all must use written, typographical language to communicate ( Read more... )

Thank you all for your interesting responses :). Participation seems to be key to people feeling like they're part of a fandom community. "Participation" is defined in various ways by various people but as I'm interested mostly in the concept of "participation", here is my next question ( Read more... )

I thought you all would appreciate this :). Gacked from tafkar. More fandom questions coming soon! Thanks to those who responsed to my frenetic brainstorming mess of a last post. *hugs*

Dork Tower (fairly large pic in link)