Harry Potter and the Clueless Journalist

[astridv]

Fresh in from clairvoyantwank: A reporter for the Guardian Observer attended Lumos and has since written a not exactly flattering article about HP fans, Harry Potter and the mystery of an academic obsession

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[astridv]

Zaz, that"s great!
I mean, Yay, that's great! groan. My stupid keyboard has switched to English again and I don't know how I'm doing it.

[rahirah]

You could practically do a search and replace with that article and get every other condescending "Aren't fans weird?" article of the past twenty years. :P

[astridv]

Yeah, I got a feeling half that article was already preconceived by the time she got off the plane in Vegas.

Not like I'm surprised that she was taken aback by some of fandom's more exotic aspects. I can totally see how to Average Joe (or Jane) even the idea of slash, mainstream inside fandom, takes some getting used to. Or of fanfic itself. Not like I haven't been there myself, many years ago.

What irks me somewhat is how she's criticizing the content of the meta without even having read the source text... that's practically flaunting your ignorance. That, and that she's apparently quoting people out of context and giving full names when asked not to.