There's a big argument going on over use of a racist term in a Harry Potter community's fanfic prompt ("miscegenation" was used; when asked to change the word to "interracial," the community moderators refused).

Links to ongoing discussion provided by liviapenn.

Different things I've read this past week have made me think about what keeps fandoms active as well as what tools people use to find and get involved in fan activities. I've posted a poll at my journal and invite people to stop by and voice their opinion.

feklar writes about a World Wrestling Entertainment tie-in, an adventure novel by the WWE fearturing WWE professional wrestlers as secret agents"...But is it fanfic? I used to argue that the WWE shows essentially were RP fic--the McMahons even use their RL names. So is a WWE novel creating an AU about RP fic characters fanfic or RP fic ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if there exists an HP fic-finding community along the lines of lotrips_finders?

angua9 explains What the fanatic Harry/Hermione shippers are thinking. I think.

sidewinder ponders why it's OK to get a profit on fanart and schwag, but anathema for fanfiction or vids.

kaliscoo wants to know what's so odd about crackfic.

brodeurbunny30 explores hypermasculinity and the lack of a divide between FPS and RPS in WWE here.

jassanja goes on about RPS and RL wives

Yours truly needs fandom's help again (and quickly, because I forgot about this community's existence--my paper's due Wednesday) with writing an essay on the connections between the Internet, sexuality, and fanfic writing.

The survey is here. The post also contains a link to my last academic paper on fandom as a subculture.