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starstealingirl

Wanted: A Quote

Oct 22, 2009 13:39

Help me fannish friends. You're my only hope!

I have to do a presentation in my class tonight about Henry Jenkins' Convergence Culture, and I wanted to talk a little about Jenkins' role as a fandom scholar, as a potentially divisive figure, how his work has evolved, etc. And I am trying-- believe me when I say I have searched the Internets far and ( Read more... )

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d2leddy October 22 2009, 17:49:00 UTC

Never heard of this, but it sounds interesting. Besides, I like commenting in your LJ.

starstealingirl October 22 2009, 17:53:56 UTC

What can I say? My LJ and I have that effect on people. =)

I'm surprised you didn't use this gratuitous commenting opportunity to plug pink_spelunking.

d2leddy October 22 2009, 18:03:43 UTC

I'm distracted. I'm trying to convert an engineer's draft technical paper into something intelligible, but the longer I work on it, the lower my IQ drops. It's a mess and I'm going in circles.

In other news, I've been circulating the insights of your freshmen sages. It's fun.

Speaking of pink_spelunking, would you consider co-moderating it? Your presence would be fabulous, and frankly, I'm so white, it mostly just sits there unplugged.

starstealingirl October 22 2009, 18:23:23 UTC

I hear you. I'm trying to write a presentation on online fandom, except doing that research requires searching the Internet, and my intelligence level is inversely proportionate to the amount of time I spend online.

I love that you're circulating my students' (which, by the way, includes people who are above freshman level) wisdom. Hopefully, it will start a humor and grammar revolution. Either that, or it'll get me fired. Regardless, wacky antics will ensue!

I'd co-moderate that. The fact that I'm not a gay man who loves vaginas isn't a problem, is it?

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ooper67 October 22 2009, 18:33:51 UTC

I'm probably totally off base here, but is this what you are looking for:
"Fan Fiction is the way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk."

starstealingirl October 22 2009, 18:35:00 UTC

THAT'S THE ONE!!!

Oh, Colleen. Have I told you lately that I love you?

ooper67 October 22 2009, 18:36:47 UTC

lol, I think you just did. :)
I can't find anything with the page number or anything, just lots and lots of people using it.

starstealingirl October 22 2009, 18:47:33 UTC

That's okay. I'm not really worried about the page number; I'm just concerned with the fact that it shows up all over the Intarwebz.

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