osteophage
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Reading a Moral Panic as a Conservative Outlet for Deliverance [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, Dungeons & Dragons
17 Mar 2023
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Metacommentary on some important historical context to be familiar with if you're interested in discussions about sexual violence, critical media analysis, censorship, and moral panics. This history is relevant to specific fandoms mentioned as well as to fandom politics more generally. See within for a detailed list of content warnings.
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- Part 8 of Metafandom
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- English
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- 4,507
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AO3 Comments and Why People Aren't Leaving More of Them [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom
06 Mar 2023
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Many people have complained that the AO3 comment rate is too low and have proposed explanations as to why, but there's another under-discussed factor that might be at play.
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- Part 7 of Metafandom
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A list of reasons to get away from W/F wiki hosting.
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- Part 6 of Metafandom
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Metacommentary on the application for Fanexus, a prospective fandom-focused platform, and some of the implications for new platforms more generally.
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- Part 5 of Metafandom
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Dogmatic Positivity and the Terrible Neutrality of Hope [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Multi-Fandom
03 Mar 2023
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Metacommentary on taking a dogmatic approach to hope, happiness, and optimism as morally and politically good.
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- English
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- 4,113
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Metafandom by osteophage
Fandom: Antifandom - Fandom, Dungeons & Dragons, Fandom - Fandom, Ratatouille (2007)
17 Mar 2023
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Meta-level observations on fan communities, concepts, platforms, and terminology.
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- 21,457
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Ace Readings by osteophage
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Matter (2015), Firefly / Serenity Universe, Friday The 13th [Movie 'verse], Genghis Khan - Miike Snow (Music Video), Miike Snow, No Fandom, The Killers (Band), The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Toy Story
03 Mar 2023
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A collection of essays that analyze various shows, movies, music, and other works through an asexual lens -- interpreting characters as ace, arguing for asexual resonances, drawing connections to real-world advocacy, and identifying sexnormative themes.
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- 27,842
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- 9