Queerly Fannish Academia

My name is Tanya (she/her), but I go by Acafangrrrl on Tumblr. This name comes from Henry Jenkins, who is the father of fan studies and created the term "aca-fan." I am working on my dissertation on queer indie media and its fans.

[fanhackers]

Help a Researcher

Leigh Ingram, a student at the University of Ottawa, in Canada, is completing a Master of Information Studies. The proposed research for their thesis is on information seeking behaviours in the fanfiction community, with a specific focus on how AO3 users search through the archive and use the embedded search functions on the website.

This study has received ethics approval for an anonymous online survey, followed by a few interviews. The survey will remain open for approximately 6-8 weeks depending on the volume of response. Following completion of the research, the intention is to share the anonymous data collected and potentially submit an article to Transformative Works and Cultures for consideration, so any findings will be shared with OTW/AO3. 

Survey takers must be 18 or older to take part. If you would like to learn more about the study you can review its consent form, which contains the researcher's contact information.

[scretladyspider]

Hey. Do you need a hug?

Maybe you’re having a stressful day. Maybe you just need a deep breath. Maybe you just didn’t realize how stressed you are. It’s okay! You deserve love and warmth in your life.

Are you comforted by words? 

Here’s an Emergency Compliment

Here are some kind words you can personalize with your name 

Here are 15 more emergency compliments 

Here is a Self Esteem Boosting Confidence Machine 

take a moment - video 

believe in yourself - video 

Inspiration from Jacksepticeye - PMA 

encouragement from Mr. Rogers - video 

you are ENOUGH - video 

Do you need to hear some pleasant ambient sounds?

How about rain sounds you can customize? 

You can listen to a cafe here  

or how about a crackling fireplace?  

ASMR? Stimming? 

Soap cutting ASMR - video 

more soap ASMR - video 

a 4 hour ASMR video to help with sleep 

ASMR face and scalp massage - video

ASMR slime - video 

the most satisfying video in the world 

more satisfying videos 

Lora Zombie speed painting - video 

Agnes Cecile speed painting - video  

the fastest workers in the world - video 

how candy canes are made - video 

Mr. Rogers shows how crayons are made - video 

How about a game or activity distraction?

Play 2048 here 

A whole website of free games!  

play chess against a computer 

Here are some coloring pages you can do online!  

Play Flow online here 

here’s a game where you stretch a giraffe’s little neck to give kisses 

Learn about the history of life on earth with PBS Eons 

Do you need something soothing?

Control the pattern of rain here! (flashing colors warning)

try doing nothing for two minutes 

Vent to a stranger online for FREE!  

weavesilk, where you can create a soothing pattern 

have you ever been to the nicest place on the internet? 

watch Bob Ross bring joy to painting - playlist 

How about a laugh?

Vines you can show your grandparents 

History of the entire world, I guess  

History of Japan 

Rhett and Link caption fails 

Thomas Sanders Vines 

The Demented Cartoon Movie (warning for flashing colors) 

The ASDF movie 1-11 

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale  (warnings for some bruises and some violence)

Rhett and Link VS Hank Green - SHUT UP AND DANCE 

It’s going to be okay. Today may be the worst day of your life - but tomorrow won’t be. Life is a series of ups and downs, and that means there’s going to be good and bad. Drink some water, let yourself cry if you need to, and get a good night’s sleep. You’ll feel better in the morning. 

[sunny-aster]

Note: This isn’t an insult/sassy come back to people to asking valid questions/statements (well maybe a bit sassy lol), none of it’s meant to offend people that are calmly trying to educate themselves to lgbtq+. Questions are always welcome!

[rhan-hastur]

I made some pride bats, enjoy! 🦇🏳️‍🌈

[memewhore]

[gildatheplant]

Literally any other colour would’ve been a better choice guys.

[minty-mayhem]

I’d like to point out that the colour red has more positive than negative meanings.

[prescribedburning-deactivated20]

im sorry but this reply absolutely killed me

red can mean whatever the heck you want it to mean, that is never going to change that this straight up looks like they DRAGGED A BLOODY BODY ACROSS THE FUCKING FLOOR 😂

[elsegame]

Hi fun fact, colors do have meaning and there is a legit thing called color theory. Red does has more positive connotations than negative like the @mintymaiden said. Red is associated with more love, lust, passion than blood and death just like the chart shows you but If you want, here’s a link for you to check it out yourself. Also, check out “The Designer’s Dictionary of Color” by Sean Adams. Have fun learning something

Xoxo

-Designer

What is Color Theory?

What isColor Theory? Color theory is a term used to describe the collection of rules and guidelines regarding the use of color in art and de

[youngdiasporan]

I think y’all are missing the point here.

[forlovefromfear]

You can theorize to Nebraska and back but that doesn’t change my immediate reaction which is that someone is literally dragging a corpse around

[jhenne-bean]

I like that the presumption here is that “No One On Tumblr Has Heard of Color Theory, Let Me Explain in Depth” rather than simply acknowledging that the VISUAL EFFECTS of this particular color choice, applied in the manner it was, can still amount to “this is a hospital and that looks like blood”

like, color theory doesn’t exist in a vacuum. If your design of choice for Blood Red Paint is asymmetric splatters and sploches against the wall, or in this case, a snail trail on the hallway’s floor, an infographic won’t override the viewers’ instinct.

[squided]

OP: this paint job looks like a blood stain

Tumblr: actually, according to color theory, it looks like love.

[m00n-fl0wers]

To please both sides yellow would have been much happier and uplifting, it also wouldn’t look like a corpus was dragged all over

[mikkeneko]

i am begging you to please consider why yellow would actually be just as bad

[mosticonicposts]

certified iconic post

[acafangrrl]

Location location location. It matters!

[voiceboss]

Visit Original Link

[Yes, I had to do it. Yes, all the voices are me. Lyrics under the cut.]

Keep reading

[marvel-blog2]

so the only two white actors in black panther are martin freeman, who played bilbo baggins, and andy serkis, who played gollum.

so I guess that means…they’re the Tolkien white guys.

[everywitchway-deactivated201905]

I literally screamed

[vbartilucci]

This will never not be brilliant.

[lumberjackloverboy-moved]

today i was talking to my therapist about being upset that my dad wanted a daughter and she told me 'your father is crying by a grave of his own making that has no corpse in it. you do not need to fill it for him and are not required to weep beside him' and I had to take a sip of water bc my mind stopped working for a moment

[americanairliines-deactivated20]

Just a simple PSA

Cannon = thing that goes boom

Canon = an event that occurs within a published story

[adachifag]

they both destroy ships tho

[parenyzia]

Did you just

[nepofledgling]

Magneto: Are you interested in joining my team of mutants fighting for the end of mutant oppression? :)

A mutant: sure what’s it called?

Magneto: the brotherhood of evil mutants

Mutant: w

Mutant: why’s it called that

[jakemorph]

like you all wouldnt be hyped as fuck to join a gay rights club called the “brotherhood of evil gays”

[xplainthexmen]

…

this is an exceptionally valid point.

[elfwreck]

Evil Queer Alliance…

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

SIGN ME UP

[acafangrrl]

I’m a PhD student researching queer new media fandom. If you are into Undertale and other games please consider helping a fellow fangirl out! https://qcapstudy.wordpress.com/audiences/

[everythingfox]

Okay time to go

[acafangrrl]

When we get a puppy honey!

[kiwipeel]

why they gotta play abba in grocery stores………………. what kind of cruel torment is that…………. you can’t just put me, a gay, in a public area where literally every single human has to visit … and play voulez-vous.. what am i meant to do?? NOT go berserk?? NOT give in to the most primal desires to dance and sing etched into my gay ass bones?? YOU EXPECT ME to sit here and browse tinned peaches with fucking ABBA playing through shitty tinny ass public speakers?? 

[catmeme-moved]

i really really love when animals lay on their back and their paws do that thing

[catmeme-moved]

the front paws. i love that

[catmeme-moved]

its just very good

[pojkflata]

[justnoodlefishthings]

[ramblefandom]

peep

[acafangrrl]

I'm looking for audience participants for my PhD research into queer indie media. (link: https://qcapstudy.wordpress.com/audiences/) qcapstudy.wordpress.com/audiences

[wsswatson]

Why is it always ‘queer people are projecting their identities onto characters’ and never ‘straight people are presuming that their identity is the default’?

[seriousflightrisk]

I COULD NOT REBLOG THIS FAST ENOUGH

[thunderdices]

When you roll a nat 20 dexterity save against an attack:

Gif by @gifsme

[musingsofaraven]

There’s several reasons I love this gif:

1. The WTF reaction by the ref

2. The dude who escapes looks like an Irish boxer from the 1800′s

3. Who’s also gay sassy (I mean those trunks and that hand flick)

4. The other wrestler just holds his arms in the same position while he’s looking dumbfounded at the gay sassy wrestler and then the audience and back