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A Vid(eographic) Journey
As Iāve mentioned on Vimeo, Iāve decided to embark on a bit of an experiment, to try out for myself the various videographic criticism exercises that my colleagues Jason Mittell and Chris Keathley have put together for their workshop on videographic criticism. Itās somewhat ironic that Iāve been out of the country for conferences the two years that theyāve head the workshopsāfirst I was atā¦
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Three Book Sections, Three Videos
In the multi-year process of writing Millennial Fandom, I worked out many of my ideas in video/fanvid form. Sometimes the vid came before I drafted a chapter, and sometimes it came after. As I look back, I see that three videos offer in different different form the core ideas from the bookās three sections, Millennial Hope, Millennial Noir, and Millennial Transformation. Iāll post all three vids here. Iād love to hear what you think about the relationships and the differences between writing about these ideas with words and videos.Ā
In my classes, we use social media in a range of targeted ways. Often, my classes share a social media account, be it Tumblr or Pinterest or another interface weāre experimenting with, which students curate individually or in group. Sometimes we work with these interfaces in class, and often we use them as tools to engage with one another and with media culture beyond class. We use the same account from semester to semester, and thus they become conversations between generations of a particular class.
We also use class hashtags to continue conversations on Twitter and on other social media that students happen to be engaged with. You can join in the Twitter conversations at #gsm267, #middspek, #middremix, #middsherlock, #middtvac, and #middami.
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Scholar-Vidding? Acavidding? Or just metavidding?
Scholar-Vidding? Acavidding? Or justĀ metavidding?
In the multi-year process of writing Millennial Fandom, I worked out many of my ideas in video/fanvid form. Sometimes the vid came before I drafted a chapter, and sometimes it came after. As I look back, I see that three videos offer in different different form the core ideas from the bookās three sections, Millennial Hope, Millennial Noir, and Millennial Transformation. Iāve posted all threeā¦
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Interview on Millennial Fandom
Interview on MillennialĀ Fandom
I was so thrilled to be interviewed by Henry Jenkins at his blog (Confessions of an Acafan, of course!) about my book, Millennial Fandom. The interview is in three parts: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. Iād love to continue the conversation on millennials, generational discourse, and fandom, there, here, or on my (bookās) Tumblr. Yes, yes, I have (far) more than one Tumblr at this pointā¦ Asā¦
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Fandom in Transition: 3 Flow Pieces
Fandom in Transition: 3 FlowĀ Pieces
This past Spring, I was happy to have the opportunity to write a series of three posts for the online journal Flow on āFandom in Transition.ā With the loss of Antenna (RIP!), Flow remains a terrific site for short form thinking on TV and media culture. (And Iām looking forward to talking about generational discourse & the media industry at the Flow Conference this September!) So, if youād like toā¦
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My #middsherlock class hard at deductive work.
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fan demographics: gender & sexuality
For the next round of posts, Iām going to focus on some of the ways fans described themselves in 2008. In order to get a sense of who was participating in the 2008 Fan Fiction survey, the participants were asked for some general demographic information. At the time, I wanted to get a sense of the mix of fans taking the survey. Now, Iād love to know what you make of this data.
2) gender and sexuality
The vast majority of fans participating in the survey (96%) identified as female. Many participants identified as heterosexual (68%), but a significant portion of participants (32%) identified as non-heterosexual, including the 23% of participants that identified themselves as bisexual. Thatās roughly a third of participants identifying as something other than straight.
Iāve got a few different things Iām wondering about this and Iād love to get your thoughts.Ā
First, what do you make of this data? Is there anything else you think we should pay attention to here?Ā
Also, how much does this match with your experience of fans and fandoms today?
Finally, how do you feel about surveys collecting this kind of information about fans? Do we need this kind of data? Is it useful?Ā
Share your ideas by replying to this post or by posting comments on the Fandom Then/Now website.
This is such an interesting and cool study! The study of the history of fandom always makes me do a happy dance. The differences between then and now are so fascinatingā¦ Just wow. Katherine Morrisseyās work is impressive! Thanks to destinationtoast for pointing me at this! (The main site is here.)
Yeah, I really love this project! Ā Itās so cool to compare also to centrumluminaās AO3 Census work ā though, of course, the survey methods are different, so that must be kept in mind when trying to draw any conclusions about fandom changing over time.
Hey so a while back, on a whim, I joined a MEP on Youtube. I never joined a MEP before, somehow, in my ten million years on that site. I am a hermit. Anyway, itās all new to me but they have all been extraordinarily kind and welcoming and last month I participated in this here above MEP. Itās called Sleepwalking and I did the Matrix part at the end. Itās an interesting way to vid - a bit like a drabble challenge in that itās only a few seconds and they give you the theme (Sleepwalking in this case). I recommend it if you donāt have time to vid so much at the moment but want to hang out with vidders a bit and play around in fandom.
Owning the Goddamned Servers!
Wow, every time I think I canāt hate the āletās commercialize fandomā contingent more, I come across something like this:
ML: Yeah, I guess Iām so far removed from fanfiction as a primary mode of fandom because Iām so in a very different world of behavior rather than a single point of origin fanworks. And what I really mean, I guess, by ācanon is a little less important,ā is that thereās the incredible loop of production and consumption, so that producers are consumers are producers are consumers are producers are consumers. And so at any point along that trail someone can join in the fandom. So someone can be, can know StarKid, and become part of the fandom that way, even if they werenāt necessarily deep into Harry Potter before that.
ML: I really strongly disagree with anti-consumerist fandom. Because itās missing a whole part of the production cycle that is absolutely necessary for people to understand in order to actually get canon. And in order to actually get fanworks! (Meredith Levine in an interview with Fansplaining, August 2015)
Funny how it is a person who analyze fannish interactions for profit that redefines fandom as commercial. Not only should be accept it when we get overrun by people trying to make money off us. Weāre actually now supposed to accept when we get moved to the frienges of āfandomā to make room for the ārealā thingāMONEY.
This may be a good point to remind ourselves why some of us keep on holding high the banner of non-profit fandom and its role in fannish history. So in that vein, here are two of my favorites quotes.
We need a central archive of our own, something like animemusicvideos.org. Something that would NOT hide from google or any public mention, and would clearly state our case for the legality of our hobby up front, while not trying to make a profit off other peopleās IP and instead only making it easier for us to celebrate it, together, and create a welcoming space for new fans that has a sense of our history and our community behind it. (Astolat, May 2007)
Because I want us to own the goddamned servers, ok? Because I want a place where we canāt be TOSed and where no one can turn the lights off or try to dictate to us what kind of stories we can tell each other. (Speranza, January 2008)
Because with everything I see and know and post about the OTW, with everything thatās going on, at the end of the day, this is OUR space, for however we want to define our, for however inclusive we want it to be. The one thing that wonāt be included, however, is third party platforms trying to make money off OUR CONTENT!
Iāve been watching this all day and asked Killa to put it up streaming so I could share. This is her amazing Kirk/Spock vid to Danteās Prayer ā http://fanlore.org/wiki/Danteās_Prayer for more detail. The vid that made me a vidder.
God, sheās the greatest.
āThe only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.ā
- Viola Davis, the first black woman to win an Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Item #203 - Let the Kale Move You!
IMAGE. ITEM IN HONOR OF JUSTIN GUARINI: Show up in Times Square on Broadway between 46th and 47th street on the West side of the street (next to the red steps) on Tuesday, August 4th at 12:00 ET dressed in a lettuce or kale tutu and follow instructions given to you by the jumbotron http://officialgishwhes.tumblr.com/timessquare. You may submit an image of you in the lettuce or kale tutu in front of the jumbotron or as you follow instructions. You must follow the instructions for at least 1 minute. For those outside of the US: on the same day, at 12:00PM in your local time, go to the most prominent landmark in your city dressed in a lettuce of kale tutu. You must provide an image of you in the tutu in front of the landmark doing a ballet move with a bystander applauding. (US Citizens - ignore this direction - your directions will come from the jumbotron.)68 points Ā Ā
*Go Nat! Ā Looking great! Ā Ā
My teamās offering. Happy Birthday Natalie!!!
friend: what are you doing?
me: im on tumblr
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2 years ago today, I had no life. Or rather, I had the beginning of one. Ā I had just had a bone marrow transplant, necessary to fix the immune system which, for no discernible reason (thus far) had decided to attack my own body. Ā After over 2 years of being sick, in and out of the hospital, putting law school and everything else on hold, I was finally starting the road to recovery.
But it was a solitary road. Ā For those not aware, when you have a bone marrow transplant, you basically reset to newborn mode. Ā You have no natural immunity to anything. Ā So for the first 6-8 months (typically a year, but a new quarter was starting, and I am nothing if not stubborn), you live in almost complete isolation. No one can touch you Ā No going outside. Ā Iām not even going to get into what youāre allowed to eat. Ā Even though itās a good thing, a necessary thing, it can get you down. Ā Especially for someone who was constantly moving, constantly engaging, constantly doing things, which was my life before.
My mom suggested support groups on chat rooms. Ā And - this is not to knock support groups on chat rooms, because I think they do a lot of good for a lot of people - it was a disaster. Ā I managed to find only two types; theĀ āoh life is over this is the endā type, and theĀ āimmerse myself in religion to get through thisā type. Ā Neither type was for me. Ā Which is how I decided I was going to be alone, and isolated for the better part of a year, but at least Iād have time to catch up on all those shows I never watched.
Which is how I found Sherlock. And then Tumblr. Ā And then this fandom. Ā Itās how I found friends who I could connect with, talk to, engage with, and it didnāt matter that I couldnāt meet in person, because they were right there at my fingertips. Ā Separated by geography, but drawn together by a common love, I found a place where I could fit. A place where I could engage, and be creative and productive and contributeĀ in a way that I wasnāt allowed to do anywhere else. Ā It gave me a purpose, and an outlet, and a way to keep myself together.
So, to the fandom; to my friends, the ones Iāve connected with on and outside of Tumblr, whether we still talk every day or not so much anymore (Iām here if you need me); to those who have engaged with me on Tumblr, who have Ā pushed me to think differently; and to those who have reblogged and encouraged and consumed what Iāve put out there, and supported my thoughts and contributions these past two years, who have accepted me into such a fantastic group of people.
To all of you, I say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.Ā
the-navel-treatment, you are a lovely and strong and inspirational human being!
