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fem_thoughts2013-06-04 11:14 pm
amaresu) wrote in fem_thoughts2013-06-04 11:14 pm
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Comment Meta
Femslash Mini Meta fest was an utter fail this year. And I'm still not in a place where I could do it, so I purpose Comment Meta. And let's have it cover all things female and fannish. However you define those.
How it works
1. Post a meta topic in a top level comment. Use the subject line for the meta subject and expand as you want in the body of the comment. Or don't.
2. Repeat Step 1 for as many meta ideas as you have.
3. Comment on other meta topics.
It's kinda like a kink meme, only with meta. Feel free to browse the mini meta tag for ideas.
This is meant to be about as low pressure as it comes. Feel free to write on your own journal/Tumblr/blog and link back here. Respond with as little or as much as you want. This post will remain open indefinitely, so please track it if that makes things easier for you.
How it works
1. Post a meta topic in a top level comment. Use the subject line for the meta subject and expand as you want in the body of the comment. Or don't.
2. Repeat Step 1 for as many meta ideas as you have.
3. Comment on other meta topics.
It's kinda like a kink meme, only with meta. Feel free to browse the mini meta tag for ideas.
This is meant to be about as low pressure as it comes. Feel free to write on your own journal/Tumblr/blog and link back here. Respond with as little or as much as you want. This post will remain open indefinitely, so please track it if that makes things easier for you.
Re: femslash production
The main thing that stops me making more femslash is the heteronormativity of canon: I tend to be a canon or almost-canon shipper. Not much we can do about canon though, asides from reccing each other femslashy fandoms. Other than that...
I am a weirdo hitwise in that my most popular works tend to be femslash and gen, with my het and (much rarer) slash not doing quite as well. However I am still put off by the lack of general enthusiasm for femslash in fandom: I'm moderately likely to get get feedback once I make a work but there usually isn't as much general fannish excitement about my f/f OTPs in comms etc, which can make it harder to feel inspired. And when fandom as a whole is excited about a femslash pairing I like (Rose/Kanaya from Homestuck for example) I am more likely to make fanworks about it even if I'm not a diehard shipper, buoyed by the general buzz. Plus I do a lot of art prompts, and if noone prompts femslash it's not going to get drawn!
So I guess more of a sense of happy "yay femslash!" community around the ships and fandoms I like would be inspiring. I have got a bit of this by slowly finding and friending people with similar tastes on tumblr/dreamwidth etc. Maybe a friending meme? Have we had one of those?