Comment Meta

[amaresu]

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.

Comments

Re: femslash production

[cantarina]

So, the interesting thing about being a femslash podficcer is that while I don't really get a lot of feedback, that's generally true even when I record m/m or dude-centric gen. It's too simplistic to say that fanworkers who work in other media only do it for the comments, but podficcers don't record for that reason. If we did, the Audiofic Archive would be significantly smaller!

f/f is a sizeable portion of what I record (bigger than m/m, which tends to only pop up in collabs), but not as common as het or gen and I think a lot of that is down to the numbers game. I don't often write and when I do, it's almost always slice-of-life gen, so I rely pretty exclusively on what other people have written to get me by. Personally, I might record more f/f if there were more of it to read and subsequently, more of it to twig my "MUST RECORD" buttons. Other people making more f/f podfic is always a joy, but I was doing it consistently before there was really anyone else doing the same.

I run an f/f (and another f+f) podfic fest every year around IDF. We had poor turnout our first year and a solid turnout the second. We'll see if we can keep growing this year! I think that most of us keep at it because much like making the decision to podfic in the first place, we do it out of sheer joy and love for the fanworks and characters.

Re: femslash production

[croissantkatie]

I love f/f podfic a ridiculous amount. I don't know what amount I record is f/f compared to m/m or gen though. But the feedback aspect has nothing to do with what I record. I record stuff because something about it makes me want to go "yes, I need to read this *now.*" And, conversely, I think I might actually get more feedback on my f/f podfic? This might not be true, but it feels that way. There's a small but very dedicated femslash podfic listening group.

I really love the f/f and f+f podfic fest and really hope it grows more. Because more than anything it's such a fun thing to take part in and the created fanworks bring me such joy.

My main issue with regards f/f podfic at the moment is that the fandoms I seem to have fallen into mostly consist of dudes and the presence of ladies is definitely something I miss. So yeah, I am always up for people going "hey Katie! This show has awesome ladies! You might like it." Because even if I don't end up fannishly engaged with that media, it's still nice to see ladies around.

Re: femslash production

[sophinisba]

Yeah, I've also found that, within the generally sparse area of podfic feedback, I do tend to get recognition for femslash - maybe not for the individual podfics I put out but when someone's commenting on my podfic in general they often say thanks for recording femslash podfic, and that makes me feel great and want to do more of it.

Like cantarina said, a lot of it is a numbers game. Even once you make the decision that you want to make podfic about ladies (I've made it a tradition for myself at Christmas, as well as at audiofemme/IDF and other challenges) you still have to find it, and the fic you find is often small, and a lot of listeners don't like to bother downloading short podfics, and so on. It can be really rewarding though.

I haven't made any podfic in a couple months but gosh now I feel I should find something to record for IDF!

Re: femslash production

[cantarina]

Let me know if I can do anything to enable IDF/audiofemme podfic <3 We'll be launching the usual party soon!

Re: femslash production

[cantarina]

No, I get what you're saying. The circle of f/f podfic makers and fans has absolutely exploded in size compared to what it was even three years ago, but for all its still small, it's *dedicated* and close-knit (hopefully not cliquey? It's hard to tell from the inside!)

audiofemme isn't going anywhere, never fear <3

Re: femslash production

[havocthecat]

I didn't know about audiofemme until just now! /joins

Re: femslash production

[cantarina]

Just in time :D We're about the launch our annual f/f fest.