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: changing fannish boundaries

[aiffe]

As someone who participated in fandom since 2004? Nah. This isn't my experience. I was always a multishipper who did het/slash/femslash/gen/kink/vanilla/whatever. Some of my friends did just one thing (even limited to just one ship, or only wrote one longfic!) and some did a little of everything like me.

Heck, I was an observer but not a participant in fandom going back to 2001, and the people whose fics I read also wrote a little of everything.

Similarly, today I see a mix of people--generalists and specialists. I know some people who only write slash or femslash or het, or only write one ship or etc. It's possible that there have been shifts within specific fandoms and social groups, fandom experiences are really diverse. But I definitely didn't see this as a culture shift over time.