For some reason, heavy metal – the music, the musicians, the fan culture – has inspired a lot of great documentary films. One day I…
In the December 2011 issue of Decibel magazine (“America’s only extreme music magazine”), I read the interesting, but expected Dave-Mustaine-this-time-he-is-totes-over-his-feuds-he-means-it-even-if-he-is-called-SuperDave-and-Junior-isn’t-called-Junior story; lots of short articles…
Last week I (Keidra) participated in Heavy Metal 101, part of a monthly series organized by Chicago creative collectives Homeroom and You, Me Them, Everybody….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFGs6U6Bnb4] Fandoms, like any type of subculture, have different shorthand ways of discussing things that only make sense within the group — such as frequently…
Until recently, Clay Shirky was best known as the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. The book was widely praised…
Yesterday’s announcements from Facebook’s latest developer conference, F8. dropped news of major changes that have rattled online privacy advocates (and everyday users). I am among…
So to start my series of posts about SXSW, I’m starting with a discussion of one of the books focused on during one of the…
The soap opera was once defined in part as providing worlds without end, as some have put it: fictional worlds that carry on daily for…
Recently, the power of the fangirl has been seen as having potential economic power, especially with the huge opening of New Moon. And regardless of…
After a truly great time presenting about fan culture two years ago at MIT5: Creativity, Ownership, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, we presented at…