by Keidra Chaney I’ve been reading with amusement the blog “My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection” and following with interest the resulting debates around the blog….
by Keidra Chaney The publication of Textual Poachers in 1992 opened the door of acceptance for an academic study of fan communities and transformative works,…
by Vivian Obarski Dear Geek girls and Geek women — First off, I’m coming from a place of love. Don’t get me wrong. But we…
-By Raizel Liebler If you are a fan, you should read Laina Dawes‘ What are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in…
Around December every year, music critics put out their lists of best albums of the year. Considering much of what we liked this year were…
The Learned Fangirl is steeped in the experience of being a fangirl. Unfortunately, there aren’t nearly enough pop culture examples that are from the perspective…
by Vivian Obarski and Keidra Chaney This conversation was on the heels of an in-person conversation that Viv and I had earlier this year, there’s…
Well, it’s happened. Integrity Toys has partnered with Hasbro to capitalize on the nostalgia of late-20 to mid-30 somethings and create Jem and the Holograms…
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…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtIhedSMQXA”] Interesting news for both fans of NIN and followers of fan culture, fan-works and ownership. The grassroots fan organized video production collective This One…