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OTW Fannews: Getting Canon
Forbes hosted an article about cartoon fandom in Zambia and the difficulty in obtaining canon. "'It’s literally impossible to find anime DVDs in stores here,' said Banda. 'Also, the last anime I saw...
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OTW Fannews: Fanworks of Note
An article at Huffington Post featured interpretations of Harry Potter characters that raceswapped their movie representations. "For many artists, Hermione's vague physical description has presented...
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OTW Fannews: Defying Expectations
Fandoms have a variety of problematic behaviors, including how women's participation is welcomed. Sports marketer Amanda Curry complained about the nature of some efforts to reach out to female fans....
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OTW Fannews: Fandom Fixing Fails
Black Girl Nerds hosted a discussion about race bending fanart, and its importance in increasing representation. "To behold an Aurora, with dark skin and a wide nose like mine, is an act of...
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OTW Fannews: Life and Times
Latino USA aired a segment on diversity in geekdom which looked at video games, comic books, and cosplay. A Latino fan was interviewed about the introduction of more diverse comic book heroes, saying...
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OTW Fannews: Loving the Fangirl
Mashable highlighted the emergence of more female fans as superheroes. The latest is Faith “Zephyr” Herbert from Valiant Comics’ Harbinger series. The “sci-fi loving, Firefly-quoting fangirl” now has...
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OTW Fannews: The Year in Fandom
Hypable kicked off the end of year list tradition with an article on fandom things to be thankful for. "I knew that I wanted characters that I could relate to, but I had no idea the sort of...
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OTW Fannews: Paying Tribute
Canada's National Post reported on the 141st birthday of Lucy Maud Montgomery by citing not only the various incarnations and tributes to Anne of Green Gables but also its fanfiction. "Anne fans are...
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OTW Fannews: Coming Attractions
Both the Wall Street Journal and The Global Times wrote about China's approach to fanworks and intellectual property. The Journal reported on Alibaba Pictures' plans to "no longer hire professional...
View ArticleOTW Fannews: Downsides
A number of media outlets including Vulture discussed casting decisions for a theater production of Harry Potter. “‘Fan service‘ has become more and more predominant in this social-media age, when the...
View ArticleGuest Post: Emmanuelle Debats
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View ArticleThis Week in Fandom Volume 12
If Devin Faraci’s proclamation that ‘fandom is broken’ had you seething last week, you aren’t alone. In an article for Vox, Constance Grady discusses a number of anti-fanfic essays and blog posts and...
View ArticleGuest Post: Keidra Chaney
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View ArticleThis Week in Fandom, Volume 18
After a week off from This Week in Fandom, we’re back, and this week we’re discussing a question that has been on a lot of people’s minds lately: ‘What is the point of pop culture in a world gone mad?’...
View ArticleThis Week in Fandom, Volume 27
Welcome back to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things that are happening! Did you all enjoy New York Comic Con? Even if you didn’t get to go, there’s been all kinds of squee happening about...
View ArticleThis Week in Fandom, Volume 28
There is a persistent and wildly inaccurate perception outside of fandom culture that all ‘fangirls’ are white, English-speaking, and approximately 14. The stereotype is particularly prevalent among...
View ArticleThis Week in Fandom, Volume 31
This week is about feel-good fandom, and what could be more warm and fuzzy than a live action hjubvg film? Siliconera.com/ reports that the plot will be…pretty much what you’d expect, assuming you’ve...
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OTW Fannews: Fandom Awakens & Stretches
New York magazine took the opportunity to point out what the release of a new Star Wars film really means and included some early numbers from AO3. "[I]f you have even passing knowledge of the...
View ArticleOTW Fannews: Mirrors and Windows
At Tor.com, Liz Bourke discussed how fanworks taught her about herself. “I didn’t really understand that I wasn’t asexual, until I started reading fanfic in earnest, in the last couple of years. That I...
View ArticleOTW Guest Post: Antonia
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