As far as I know the mainstream media has discovered fandom way back when and periodically covers it.
Nor is there a single msm that we can interact with to preserve our image--and this call for unity! Wow.
I already have offline interactions with fans in my community--granted, mostly at academic conferences, because, whoa Texas! rural Texas! (actually one of my former students is now on my flist--there aren't that many fans around here).
The standardizing ratings--whoa boy, let's not even go there--and some of the other stuff--totally unrealistic.
I guess I just cannot take that sort of thing seriously, nor, I suspect, will much of fandom.
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Re: deleted from wrong place in thread and reposted (I hope)
Date: 2007-06-05 09:47 pm (UTC)*shrugs*
That fan is living in another universe than I do.
As far as I know the mainstream media has discovered fandom way back when and periodically covers it.
Nor is there a single msm that we can interact with to preserve our image--and this call for unity! Wow.
I already have offline interactions with fans in my community--granted, mostly at academic conferences, because, whoa Texas! rural Texas! (actually one of my former students is now on my flist--there aren't that many fans around here).
The standardizing ratings--whoa boy, let's not even go there--and some of the other stuff--totally unrealistic.
I guess I just cannot take that sort of thing seriously, nor, I suspect, will much of fandom.