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Fandom's a Bitch, and so am I
Created on 2005-06-07 01:04:26 (#7352423), last updated 2009-11-28
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Basic Info| Name: | The Fanbitch |
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fanbitch@livejournal.com BioWelcome to my multi-fandom journal.
About the name:
I am neither a fanboy nor a fangirl. I am, however, a bitch, and depending on who you ask, that's either a good thing or a bad thing.
I approach fandom (and pop culture in general) from a feminist and queer perspective, and that's a great deal of what you will see here. The name is also a bit of a tip o' the nib to one of my favorite magazines, Bitch, which covers similar territory in a similar fashion. Lisa Jervis fucking rocks.
A glossary, for the purposes of this journal:
Fandom: This means any group of people gathered together around a common pop culture interest, usually in the SF/F genre, but not limited to that. It also means the phenomenon of fandom in general.
Feminism: The radical notion that women are people. What this term does NOT mean is any Dworkinesque hatred of men or sex, NOR does it mean any essentialist notions that the American version of femininity for women and girls is in any way inherent and therefore worthy of honor in and of itself. I believe in honoring women and girls for their status as human beings, not in honoring the trappings of femininity that their culture has pressed upon them, particularly when those trappings are tools of oppression. You can keep your issues of Bust and your retro-housewife/pinup fashion, thanks.
Queer: Anyone whose sexuality or gender doesn't fit in with culturally-prescribed molds.
Additionally, this journal is largely be from an American perspective, particularly West Coast, as that's where I grew up and live. So when I refer to "culture" or "we" it means my culture and my fellow Americans, and should not be construed as exclusionary of other nations or cultures. As I am not part of those other cultures, I don't feel qualified to comment on them all that much. When I do so, it's from the perspective of an outsider with only academic knowledge. Which may be extensive in some cases, but it's not first-hand. Also, as I'm a fairly classic Gen X'er, I usually speak from that perspective.
My fandom/pop culture interests:
Current TV:
Lost
BSG
House
CSI
Numb3rs
Leverage
Chuck
Heroes
Fringe
Eleventh Hour
Sanctuary
Hell's Kitchen
Mythbusters
True Blood
BBC's Robin Hood
Eureka
Older TV:
Witchblade
Carnivale
Law & Order Original Recipe (particularly the Lenny years)
Rome
Painkiller Jane
I also randomly watch episodes of Good Eats, House Hunters, Iron Chef America and a few other Food Network/HGTV things.
I have very little interest in Whedon properties, as I find his female characters far too cutesy for my taste. Honestly, I never saw much difference between Buffy and Charmed. I'm open to exploring anime, but thusfar have found little to really catch my fancy there.
I'm also a big movie buff, with a preference for genre films and quirky indies, as well as smart adult dramas (so long as they have a plot.)
I also like video games, although some probably don't consider me a gamer in the classic sense, as the kinds of games I like are rather limited (sims, rpgs, rts, rta, arcade-style.) Not into FPSs, hand-to-hand, sports, etc. I like my simulated violence to have a plot and purpose with it. And first-person perspective tends to give me a headache. I usually prefer PC games to console, because more of the stuff I like is on there. I also like non-video games, too.
I had a big fetish for Marvel's mutant titles about 15 years ago (about the time Excalibur debuted, and the main X titles were involved in the Age of Apocalypse storyline.) I lost interest when they started up X-Force and some cretin who drew like chicken scratch started penciling. Other than that, my comic interest has been limited, unless you count watching SuperFriends on Saturday mornings when I was 8. Probably ripe for the digging again, I would suppose.
Expect controversy. Expect strong opinions. Expect a lot of ranting, a lot of analysis and a lot of shameless adoration of creative geeks with big brains. In short, expect a lot of bitchery.
Want my words on other things? Generic politics:![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
uppityliberal Personal life: textualdeviance
About the name:
I am neither a fanboy nor a fangirl. I am, however, a bitch, and depending on who you ask, that's either a good thing or a bad thing.
I approach fandom (and pop culture in general) from a feminist and queer perspective, and that's a great deal of what you will see here. The name is also a bit of a tip o' the nib to one of my favorite magazines, Bitch, which covers similar territory in a similar fashion. Lisa Jervis fucking rocks.
A glossary, for the purposes of this journal:
Fandom: This means any group of people gathered together around a common pop culture interest, usually in the SF/F genre, but not limited to that. It also means the phenomenon of fandom in general.
Feminism: The radical notion that women are people. What this term does NOT mean is any Dworkinesque hatred of men or sex, NOR does it mean any essentialist notions that the American version of femininity for women and girls is in any way inherent and therefore worthy of honor in and of itself. I believe in honoring women and girls for their status as human beings, not in honoring the trappings of femininity that their culture has pressed upon them, particularly when those trappings are tools of oppression. You can keep your issues of Bust and your retro-housewife/pinup fashion, thanks.
Queer: Anyone whose sexuality or gender doesn't fit in with culturally-prescribed molds.
Additionally, this journal is largely be from an American perspective, particularly West Coast, as that's where I grew up and live. So when I refer to "culture" or "we" it means my culture and my fellow Americans, and should not be construed as exclusionary of other nations or cultures. As I am not part of those other cultures, I don't feel qualified to comment on them all that much. When I do so, it's from the perspective of an outsider with only academic knowledge. Which may be extensive in some cases, but it's not first-hand. Also, as I'm a fairly classic Gen X'er, I usually speak from that perspective.
My fandom/pop culture interests:
Current TV:
Lost
BSG
House
CSI
Numb3rs
Leverage
Chuck
Heroes
Fringe
Eleventh Hour
Sanctuary
Hell's Kitchen
Mythbusters
True Blood
BBC's Robin Hood
Eureka
Older TV:
Witchblade
Carnivale
Law & Order Original Recipe (particularly the Lenny years)
Rome
Painkiller Jane
I also randomly watch episodes of Good Eats, House Hunters, Iron Chef America and a few other Food Network/HGTV things.
I have very little interest in Whedon properties, as I find his female characters far too cutesy for my taste. Honestly, I never saw much difference between Buffy and Charmed. I'm open to exploring anime, but thusfar have found little to really catch my fancy there.
I'm also a big movie buff, with a preference for genre films and quirky indies, as well as smart adult dramas (so long as they have a plot.)
I also like video games, although some probably don't consider me a gamer in the classic sense, as the kinds of games I like are rather limited (sims, rpgs, rts, rta, arcade-style.) Not into FPSs, hand-to-hand, sports, etc. I like my simulated violence to have a plot and purpose with it. And first-person perspective tends to give me a headache. I usually prefer PC games to console, because more of the stuff I like is on there. I also like non-video games, too.
I had a big fetish for Marvel's mutant titles about 15 years ago (about the time Excalibur debuted, and the main X titles were involved in the Age of Apocalypse storyline.) I lost interest when they started up X-Force and some cretin who drew like chicken scratch started penciling. Other than that, my comic interest has been limited, unless you count watching SuperFriends on Saturday mornings when I was 8. Probably ripe for the digging again, I would suppose.
Expect controversy. Expect strong opinions. Expect a lot of ranting, a lot of analysis and a lot of shameless adoration of creative geeks with big brains. In short, expect a lot of bitchery.
Want my words on other things? Generic politics:
uppityliberal Personal life: textualdeviance ConnectInterests (34):
attack of the show, battlestar galactica, bbc robin hood, bitch magazine, clea duvall, csi, damon lindelof, desperate housewives, eleventh hour, entertainment industry media, eric szmanda, feminism, fringe, gender theory, grey's anatomy, heroes, hobbits, jorja fox, katee sackhoff, keane, lost, lotr, marvel, movies, mutants, mythbusters, philippa boyens, pop culture, rome, sarah mclachlan, seattle, tr knight, true blood, world without sundays
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