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New media and old institutions: 2

By Alexis Lothian February 7, 2009 fandom, media No Comments

I’ve written about vidding quite a lot on this blog. It’s an artform that is getting steadily more attention: as one facet of the web’s enabling of grassroots, amateur filmmaking,…

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SF and race part two

By Alexis Lothian January 22, 2009 fandom, race 4 Comments

My last post was about science fiction fandom’s Cultural Appropriation Debate of Doom. Although there had been rather a lot of unfortunate remarks made, I felt justified in linking to…

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Doing boys like they’re girls, and other (trans)gendered subjects: the queer subcultural politics of ‘genderfuck’ fan fiction

By Alexis Lothian October 12, 2008 fandom, queer 5 Comments

This is my paper from LA Queer Studies. Right now, it seems likely that it’s the last piece I’ll do on fan fiction for a while, although I would like…

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TWC issue 2: call for papers

By Alexis Lothian September 18, 2008 announcement, fandom No Comments

Now that we’ve put our first issue of Transformative Works and Cultures together, it’s time to start thinking about the second. The Spring 2009 issue will have a focus on…

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Transformative Works and Cultures, Issue One!

By Alexis Lothian September 17, 2008 announcement, fandom No Comments

I’m very excited to announce that Transformative Works and Cultures has just published its first issue. It’s been a lot of work, and far less for me than for the…

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Blogging against racism: the power of activist intersectional geeks

By Alexis Lothian August 6, 2008 fandom, race 2 Comments

It’s International Blog Against Racism Week, number three. I seem to see the event listed more widely every year it goes on, but I’m not sure whether that’s just because…

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WisCon, fanacademia and internet drama

By Alexis Lothian May 31, 2008 fandom, theory 4 Comments

Last weekend I attended WisCon, a feminist science fiction convention with an academic track. Immediately after the convention I flew to London (after first flying back to LA, and yes,…

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Paper from Console-ing Passions

By Alexis Lothian April 27, 2008 fandom, queer, race, theory 6 Comments

I just got back from Console-ing Passions in Santa Barbara, a wonderfully inspiring and exciting conference. This is the paper I presented. It connects a lot to the questions I…

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old percolations on affect and fandom

By Alexis Lothian April 16, 2008 fandom, theory 1 Comment

I haven’t been the best of bloggers, have I? It’s so long since I posted, WordPress has changed its interface. The conference went very well, anyway. Tavia Nyong’o gave a…

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Visual thinking

By Alexis Lothian February 16, 2008 fandom 7 Comments

I’m a words person. I can’t remember that ever not being true. Not just a sentences person, a meanings person, a linguistic semiotics person, though all of those too, but…

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Alexis Lothian

Associate Professor in The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studes; Core Faculty in Design Cultures and Creativity; Affiliate Faculty in American Studies, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. University of Maryland College Park

Author, Old Futures: Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility (NYU Press, 2018)

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