Kristina Busse
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erasing race; erasing history
Wonderful post, Kristen, especially in connection with your blog post. It's interesting how a seemingly innocuous if not good procedure can (re)introduce problems. Because in the end, I do think it's a good thing to change Bonnie's race (or ... -
Self-reflexivity and
Self-reflexivity and self-awareness in writers...wouldn't that be nice! Don't you want to see that show where Elena's black, Stefan's asian, and Caroline hispanic????:D Oh wait, that wouldn't be THIS show of planation flashbacks ... -
bad analogies
Yet, all of her difference (and her family’s difference) is subsumed under the witch category. Yes! I hadn't even thought about it, but in a way this is strangely diplacing a visible with an invisible difference that denies the specificity of an une ... -
I’m so glad you’re bringing
I'm so glad you're bringing up all these issues. Louisa and i talked last night and both thought that we somehow needed to make clear that there was a reason Louisa's vid went last, that the week was thematically related but also, maybe, i ... -
Oh, I don’t think it breaks
Oh, I don't think it breaks down all that easily. I think there are more community/transformational and more affirmational/individuals (and I do think it's gendered on top of that), but it doesn't break down all easily...especially not whe ... -
pleasures...
Yes, Lindsay, that's a really great point. Obviously, the celebrity gained their own (quite visceral) pleasure, just like Sommerhalder et al gained some form of pleasure in watching the Salvatore vlog. And to me, as someone who loves vidding and act ... -
Yes, the Lady Gaga
Yes, the Lady Gaga gender&subject/object play is great, isn't it? I love the masculinity question you pose! There's an OTT ethos in both that takes their masculinity and plays it to bizarre extremes that then flips, doesn't it? And both ... -
I know! Looking at it from
I know! Looking at it from the outside, it really feels like everyone lost control. At the same time, I think the vid suggests quite correctly that this is simply metonymic for a general shift (and maybe a more general loss of control/oversight/planning? ... -
academia as safety net?
Hollis, I think your question are really provocative. I loved Kristen's analysis and the questions as to how especially female fans get constructed, but like you I constantly wonder where we ourselves fit in. My own fan community has squee and criti ... -
I guess then we’re more
I guess then we're more favorable to fans-made-good than the constructed pseudo-fans? But in the end, even when they're working as hard as they can (and apparently somewhat successfully in Lainey's case), at some point they move from famil ...