fandom, Media Literacy and Analysis, Social Deconstruction

You Really Need to Move on from Harry Potter, I’m So Serious

Last week, J.K. Rowling revealed her ass, yet again, around a UK supreme court ruling. This ruling being that, when referencing the Equality Act, “women” specifically means “biological women.” Effectively, legally stripping trans-women then status of “woman” in regards to the application of the protections of this act. And I’m seeing people not quite understand… Continue reading You Really Need to Move on from Harry Potter, I’m So Serious

Fan Theory and Transformative Works, fandom

How does fanfic emerge?

James Cameron’s Avatar is still the top grossing movie of all time even fifteen years after its release. It’s followed in the top five by Avengers: Endgame, Avatar: The Way of Water, Titanic, and Star Wars: Episode VII. While Marvel and Star Wars, as properties, have massive transformative fan communities around them, the James Cameron… Continue reading How does fanfic emerge?