05-23 links — 2

1) Henry Jenkins: Transforming Fan Culture into User-Generated Content: The Case of FanLib

Cogent summary of the FanLib brouhaha. Also, for some reason the CEO of FanLib accepts Jenkins’s invitation to dialogue after ignoring Telesilla’s attempt.

(tags: meta.fanfic meta.any_fandom fanlib auth.henryjenkins)

2) Joss Whedon: Let’s Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death

I’ve always had a bent towards apocalyptic fiction, and I’m beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames. Her face was nothing but red.

(tags: auth.josswhedon activism women violence honor_killing feminism)