In this extended cut of the Challenging Fandom Racism roundtable, fan studies scholars Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, and Dr. Samantha Close join finnagain to discuss transformative fandom's cyclical struggle to recognise racism, the skepticism and harassment faced by fans and acafans who speaking out against racism, why the AO3 and the OTW need to change, and ways fans can practice anti-racism in our fannish lives and online communities. 


Episode 107A: Challenging Fandom Racism–Extended Cut

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In this extended cut of the Challenging Fandom Racism roundtable, fan studies scholars Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, and Dr. Samantha Close join finnagain to discuss transformative fandom’s cyclical struggle to recognise racism, the skepticism and harassment faced by fans and acafans who speaking out against racism, why the AO3 and the OTW need to change, and ways fans can practice anti-racism in our fannish lives and online communities. 


Shownotes, contact details, and credits below.

FULL SHOWNOTES

Dr. Rukmini Pande twitter

Squee From the Margins: Fandom and Race with the University Iowa Press
Upcoming edited collection (2020): Fandom, Now In Color: A Collection of Voices
Interview with Henry Jenkins
Interview on Fansplaining on racism in fandom
Article on racism in femslash fandoms

Stitch twitter

Stitch Media Mix blog
Why Write About Fandom Racism At A Time Like This?
Antiblackness in (Service of) the Archive: A Statement
On Korean Artists Using Their Platforms to Say that Black Lives Matter
Series What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Stitch Talks Ish podcast

joan miller twitter, bio

Website: likejoanofarc.com
Interview: “Who and What Belongs: #Gamergate and Abjection
Article on Cosplay and Race in forthcoming collection Fandom, Now In Color

Dr. Samantha Close twitter

Website But No Cigar
Open Letter to the OTW on Racism in Fandom
Article on Knitting Activism, Knitting Gender, Knitting Race

OTW

This Week in Fandom, Volume 149 (blog post previously featuring Dr. Pande and Stitch’s work)
Statement from the OTW Board of Directors, Chairs, & LeadsOTW
2020 OTW Elections Q&A Racism in the OTW and Its Projects

More texts:

Teland, 2003, My. Fucking. God. on Pete Ross in Smallville
Dissensus by Jacques Ranciere
Pose FX series
Cassandra Khaw’s Persons Non Grata series: Hammers on Bone and A Song for Quiet
Alissa Cole’s A Princess in Theory
Recommended Authors of Afrofuturism: Octavia Butler, N. K. Jemisin, Nalo Hopkinson

Contact
Email:[email protected]
Website: https://www.three-patch.com
Skype:threepatch.podcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/threepatch
Tumblr: http://threepatchpodcast.tumblr.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threepatchpodcast
Discord: http://discord.gg/ZUYEJhN


Music Credits
Unless otherwise indicated, all music is available for purchase through online retailers such as amazon.com and iTunes.

Challenging Fandom Racism – Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer: Crazy Classic Life

Production Credits
Episode Producer: finnagain
Episode Banner Artist: Fox Estacado & Caroline
Episode Audio Editor: finnagain
Distribution funded by Fans!
How to Cite
APA
By Three Patch Productions. (2020, 08, 05). Challenging Fandom Racism–Extended Cut [Episode 107A]. Three patch podcast. Podcast retrieved from https://three-patch.com/2020/08/05/episode-107a/

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