“How to Character Design for the Womens,” by shattered-earth
Curator’s Note: This is another example of gif set meta from Tumblr, this time making use of a common means of demonstrating drawing techniques to aspiring fan artists in order … Continue reading
“Not Actually What They Said,” by flybaldies
Curator’s Note: while fan meta historically have taken the shape of prose or video, with the proliferation of fandoms on Tumblr we’ve seen a rise in gif set meta that … Continue reading
“A Strange Yellow Squiggle: Racism in The Blind Banker” and “Arabia!lock: The Karachi Conundrum,” by mid0nz
Curator’s Note: In contrast with academic writing in the humanities, in which one argument advanced by an individual – or, in some cases, two or three – is typically sustained over … Continue reading
The Fan Meta Reader: An Introduction
The Fan Meta Reader is dedicated to bringing thought-provoking, theoretically innovative, and stylistically unique fan analysis – “meta” – to a wide readership. This blog was conceived as part of … Continue reading
The Fan Meta Reader 