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Hi! I'm Claire! 22, USA. Teaching High School Spanish and SPED in MA. Graduate of Wellesley College. In love with cranberry juice and wings. Deathly afraid of squirrels. madamedefarge10 on twitter. Tumblr-married to my tumblr-soulmate, lidlesseye. Tumblr-foster-parent of younaughtything, aka Toronto.

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Notes so can we talk about how Colleen is taking the best class in the history of the universe and HOW I AM GOING TO AUDIT IT

It is called “Fans and Fan Cultures”

here are some highlights from the syllabus

i actually cannot breathe because this class is so wonderful

you have to write a short essay on your experience as a fan- HOW CAN THAT BE LIMITED TO 2 PAGES I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO WRITE IN 2 PAGES

In-class viewing: Buffy the V ampire S layer (7x16 “Storyteller”).

In-class viewing: Supernatural (1x03 “Dead in the Water” and a clip from 5x01 “Sympathy for the Devil”).

“‘The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean’: Supernatural, Queer Readings, and the Romance of Incestuous Fan Fiction” by Catherine Tosenberger

“‘Let’s Get Those Winchesters Pregnant’: Male Pregnancy in Supernatural Fan Fiction” by Berit Åström

LIKE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INCEST AND MPREG

IN A CLASS

LIKE AJSDHFJASHDFJDSAHFJSAHF

Mini-assignment: Find a piece of fan fiction that appeals to you in some way and bring it to class today. It may be short, long, of any genre or type. Please be prepared to explain what it is

about and why you chose it.

various fanvids; T win P eaks (1x01 “Traces to Nowhere”).

Guest lecturer: Andrew Slack of the Harry Potter Alliance.
In-class viewing: BBC S herlock (1x01 “A Study in Pink”).

In-class viewing: H eroes (1x01 “Genesis”). We will also spend some time exploring its transmedia

extensions.

LIKE I AM ACTUALLY CRYING

SO WONDERFUL

#THE BEST CLASS EVER #EVER #AJSHDFJASHFJSA #fandoms #asjkhdfjashf #having a breakdown #best class ever #ajhdfjashf #help #harry potter #supernatural #buffy #twin peaks #sherlock #heroes

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