drupagliassotti @ April 20, 2009 # One Comment
My work on boys’ love manga often overlaps, thematically, with others’ work on slash and other fanfic — which is why I’m going to post this call for papers here. I’m intrigued by the textual, rather than ethnographic, focus of this conference. As a sociologically trained academic, I tend to approach texts from a sociological/cultural [...]
drupagliassotti @ April 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Matt Cardin tells us that he’s finalizing the deal with Ash-Tree Press for Holy Horrors Vols. 1 & 2. Volume 1 is tentatively scheduled to come out in Fall/Winter 2009, and Volume 2 around Spring 2010. Ash-Tree Press is an incredible small press — I’ve reviewed several of their volumes over the course of my [...]
drupagliassotti @ April 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I’m thrilled to announce the publication of the Issue 20 (April 2009) of Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific. This issue has been guest-edited by BL scholar Mark McLelland and is titled Japanese Transnational Fandoms and Female Consumers. I think you’re going to find it an invaluable addition to fandom and BL [...]
drupagliassotti @ April 14, 2009 # 3 Comments
One of the great things about co-editing the collection of BL-related essays Girls Doing Boys Doing Boys is that many scholars interested in the subject are emailing me to say hello and tell me about their own work. I never fail to learn something new from the exchanges! This morning I received an email from [...]
drupagliassotti @ April 13, 2009 # One Comment
Amazon is currently facing online protests against its delisting gay- and lesbian-themed “adult” books while retaining the listing of heterosexually themed “adult” books. This event, which was swiftly dubbed #amazonfail on Twitter yesterday, is leading to some interesting protests, from the standard petition to a movement to redefine and Google-bomb the term “Amazon Rank” over [...]
drupagliassotti @ April 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Thanks to Jaime, who sent me this! I really do plan to write some more substantial posts soon, but in the interim, let this be a metaphor for where my good intentions are currently located…
drupagliassotti @ April 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I’d mentioned back in February that I’d heard that the two-volume Holy Horrors anthology was still in the works, and it does indeed sound like it’s not only still on track, but may have found a fantastic publisher. I’m keeping my fingers crossed! When the editor says it’s OK to print the TOC, I’ll be [...]