The contents of this page are taken mostly from mailing list and newsgroup
posts I've made. I've tried to put them in chronological order. I'm still
searching for a number of essays that I want to put here, so this page
will probably change fairly often.
| essays |
| Logos, Ethos, Pathos.
Vulcans are logical...or are they? |
fall 99 |
| Ultracondensed Introduction
to Document Design for Readability. Or "How to make a 'zine
that most folks can read." |
07.00 |
| Meme, Enthymeme.
Fanon and Fiction-as-Argument. |
07.00 |
| The Infamous Post #8746 to
Prospect-L. For everyone who has ever wondered "what
zombie hand of Rob Lowe?" |
11.00 |
| On Beta Readers. At least,
on mine. |
11.00 |
| Memetics: the Science
of Fanon. The creation and use of fanon, memetics as a useful
discipline.... |
01.01 |
| Daddy Dearest. A quick
look at some family relationships. |
01.01 |
| The Way They Talk: Subtitles
and Dialect. Nothing drives me batty faster than bad character
voice. |
03.01 |
| Squickfic and Satire.
A reaction to the reaction to "A Few Small Dreams". |
03.01 |
| Simply Stop Obeying.
On the psychology of Benton Fraser. |
04.01 |
| Character Comparisons.
From a ROG discussion of the similarities between Methos and Spock. |
04.01 |
| Misogyny in Fanfiction.
Why you'll often find me waving my hands around and shouting. |
|
| De-butchify. On
the feminization of male characters in slash. |
04.01 |
| Highlander,
Xena, Hercules, and Postmodernism. Bad history vs. postmodern
history. |
04.01 |
| Slash, Penetration, and
Ratings. From a discussion on whether slash necessarily includes
penetrative sex. |
05.01 |
| Queer, Not Slashy. What
is the difference? |
05.01 |
| Vecchio, Kowalski, and Fraser.
Who wins the Better Friend game? |
05.01 |
| Why Warnings Suck.
I hate warnings. Why? Because, that's why. (See also
Warn Responsibly.) |
05.01
12.01
(updated) |
| Slashing the Straightboy.
Why I rarely manage to get Ray Vecchio in bed with Fraser. |
05.01 |
| The Edge of Postmodern.
What the hell is "Fight Club", anyway? Contains spoilers
for "Fight Club". |
05.01 |
| Worldbuilding, "Inclination",
Alternate Universes, and the Creation of Vulcan. |
06.01 |
| Heleninhell and Dialogue.
Why her Sports Night works for me but her Sentinel doesn't. |
06.01 |
| Genre or Looks? Why
do we slash who we slash? Must they be cute? |
07.01 |
| Warn Responsibly.
Thoughts on warnings, the responsibility of authors and readers, and
definitions of audience. |
01.02 |
