Hidden transcripts and public resistance

Fan fiction can be a way to explore emotional fallout after events in canon. It is not a stretch to use fan fiction to process real-life events. This small collection of observations is of some changes I have seen in the few fandoms I belong to in the wake of a few events in the early months of the...

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Main Author: Kate McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2020-03-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/1713/2359
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fan activism
the handmaid's tale
politics
protest
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publishDate 2020-03-01
description Fan fiction can be a way to explore emotional fallout after events in canon. It is not a stretch to use fan fiction to process real-life events. This small collection of observations is of some changes I have seen in the few fandoms I belong to in the wake of a few events in the early months of the Trump administration. The work fandom is doing has become a necessary part of how some people process these moments.
topic fan activism
the handmaid's tale
politics
protest
url https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/1713/2359
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