I feel like there's been a lot of mention of fanfic lately in TV—Castle and Supernatural both have done episodes with cute nods to fan communities. I don't think there's that many people involved in the creation of TV or movies that don't have some level of exposure to it anymore. I think if they avoid it, they do…

I've mostly seen it through communities on livejournal and tumblr. I'll see if I can find any links.

Absolutely. I feel like the playful attitudes writers have when it comes to slashing or pairing characters are reflected in so many things that go into fanfic—they are zany with sex and with plot and with settings and story structures. And so much of their dedication to experimentation and shamelessness are connected…

Hmmm. Yeah, that makes sense. And it doesn't sound like it's going to be a good thing for most writers.

Yeah, I think part of what I love about fanfic and fandom is the openness and the sense of play that people have—and that's completely wrapped up in the sense of community, the way that people share and collaborate. Forming something together or sharing something you created with others just because you want them to…

Dammit. Now I want some Stamon (Defan?) refinancing fic!

This sounds dicey. Like, say a person writes some Harry Potter or Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfic and publishes it with Amazon. But then the writer decides to revise the story, removing the elements that made it part of the Harry Potter or Buffy universe, so that it could be published as an original piece. Would…

If your definition of exploitation is that a person can't be exploited if they aren't coerced into doing something, then NFL players certainly aren't exploited. (Note: your definition of exploitation IS NOT the same as mine—I do, in fact, think that NFL players are being exploited, and I think that the LFL players…

Yes, but if employers aren't spending a few hundred dollars a year on birth control for these women, then they are far, far more likely to have to spend tens of thousands of dollars in pre-natal and delivery care—not to mention that the child will then be a dependent and will likely fall under the mother's insurance.

I feel like that Whedon-character test should just be a standard question on the profile. Right next to age preference.

I just wanted to high-five you for your incorporation of a Buffy quote.

Sure. I'm not arguing with any of that. You said that there were mixed leagues that pay good-to-obscene money. I'm just saying that, no, they don't. Women's and mixed-gender leagues do not pay money. D-league men's leagues? Yes. Decent money. European/international men's leagues? Absolutely. But if women are…

I totally understand and appreciate your argument—but the truth is, no, the people who play in the women's football league are not as athletic as the men who play in the NFL. NFL athletes are some of the most finely honed physical specimens on the planet. They have access to the best equipment, the best trainers,…

I'm not so sure those uniforms are sexualized. I mean, it's a T-shirt and buns. Volleyball players wear something very similar. They could've selected that as their uniform because it allows them facility of movement and improves their performance. I don't know... I just don't think that's an inherently sexual…

NFL players are absolutely are exploited—just not as sexual objects. And NFL players have a union and are paid a genuinely absurd amount of money to tolerate the ways that they're exploited. Every single year, more and more player protections are put in place—which is a good thing! But their exploitation really…

Good-to-obscene money? Really? I know a woman who plays in a semi-pro football league and she makes next to nothing. It may as well be a weekender kickball league. I'm not sure where these leagues that both accept women and pay an actual living are—I'd be interested to hear about them.

Haha. No, my username is a reference to Black Francis (aka Frank Black), who's lead singer of and creative force behind the Pixies. :)

Until a couple years ago, I also thought that Sally Ride was the first woman in space. I'm pretty sure that's what they told us, growing up in the 80s—I had a children's book and it was called Sally Ride: First Woman in Space, or something. They basically pretended the Soviet space program didn't exist, I guess.

The moon accepts your ridiculous brilliant proposal.

I am truly excited about the fact that ours is a world where that gif exists.