just as there are plenty of people at the Buffy cons I've been to I have nothing in common with but to deny that we're all there because we're part of Buffy fandom would be, well, stupid.
But 'Buffy fandom' and 'sf fandom' are not comparable entities. 'TV fandom' and 'sf fandom' would be comparable. If you generalise the logic of Buffy fandom to the expression 'foo fandom', then I am part of, for instance, third row fandom, lit fandom, Angel fandom, etc. I am not part of, say, filk fandom. And I'm not part of fandom fandom, which is to say I'm not part of the group that is fannish about fandom. The problem is that within 'sf fandom', 'fandom fandom' just calls itself 'fandom'.
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Date: 2005-08-03 01:34 pm (UTC)But 'Buffy fandom' and 'sf fandom' are not comparable entities. 'TV fandom' and 'sf fandom' would be comparable. If you generalise the logic of Buffy fandom to the expression 'foo fandom', then I am part of, for instance, third row fandom, lit fandom, Angel fandom, etc. I am not part of, say, filk fandom. And I'm not part of fandom fandom, which is to say I'm not part of the group that is fannish about fandom. The problem is that within 'sf fandom', 'fandom fandom' just calls itself 'fandom'.
I agree that this is stupid.