09 August 2015
By StephenTorrence
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Fan Fiction, cultural appropriation, and deep geekery with guest expert Katherine
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50 Shades of Grey, Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse, BDSM, Big Bang Theory, Cards Against Humanity, China Miéville, Colonialism, cultural appropriation, Dead Poet’s Society, Doctor Who, erotica, fan fiction, FanFiction.net, fiction, gender, gender bias, Ghost, Hannibal, Harry Potter, He-man, head cannon, historiography, Katherine, Kevin, language, Leonard Nemoy, Les Miserables, My Immortal, My Little Pony, Neil Gaiman, romance novels, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, smut, social justice, Star Trek, Stephen, Steven Universe, supernatural, The Highlander, The Tomorrow People, Twilight, writing
28 November 2009
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Have you ever been sitting in a horror movie and right after that moment when the bad guy leaps out and you spring about four inches off your seat, turned to yourself and gone “Why did I do that? I know this isn’t real.” If so, then you’ve most definitely experienced the Paradox of Fiction. […]
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aesthetics, Batman, belief, Blair Witch Project, children, Cloverfield, Colin Radford, comics, Dan Arieli, Dr. Hick, emotion, epistemology, fear, fiction, Gran Torino, Guitar Hero, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, horror, Jackie Chan, Kevin, make-believe, meta, Michael Myers, movies, paradox of fiction, Plato, Predictably Irrational, rationality, Saturday Night Live, Saw, sharks, Sherlock Holmes, Stephen, Superman, theatre, zombies