LeakyCon 2013

Embracing Fan Creativity in Transmedia Storytelling (LeakyCon Portland)

August 13, 2013
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Embracing Fan Creativity in Transmedia Storytelling (LeakyCon Portland)

LeakyCon's value lies in its participants’ willingness to forgo boundaries and to explore what new connections happen as a result of creative mergers and blendings.
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

August 11, 2013
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

Part six of a seven-part series: LeakyCon’s space alters norms of masculine performance, creating a set of genderqueer performance aesthetics tailored to its fangirl attendees.
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Inspiring Fans at LeakyCon Portland

August 7, 2013
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Inspiring Fans at LeakyCon Portland

Part 5 of a 7 part series on LeakyCon explores the ways fans and their creative labors influence the work of stars and producers of source texts.
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From LGBT to GSM: Gender and Sexual Identity among LeakyCon’s Queer Youth (LeakyCon Portland)

August 6, 2013
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From LGBT to GSM: Gender and Sexual Identity among LeakyCon’s Queer Youth (LeakyCon Portland)

Part 4 of a 7 part series: LeakyCon’s LGBT fandom offers insights into the millennial generation’s attitudes towards current gender/identity categories, but they also express desire for more recognition of the multiplicity and fluidity of their identities as a whole.
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On Wearing Two Badges: Indifference and Discomfort of a Scholar Fan (LeakyCon Portland)

July 31, 2013
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On Wearing Two Badges: Indifference and Discomfort of a Scholar Fan (LeakyCon Portland)

Part 2 of a 7 part series on LeakyCon focuses on the struggles of being both an academic and a fan.
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LeakyCon Portland: Where the Fangirls Are

LeakyCon Portland: Where the Fangirls Are

The following series of articles--written by myself, Louisa Stein, and Lindsay Giggey--represents our analysis of some (by no means all) of the cultural work of LeakyCon Portland 2013.
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