If you're feeling a need to get riled up...

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...drift on over to profgeek's Askance #5 (PDF) at efanzines.com. Check out "The Thin Veneer: Who a Fan?" by Arnie Katz.

Comments

My Goodness

[flotsomnjetsom.livejournal.com]

I think I am going to leave that one alone. It will be much more fun to take Garcia to task for his corset issue and his decidedly het male slant on it. Just sayin.

Good Grief, Charley Brown!

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Since I'm a part of just about every Sub-fandom mentioned, where does that put me? Seriously. Oh, and I would also be considered a Core Fan, too, by definition, since I started at LASFS and was growed into fandom by the best.
Frankly my dear, I don't think the definition works.
And that's my take on it.

[cmdrsuzdal.livejournal.com]

Huh, well I'm pretty sure I do know what he's talking about but unless I'm missing something, in the article itself the definition seems to be mostly by what 'core fandom' isn't, which is a little weird.

Typo patrol

[cherylmmorgan.livejournal.com]

Dear me yes. How can Arnie have managed to mis-spell "Corpse Fandom" quite so many times?

[holczer13.livejournal.com]

wow...boring, self-centered, pretentious drivel...

Normally you share only the COOLEST STUFF EVAH!!! I talk to other folks about stuff you share, I wait for pics of clothes you have made, I freely steal memes you post. But that guy...He takes "fandom" waaay too seriously. It's a hobby, maybe he should stop analyzing it and start enjoying it?