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#MetaMonday: In 2017, Tumblr user Xochiquetzl posted an essay in response to discourse about adults in fandom, discussing ageism in fandom and explaining why “your favourite fic author is probably over 30”. Learn how fans reacted on Fanlore! https://bit.ly/42DiZaP
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January 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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MetaMonday #14: Can we question whether intuitions exist?
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November 19, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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This edition of #MetaMonday is looking at glockgal's essay: Drawing Characters of Colour. Give the essay a read, and tag us with your #FandominColor art! https://bit.ly/44t0x5a
Two stylized Sammie (Sinners) fanart and doodled stars on grid paper.
July 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Did you know @‌verilybitchie & @‌theliterarybi's video essay on bi's in video games was plagiarized by James Somerton, now infamous plagiarizing Youtube video essayist? Give the OG video some love! https://bit.ly/3UNwOi6 #MetaMonday
A big red button in a pixelated, retro video game style with the Fanlore logo on top. The background is the bisexual flag.
November 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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"Pomp Popularity" - We all want to be a polished stone. But someone needs to pluck us out of the river of obscurity before that happens.

Check it out: https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/09/pomp-popularity/

#Blog #MetaMonday #Formulaic #StandingOut
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September 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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I'm only trying to influence you to read this thing I wrote. I spent nearly fifteen minutes on it! So, c'mon!

Check out a random #blogpost called "Rights Wrongs"

https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/09/rights-wrongs/

#Blog #SharingYourWork #JoyOfSharing #MetaMonday #IndifferenceFromTheUniverse
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September 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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The fuzzy spaces between are filled with an endless doubting void.

Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Past Present

#Blog #ChaoticUniverses #CreativeAdvice #MetaMonday #RandomnessInCreativity
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July 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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This #MetaMonday we're reflecting on "unpopular f/f opinion" by grison-in-space, where the author says they are tired of soft lesbians and they want to read about hard, broken, or conflicting lesbians in stories. Do you agree? Head over to Fanlore: https://bit.ly/40Hr23K
An illustration showing various silhouettes of side portraits of women in all different shapes and sizes.
February 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This #MetaMonday, we’re featuring “What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Beige Blank Slates”, an essay by Stitch. It covers fandom’s unequal focus on white male characters, and its tendency to view them as underdeveloped when they aren’t. Learn more on Fanlore: https://bit.ly/4bWorJU
Silhouettes of people in different skin colors overlapping and overshadowing each other with a predominantly white male-looking figure in the center. The text reads "Meta Monday: Beige Blank Slates".
March 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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This #MetaMonday we’re looking at Some of us Really Do Watch for the Plot, a 333-page anthology of meta essays about the show #Supernatural. It explores family dynamics, Sam and Dean’s lives, free will and faith, and much more! Check it out on Fanlore: https://bit.ly/4iSwisw
A rabbit with comically big teeth and glasses giving an opinion: Some of us really do watch for the plot.
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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#MetaMonday is Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? An award-winning essay by Virtuella examines Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings series and his attitude on women. Interested in reading it yourself? Head over to Fanlore! https://bit.ly/4fZD6pM
Image background is a fair skinned man with long brown hair and blue eyes looking forward, dressed in a black cloak and holding a sword. Text overlaid background image in white reads “Aragorn a feminist’s nightmare?”
August 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Support indie bloggers today, and read a post called: "Food Shelter"

https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/05/food-shelter/

#Blog #MetaMonday #MythsAndLies #StoriesWeTellOurselves
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September 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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We’re exploring the wildest shit that happened in #Homestuck’s fanbase for #MetaMonday! This Tumblr discussion covered topics such as cosplay, events, inconsistent webcomic updates, and Homestuck’s influence on fandom culture today. Learn more on Fanlore: https://bit.ly/47GBah8
Black and white image of a bathtub with grey water, the text 'The wildest shit that happened in Homestuck's fanbase' in the middle
March 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Chatting about Foundry VTT v13

#fvtt #foundryvtt #foundryvirtualtabletop #ttrpgs

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Meta Monday Twitch series episode 50. Chatting about FVTT v.13 #foundryvtt #ttrpgs #metanthropes #legitamine #metamonday
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May 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
People talk about world affairs in terms of "zero-sum" and "win-win" outcomes… but does it feel like we’re trapped in a "negative-sum" game right now?

#MetaMonday #GameTheory
February 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Fans often have their own theories about fandom, and one early one was the Wave Theory of Slash — this week’s #MetaMonday feature. The theory posits that fandoms progress through clusters of tropes and styles of slash fic in “waves”. Learn more on Fanlore: https://bit.ly/4ihIt2t
Multiple illustrations of waves in various shades of blue with the word "SLASH" prominently displayed within the central wave.
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Fellow Canadian Marshall McLuhan told the world that the medium is the message, and I have long taken that to...

Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Tools Troubles

#Blog #MetaMonday #NewTools #Technology
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May 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Perfection and newness is a commercial trait, not a human one, I think.

Check out my weekday daily #blog & read more in one of my latest posts: Broken Bewildered

#Blog #Imperfection #MetaMonday #Storytelling #WabiSabi
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August 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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I am writing this from within the abyss of the political dark ages of the mid twenty-twenties.  Nationalism is in...

Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: People Places

#Blog #ArtificialIntelligence #MetaMonday #Politics #SocialMedia
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June 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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For me, personally, I have often struggled to keep a clear line between the work I do for money and...

Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Gifts Dangers 

#Blog #MetaMonday #ProfessionalGrowth #TakingItForGranted
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June 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Having found myself firmly in the middle of middle age and midlife, I can’t help but also look both forward and back.

Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Exist Deny

#Blog #ExistentialCrisis #MetaMonday #Midlife
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August 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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BREAKING: All the best stuff online happens when you click away from an app.

I write a daily #blog and you can read one of the posts by clicking here: https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/09/show-tell/

#Blog #SelfConfidence #Writing #MetaMonday #Vulnerability
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September 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Science, rational evidence-based thought, and critical thinking are part of who I am, what I make and how I engage with both sides of my personality. 

Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Science Politics

#Blog #MetaMonday #PoliticsOfCreativity #RationalTruths #ScientistGuy
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July 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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BREAKING: All the best stuff online happens when you click away from an app.

I write a daily #blog and you can read one of the posts by clicking here: https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/04/knots-blocks/

#Blog #CommercializationOfArt #CorporateSocialMedia #Expectations #MetaMonday
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September 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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TBM-2308.14 – DDOP.14 – Meta Monday – Mermaid Unscripted #audio #diary  #dogdaysofpodcasting #metamonday #bathtubmermaid
Today's another Meta Monday
(I'm glad it's not Sunday)

https://www.bathtubmermaid.com/2023/08/tbm2308-14-ddop-14-meta-monday-mermaid-unscripted/
August 15, 2023 at 2:13 AM