Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Marion McGowan, who volunteers as a Co-Chair and Team Coordinator for our Elections Committee. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I’m a Co-Chair and Team Coordinator for the Elections Committee. We run the annual election to decide who sits on the OTW’s Board of Directors. Elections’ main goal is to… Read more
OTW Signal, June 2023
Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News An important U.S. legal case involving fair use exemptions in copyright law was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court last year. With their decision still pending, OTW Legal staffer Rebecca Tushnet was asked to comment for an article which was examining possible implications. This spring, the US Supreme Court is expected to rule on Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith,… Read more
OTW Guest Post: popliar and tullycat
Every month the OTW hosts guest posts on our OTW News accounts to provide an outside perspective on the OTW or aspects of fandom. These posts express each individual’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. popliar fell into fandom via Buffy, many years ago. Her biggest fannish phases have been popslash, bandom, and now kpop, with various stops at Yuletide fandoms along the way. tullycat got into fandom via Harry Potter (crowd boos), and bounced from TV fandoms to hockey rpf to kpop rpf. She started fandom on Tumblr and is Dreamwidth naive, only used… Read more
Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive is Moving to the AO3
Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive, a collection of fanworks inspired by the manga Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac), is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) on Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive And what to do if you still have questions
Five Things Gloria L Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Gloria L, who volunteers as a Tag Wrangling supervisor. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I’m one of the supervisors for the Tag Wrangling committee. We wrangle tags and tag wranglers, lol. Joke aside, we are responsible for inducting, advising and assisting/supporting our shiny Tag Wrangling volunteers and maintaining our… Read more