GBA 237 Muffy Hunter

Summary: In GBA 237 we get better acquainted with Muffy. We met in a pub in Brighton to have an in depth conversation about fandom, fan fic and slash fic. We cover how Muffy came to fandom, community, shame, enthusiasm,. ethics and politics, art and artistry, gender and sexuality, working through trauma, how texts, fanfic and fans relate to each other, representation and so much more. Muffy plugs: Slash Night 12th Feb: http://www.marlboroughtheatre.org.uk/event/slash-night-4/ I plug: Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL How To Be Fat: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-how-to-be-fat Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/ We mention: Tragic Spring: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-spring Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Mathilda Gregory: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-221-mathilda-gregory Tragic Bodies: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-spring-act-2-tragic-bodies Slash Night: https://slashnight.wordpress.com/ Fan Fic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction Slash Fic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_fiction NME: http://www.nme.com/ Manic Street Preachers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers Meet Cute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_cute Kink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kink_(sexual) Cisgender: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender Sherlock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series) Sherlock and FanFic: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/01/sherlock-and-adventure-overzealous-fanbase Heteronormative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativity Queerbaiting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_baiting Sherlock Season 3 Episode 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empty_Hearse Supernatural: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(U.S._TV_series) Ginger Snaps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_(film) Queer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer Non-Binary: http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Non-binary Captain America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America Bucky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky Marvel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics Slash Night Image: http://brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/event/slash-night-3/ Hannibal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_(TV_series) Silence of the Lambs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film) Thomas Harris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Harris Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ BDSM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM Joss Whedon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon "Jossed": http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jossed Everything is A Remix: http://everythingisaremix.info/ Kieron Gillen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen Young Avengers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Avengers#Volume_2 Mads Mikkelsen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads_Mikkelsen Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/ Room of One's Own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_of_One%27s_Own Dobby Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!