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Queer-baiting on the BBC’s Sherlock: Addressing the Invalidation of Queer Experience through Online Fan Fiction Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Fans of a particular media source often write fan fiction to build on, deviate from, and transform original source material. The BBC’s Sherlock is not exempt from this common practice; in fact, the homoerotic subtext which persistently endures within the
Sheehan, Cassidy
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Can Ti‐Based MXenes Serve as Solid Lubricants for Brake Applications? A Tribological Study

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the first implementation of Ti‐based MXenes materials in brake pad friction composite material. The resulting composite material exhibits a 48% reduction in the wear rate; alongside significant improvements are observed for thermal and mechanical properties.
Eslam Mahmoud   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Gender Theory in Fan Fiction: Bringing Nonbinary Genders into the World

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2022
While these facts are generally ignored, nonbinary gender is a theme in fan spaces, and Judith Butler's theory of gender creation mostly excludes the possibility of any genders outside of the binary.
Dean Leetal
doaj   +1 more source

Legal Fictions: Copyright, Fan Fiction, and a New Common Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
A girl owns a number of Barbie dolls. She makes outfits for them and constructs elaborate scenarios in which they play starring roles. She enacts her dramas in her front yard, where passers-by can easily see. Does she violate the law?
Tushnet, Rebecca
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Affirmational and Transformational Values and Practices in the Tolkien Fanfiction Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Fanfiction based on the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien has existed for at least six decades and has been, within the past two, one of the most consistently active online fanfiction communities. Despite this, the fandom has been relatively unstudied by fan
Walls-Thumma, Dawn M.
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Design and Prototyping of Topology‐Optimized, Additively Manufactured Lightweight Components for Space Robotic Systems: A Case Study

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The results demonstrate a simulation‐driven workflow that applies LSB topology optimization with additive manufacturing constraints to mission‐specific load cases, integrating European Cooperation for Space Standardization compliant verification and manufacturability to develop structurally efficient rover suspension components.
Stelios K. Georgantzinos   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

I Do Not Own Gossip Girl”: Examining the Relationship between Teens, Fan Fiction, and Gossip Girl

open access: yesLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, 2010
After reading Gossip Girl, I explored several pieces of fan fiction related to the series that were created by teen authors. From these pieces, I observed how teens can use fan fiction to exercise their own creative ideas, align a fictional world with ...
Caroline Land
doaj   +1 more source

Screen‐Printed Flexible Piezoelectric Force Sensor Array with Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article introduces a flexible screen‐printed piezoelectric sensor array designed for low‐frequency healthcare applications such as tactile sensing and cardiovascular monitoring. The device integrates interface electronics enabling the simultaneous acquisition of up to 128 signals, along with flexible EMI shielding that significantly reduces noise ...
Joseph Faudou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amateur mythographies: Fan fiction and the myth of myth

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2016
This paper draws on classical scholarship on myth in order to critically examine three ways in which scholars and fans have articulated a relationship between fan fiction and myth.
Ika Willis
doaj   +1 more source

Jane Austen's pride and prejudice in cyberspace: charting the worldmaking practices of online fandom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper, I posit that narrative theories on storyworlds, and particularly on fictional situations, can help us chart the worldmaking practices that shape online fan fiction - that is, the ways in which fan writers use narrative resources to evoke ...
Van Steenhuyse, Veerle
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