Ontario Slashers!

[ivyblossom]

Okay, serious question: who lives in Ontario?

I've been contacted by the CBC. They want to do a story about young people writing in slash fandoms, and they're looking for a few good women. I've offered to help them find some. I just got off the phone with a researcher for the show and she's really really cool. I'm sorry that I'm too old for the program (over 25), because I want to go to meet her! She's just discovered slash fanfiction and she thinks it's amazingly cool and has lots of respect for the girls writing it. So she'd like to talk to some.

If you're in Ontario and interested, please let me know! Post and tell me how old you are, if you don't mind. COOL OPPORTUNITY, GUYS!

If you have another fandom, please please link to this post somewhere where slash writers might see it. I think if the CBC does this story with this particular researcher that we'll end up with a really good program about fan culture, since she's so positive and so impressed by us. :)

WHEE LET ME KNOW!

Edited to add: I just got another call from their researcher. She says their plan is to dress people up for the interviews, so you'd totally be anonymous. They're thinking of camping it up too, dressing you up as whatever you want. Marilyn Monroe, TV characters, big glasses, whatever. Make it all the more hush hush and cool.

Dude. I wish I could do this.

Comments

[silverspar.livejournal.com]

I just stumbled across this on a friends friend list, but I'm Ontarian, and 21. ^__^

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Oh, perfect! What's your fandom? Are you prepared to go on TV? I think this is in Toronto. They're looking into anonymizing, if you're worried about that. They're supercool over there. And it's not, like, live or anything. :)

[silverspar.livejournal.com]

I'm Smallville. (But I was in a few others once upon a time) I would be cool with going on television.

As this is CBC, I actually trust their journalists. ;)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, I feel the same way! I just got another call from their researcher, she says they'd like to dress people up as campily as possible to add to the fun of it. Like, dress you up with big glasses or something. Make you look like a tv character, something like that. So the anonymity thing is in place. Then it's just up to you who you tell. :)

I'll pass on your email to her, if that's okay. She'll contact you. What name should I tell her? Fandom name is fine. She calls me and asks for "Ivy".

[sincelastjuly.livejournal.com]

Dude. I wanna live in Ontario now.

[silverspar.livejournal.com]

Donna would be fine. (I've gone through so many fandom names, and I feel goofy answering to any of them.)

Anyway, thanks muchly! :) It would be really cool to be a part of this.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

I know, I'm jealous as all hell.

[silverspar.livejournal.com]

Oh, and of course my email is: jazriot@hotmail.com

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

You'll hear from Lara shortly. She's madly cool. *jealous*

[reposoir.livejournal.com]

*perks up*

I live in Ontario....and write slash...and am 18...

[guntar.livejournal.com]

What about male Ontario slashers? (I'm 20, male, in the HP fandom, and live in Ottawa)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Do you mind if I pass your email along? You're in the HP fandom, right? Any others?

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Works for me, dude. Actually, I think it would be STELLAR! Can I send your info along?

[reposoir.livejournal.com]

I am in the HP fandom- the only one I've ever written for :)

an_fisher@hotmail.com

[guntar.livejournal.com]

Feel free to send my info along. As long as they don't just want women, it sounds really cool.

[guntar.livejournal.com]

errr, yes; it'd help if I gave you my e-mail, yes?

Gabriel_Frosner@yahoo.co.uk (they didn't have a .ca address yet when I set up my e-mail address)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Done. :) I put in a plug for you, saying that since boys in slash fandom are so few, it would probably be more than worth it to get your input. We'll see what happens.

Man, I so wish I could participate. Grr. :D

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Slash reader, or slash writer?

[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

*goes to spread the work to kerrikins and ordencodex* That would be so cool to do. Ontario gets all the good interviews.

[cynicali.livejournal.com]

I want to be in Ontario. Now I'm upset. *moves to Ontario*

[deepsix.livejournal.com]

A friend referred me here, so, hey. I'm in Toronto, and 18.

[undrockroll.livejournal.com]

*jealous.... so very, very jealous*

i'll lobby for some kind of teevee special around in these parts. maybe someday, like... BARBARA WALTERS would take the story on. eep...

[neeteeus.livejournal.com]

Damnit! When did 25 get to be 'old'? =(

[cunningplan.livejournal.com]

If they do this, will you know/post the info about when it will air? *returns to lurking*

[deepsix.livejournal.com]

And, because I forgot to mention, my email address is deepsix@sympatico.ca, if you want.