the feminist librarian reads

There is difference between members of the community laughing together about a specific genre that falls within the vast expanse that is the umbrella term fanfiction, and a bunch of outsiders teasing something they don’t understand. While the panel might have had the intention ‘of being a celebration of fanfiction, not a mockery,’ the fanfic community has no way of knowing that – especially when similar situations usually result in the belittling and shaming of fanfiction authors.