A review by theheroichydrangea
Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth by Camille Bacon-Smith

4.0

I’ve seen a few reviews from the time that critique bacon-smiths discussion of hurt/comfort- specifically that it’s not as central to fan fiction in general as she makes it out to be (while praising her unpacking of the Mary Sue story) which is so odd considering in the year of our lord 2022 Mary Sue has almost disappeared from the Internet vocabulary and hurt/comfort fic is still alive and kicking. Anyway who am I to say if this book is good but I’ve been thinking about it nonstop since I read it