Tap That Vein: A Meta Rec List by defilerwyrm

[justanotheridijiton]

Individual Essays (a collection of my favourite must-reads)
NB: posts marked with an asterisk (*) contain potentially triggering/disturbing content

• Dean and Sam, Martyr and Messiah [March 2013] by snowwhitestitching
• Dean Winchester is a Lot of Things, but Stupid Isn’t One of Them [August 2013] by texasbowlegs
• *Tosenberger, Catherine. 2008. "The epic love story of Sam and Dean": Supernatural, queer readings, and the romance of incestuous fan fiction. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2008.030.
• The Existential Crisis Theory [January 2013] by knird [The Existential Crisis Theory: Introduction | The Existential Crisis Theory Part I: Benny | The Existential Crisis Theory Part II: Amelia | The Existential Crisis Theory Part III: Castiel | The Existential Crisis Theory Part IV: Sam | Tangental note re: Sam vs. Benny | The Existential Crisis Theory Part V: Dean]
• *Gendered Double Standards in Torture [2013?] by deanscookieattitude; timelordsatan; thedoctorandcompany
• Hallucifer’s Body Language (In Praise of Pellegrino) [July 2012] by pondstiel + santy-anno
• The Meta Monster Master Post: “Heaven, Hell and Purgatory or: The Afterlife Totally Screws Up the Morals and Philosophies of the Living in Supernatural” [March 2013] by oreosandkitkats
• In which Anne Over-analyzes Frontierland [April 2011] by perpetuallycaffeinated [alt link]
• John Winchester, A Study in Character [February 2013] by castopsdeanbottoms
• *Wright, Julia M. 2008. “Latchkey hero: Masculinity, class, and the Gothic in Eric Kripke's Supernatural.” Genders 47.
• *Male Sexual assault in Supernatural [November 2011] by hells-half-acre
• Pink and Satiny: An Exploration of Dean Winchester's Bisexuality [April 2012] by sobrans (author is on tumblr as lostradamus: tumblr version)
• Queer Advocacy and Slash Fandom: Then and Now [April 2013] by lierdumoa
• *Sexual Violence In Supernatural: A Study Regarding Sam and Dean [January 2013] by fansofcollisions
• SPN and the Underclass series [May-June 2011] by laespada [Part 1- Intro | Part 2- Dangers of Underclass | Part 3- Music | Part 4- War | Part 5- Clothes | Part 6 a- Cars | Part 6b- Cars | Part 6c- Cars | Music 2- Return of the Meta]
• Stuff in a Room [February 2013] by bakasara
• Transformative Works and Cultures, SPN Edition 2010
• Winchester Accents: None of Them Sound Like They’re from Kansas [April 2013] by basiacat
• Winchester Fatherhood: Or Why John Was a Huge Asshole [April 2013] by yellow-turtle

[last update: 22 april 2013]

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