the newest wankery, two fanficcers who are students at UC Berkely decide to create a class

The 'class' is fandom and erotica, and there is a syllabus of stories that the students must read, then go to Ao3 and crit each story in comments, and they get points for this (by directly contacting the author), even though it's obvious they have no knowlege of fandom ettiquete, or even which fandom they are reading for, and pretty much flaming and trolling the authors.

The class also dictates that each student 'succeed' in fandom by writing stories to create a 'fandom portfolio' and receive 50 reviews of their work to get a grade.

of course, tumblr be blowing up at the lack of ethics.

http://lightinthemountains.tumblr.com/post/111813508499/so-your-fic-is-required-reading-hahahanope