I'm a very community minded person

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Every now and then I look at someone's user info and am intrigued by all the communities they read. So I thought I'd go through the hundred gazillion on my flist. I did this a while ago but the list is now three times as large. A lot of these I joined on a whim and they update so rarely that I never bothered leaving. Dead comms marked with a %, ones I get a lot out of with a *, but the majority of them are kinda dead and/or pretty cool :)

Cons and clubs:

australia2010 Worldcon in melbourne 2010
femmeconne Local feminist con
genghis_con Local sff con (I go occasionally)
swancon Local sff con I go to every year
unisfa My uni's sf club
unisfa_chat

Writing:

canon_details Help with details of canon for fanfic writing
%inspiracy Offers advice on story ideas
*little_details Incredibly useful comm which answers niggling questions.
multilingual Translation help for stories.
numbat_writers Local Writing Critique Group. So far I'm just watching, and it's not very active.
sfandf_critters Writing Critique Group. Also not very active, and the process is rather complicated.

Fanfic etc fandom:

%fandom_counts Designed as a count of how many fannish people there are in lj
*fanthropology Interesting discussions of The Nature Of Fans.
ffslashrecs Femslash recs. Kinda dead.
girlwank Femslash discussion.
*puzzlebleuink Very good fanfic from a collaborative team
%q_e_ficcandum Maths fanfic. None has ever been posted, but I live in hope :)
red_packet Chinese new year fanfic.
the_reel Fanvid reviews and recommendations

Comics:

perthcomics A group of local comics collectors, meets up sometimes
snarkoleptics Webcomic discussion comm
%sugarfreecomics webcomic critiques
webcomics Webcomic comm, huge. I'm a mod there.

Fan comics:

*fan_comics My fan comic discussion community
fancomiccentral A fancomic listing
hpcomics Harry Potter fancomics
skeletor_hordak Local collective fancomic of skeletor and Hordak from He-man

Other Fandom:

*fantasywithbite Fantasy book discussion, quite good
*heroes_meta Collects amusing meta about Heroes
lmbujold Lois McMaster Bujold community
pridenprejudice Pride and Prejudice fan comm, mostly icons etc but sometimes interesting
*sf_with_bite Scifi book discussion, quite good

Social justice:

*50books_poc Challenge to read 50 books by POC in a year. Consists mostly of book reviews, some very good books are posted.
*atheismandrace Discussion of atheism and race.
debunkingwhite Anti-racist community. Can be a bit scary but I find it rewarding.
worldfeminism Feminism from an international perspective. Joined on a whim recently, have been no posts since :)

Social justice + fandom:

*bobthehaitian Race and gender in Heroes.
deadbrowalking POC in scifi. I mostly lurk.
feminist_fandom Like it says :)
whileaway More literary feminist fannishness.

Creative stuff:

*beadwork Beading and jewelry comm. No advertising allowed which is nice.
claymaker Comm for clay making, including fimo etc. Tends to be overrun with ads but sometimes quit good.
costumes Joined on a whim recently!
steamfashion Steampunk. Huge. Has some really great stuff sometimes.

Food:

%consumeperth Reviews of local restaurants
cooking Joined about half an hour ago :)
trashy_eats Their mantra is "add bacon!"

Health:

*cfids_me Chronic fatigue syndrome community. Can be a bit depressing but they're very supportive.
dot_gimp_snark Snark about chronic illness

Other:

mathsex Fun maths comm which doesn't descend into "help me with my homework" (much)
news lj news
paidmembers Info for paid lj members