- Fans4Writers
Fans4Writers is a movement of fans who supported the striking writers of the WGA during the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike . The organization was not associated with the WGA, and indeed was notable for its unprecedented show of solidarity by individuals who were neither directly involved in contract negotiations, nor had a financial stake in the outcome. While the group was first proposed by fans of Joss Whedon , ref cite web url http whedonesque.com ws date 2007 11 05 publisher Whedonesque.com format blog work Whedonesque title Whedonesque.com supports the WGA writers strike ref it came to embrace more than 40 self identified fandom s. They called themselves fans of TV shows and movies, fans of actors, fans of directors, fans of producers, crew and everyone involved in the team effort of crafting wonder. But most of all we are fans of writers, because they are where the wonder begins. They write the words we remember, they create the characters we love, they think up the lines that stay with us forever. As supporters of the people behind the scenes, who develop and write the stories that have meant so much to so many, we wanted to do something tangible to show them that we support the Writers Guild of America strike. ref cite web title What Is Fans4Writers? url http www.fans4writers.com about.shtml ref Fans4Writers solicitied financial support for its activities, which included bringing food to picket lines and skywriting messages of support at the Rose Bowl. ref cite web url http www.fans4writers.com forum index.php?topic 905.0 publisher Fans4Writers title URGENT Street .... ref cite web title What Is Fans4Writers? url http www.fans4writers.com about.shtml ref The Internet ... Strike Watch 30 Rock on stage, Daily Show on the picket lines ref and Brenda Lawhorn, Fans4writers ... those upset at the loss of their favorite programs to the Fans4writers website, alongside the WGA ... 2007 11 pencils2mediamoguls.html title Pencils2MediaMoguls ref Fans4Writers received designation as Yahoo.com ... more details
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