Dr. Merlin's Soapbox

Dr. Merlin's Soapbox is a series of meta essays by Merlin Missy.
They were posted to "Firefox News." While these essays were very, very fannish, they had a for-profit element. From Put the Potato Down: 
==Its Goal==
In 2008, Merlin Missy explained to fans what the function of this essay series was.
==The Series==
===2006===
* Mary Sue, Who Are You? (2006) 
===2007===
* Canon Versus Fanon Versus Authorial Intent (July 30, 2007)
* The Outer Culture Is You (September 20, 2007)
* Fantopia, Or, How to Live With Fellow Fans (And Not Kill Them) (September 13, 2007) 
* Constructing Criticism (September 28, 2007)
* Giving Back, Fandom-Style (October 4, 2007) 
* Fandom as Democracy (October 11, 2007) 
* A Day At the Biggest Mall on Earth: Fanfic Archiving and You (October 19, 2007)
* Character Counts (October 26, 2007) 
* You're Wearing the Wrong Duck on Your Head (November 2, 2007) 
* Sock It to Me (November 23, 2007)
* Anything You Can Write, I Can Write Better -- Fanfiction Awards (December 13, 2007)
* The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Fanfic Exchanges and Ficathons (December 20, 2007)
* "You Mean Everyone Brought Potato Salad?" (December 28, 2007)
===2008===
* Mary and Me (January 24, 2008) 
* The Writer in the Mirror (January 31, 2008)
* Why? -- A Not-Remotely-Complete Investigation of the "Why Slash / Why Het / Why Femslash" Debate (February 18, 2008) 
* Dribbles and Drabbles (February 22, 2008)
* How to Be a Fandom Jerk in Just a Few Easy Steps (February 28, 2008) 
* Celebrating Squee (March 6, 2008)
* The Flip, the Flail and the Flounce: When Fandom Implodes (April 11, 2008)
* A Brief Excursion to Exposition Street (April 18, 2008) 
* Your Friends Are Not Watching the Same Show You Are (And That's Okay) (May 2, 2008)
* Put the Potato Down (May 8, 2009)
* The Internet Is Not Oppressing You (May 16, 2008)
* "That Would Never Happen in My Fandom" (May 23, 2008)
* These Are the Keys, This Is the Kingdom (June 5, 2008) 
* In Defense of Creativity (June 12, 2008)
* Curing Hiatus Fever (June 20, 2008)
* In and Out (July 22, 2008)
* Don't Spit in the Alphabet Soup (June 26, 2008) 
* How to Win Fans and Influence Fandom (July 10, 2008) 
* Wanking: a Tutorial (July 17, 2008)
* Say Cheese! -- The Lawyers Just Screen Capped Your Fan Site (July 31, 2008) 
* The "Down Ending" Myth (July 25, 2008) 
* In Space, No One Can Read Your Thesis (August 22, 2008) 
* Losin' That Lovin' Feelin' (September 4, 2008) 
* Time Travel, The Old-Fashioned Way (September 25, 2008)
* Your Canon Sucks and So Does Mine (November 22, 2009)
* Dances With Penguins (December 3, 2008)
* Cultural Appropriation Is Not Cool (December 3, 2009)
===2009===
* Privilege Goggles, Fandom, and Why This All Matters (March 9, 2009)
* On the Naming of Names (March 18, 2009)
* Women Read Comics, And Other Things You Never Knew (June 17, 2009)
* People Will Say We're in Love: Entering a New Fandom (July 15, 2009) 
* The Epic of Figwit: When Fanons Collide (December 9, 2009) 
* Stinky Links (December 17, 2009)
===2013===
* My Boundaries, Let Me Show You Them (September 13, 2013) 
* We Are Not Like the Other Kids (October 29, 2013) 
* The Four-Leafed Clover of Fanfiction (November 1, 2013)
==References==