Rec lists: Metafandom essays and non-Fic stuff

I've been meaning to make rec lists for a long, long time. I actually sat down and started doing it yesterday, and this is what I have so far.

First, a little explanation.

Most people assume 'rec list' means 'best of what's out there'. While I do require some degree of quality, particularly readability, coherence, and technical proficiency (spelling, grammar, etc.), the meta essays I rec are going to meet at least one of these criteria:

1. They are relevant to the fandoms and genres I'm interested in. They may not have been written for those fandoms/genres, but they still apply. I.e. there will be no House-specific meta essays here unless those essay topics can be applied to SGA, SG1, SPN, LOTR, Criminal Minds, or Transformers, because I do not watch House.
2. The topic is current, or at least, applicable to current fandoms/work.
3. The topic interests me.
4. It's useful to me in some fashion.
5. They amuse me.
6. They don't make me want to pull my hair out, scream, or spork my eyes out. ::waves to fifteen billion racefail09 essays::

Most of those currently listed are old - I started from the earliest metafandom post and have been working my way forward - but they are, or should be, currently accessible. I may have missed checking a few. If they come up f-locked, please let me know so I can remove them.

I've tried to organize these by category. Because of the cyclicality of many fandom topics, there is some degree of repetition, and as I add more links, this will more than likely increase.

( Meta recs list )