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WHOOSH #52
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Promoting Publicity
Letters to the editor: Deconstructing Fan Gripes in Season 5, Cry Murder Redux, Rumors and Rumors of Rumors, Marxism Lives! Or Does It?, The State of Xena, WHOOSH!, Sword and Staff Year In Review, A Day in the Life of a Webmaster Contest
- Recurring In The XenaVerse 2001 Calendar
- Recurring In The XenaVerse Calendar Interviews
By Shelley Sullivan- An Interview With Robert Tapert
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- Who Is Xena's Father? A Controversy Revisited
By Nusi P.Dekker- Lao Ma, A Questionable Character
By Virginia Carper- Evolution Of The Ares And Xena Relationship
By Maria J. Marin- A Conversation With Ebonie Smith
By Nina Knapp- Gabrielle's Little Sister Lila, Aka Willa O'Neill
By Dana Hlusko- The Use Of Livia At The End Of
- Season Five: Squeezing Historical Figures Into Ill-Fitting Characterizations
By Deborah Jack- Caption This: No. 14
By Nicola Guest and Marian PappacenoDisclaimer: Many people were captured and brainwashed during the production of this issue
WHOOSH #53
Release Date: February 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Liquidated Landmark
Letters to the editor: 2001 Recurring in the Xenaverse Calendar, Ares as Daddy, Ares as Sugar-Daddy, Lao Ma: Good or Evil?, Overly Obsesses, The Decline of Xena, The Decline of WHOOSH!, The Future of WHOOSH!, What Should Kym Do?, An Interview with Robert Tapert, Joxer Corner, Coming Out of the Closet, Eli Corner, Renaissance Pictures Mail, Oz Needs Merchandise!
- Xena and Gabrielle: Romantic Warrior Heroes
By Jean Pechin- Women in Armor: Boadicea To Xena
By Diane C. Bonacci- Xena and Gabrielle in Your First Period Psychology Class: Trends in Uber Fan Fiction
By Rachel Gordon- Xena On Rome's Side: The Warrior Princess and La Gran Contessa
By Paul Olson- Of Some Varieties of Fan Fiction
By J. Bailey- Are Xena and Gabrielle Together: An Issue Bigger Than Two Characters
By Anna Dooland- Ascent Into Madness: The Story of My Personal Conversion to Fandom
By Emily Mills- Caption This: No. 15
By Marian PappacenoDisclaimer: No paper cuts are obtainable from reading this journal
WHOOSH #54
Special Production Staff IssueRelease Date: March 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Past Production
Letters to the editor: Are Xena and Gabrielle Together: An Issue Bigger Than Two Characters, February Editorial, February Letters, Lao Ma: A Questionable Character, The Gift That Keeps On Giving, Sword and Staff Milestone, Happiness is a Warm XENA, Bitterness is a Cold XENA, Joxer Corner
- An Interview With Chloe Smith (Producer)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Simon Ambridge (Co-Producer)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Rob Gillies (Production Designer)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Jane Holland (Costume Designer)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Roger Murray (Props Designer)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Marie Adams (Casting Director)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Sally Sherratt (Location Scout)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Anita Corcoran (Extras Casting Supervisor)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With Jane O'Kane (Make-Up/Hair Supervisor)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- An Interview With George Port (Visual Effects Supervisor Nz)
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- Caption This No. 16
By Marian PappacenoDisclaimer: No Production Staff Member of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS was harmed in the making of this periodical. The hard work and perseverence of the Production Staff of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS is greatly appreciated and will be intensely missed. Health and good luck on them all in their next endeavours.
WHOOSH #55
Special All-Joxer IssueRelease Date: April 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: How Does One Debrief Six Years of Xena Fandom?
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Jocular Joxer
From the Guest Editorialist: An All-Joxer Issue in April?
Letters to the editor: Interview Issue, Those Darn Letters!, Someone Still Likes Us, Fan Debriefing, Hidden Captions, The Gabrielle Scrolls, The End is Nigh!
- The Death of the Lidador: Joxer's Death and the Problem of Self-Fulfillment
By Carlos Rebello- Joxer: Defender of Subtext
By Gail Futoran- Welcome to the World of Joxer
By Virginia Carper- How Can I Be a Success If I Do Not Like Myself?
By Dana Hlusko- Will the Real Ted Raimi Please Stand Up?
By Sheri Morrison- A Tour of the Joxerverse: The Sights and Sounds of Joxer Online
By Janet Elizabeth Swainston- The Wannabe Warrior For Good Measure: Joxer the Mighty as Sidekick in Xena: Warrior Princess
By Susan M. Schulz- Instances of Heroism: Curing Gabrielle's Case of Selective Amnesia
By Greg Gruschow- A Biography of Joxer Through Canon and Fandom
By Lori Bush- Warrior ... Tramp: A Review of the Joxer-Meg Relationship
By andjam@geocities.com- Joxer Fan: A Fandom of Our Own
By Janet Elizabeth Swainston- Caption This No. 17
By Marian PappacenoDisclaimer: Much recreational aspirin was consumed in the making of this publication.
WHOOSH #56
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: Lauda Te
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Voracious Vultures
Letters to the editor: A Quarter Million!!!, All Joxer Issue, The Death of the Lidador: Joxer's Death and the Problem of Self-Fulfillment, Joxer Fan: A Fandom of Our Own, April Fools Day Cover 2001, Are Xena and Gabrielle Together: An Issue Bigger Than Two Characters, Celts, Say It Loud, Say It Proud, O'Connor Should Sing
- Armageddon For The Xenaverse In Pasadena
By Philip Tracy- Lao Madonna: Ray Of Light And Its Influence On Seasons Four And Five Of Xena: Warrior Princess
By Alice Palumbo- The Use Of Cliche In Alternative Fan Fiction With A Focus On Xena
By Katia Davis- Memo To Robert Tapert And Company: Unsolicited Advice From Armchair Critics
By Kate Goodman- Mything In Action: Re-Envisioning Male Myth/History In The Xenaverse
By Sandra Falero- The Greater Love Transcends "Text"
By Jackie Henry- Xena As Heiress Of Anacharsis: Her Route To Immortality
By Edward P. RichDisclaimer: No brain cells were strained during the production of this disclaimer.
WHOOSH #57
Special All Pasadena 2001 Convention IssueRelease Date: June 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: Why A Convention Issue and My Post-Convention Musings
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Incredulous Irony
Letters to the editor: Memo To Robert Tapert And Company: Unsolicited Advice From Armchair Critics, Whoosh Panel, Poindexter Corner, O Canada!, The End of an Era, Soul Mates and Destiny, Rise and Fall, Ancient History, Transmogrify Eve?, Convention Memories, The Thread That Refuses to Die
- The Convention As Authentic Xena Experience
By Carolyn Bremer and Christine Boese- Pasadena Con Report: May 3-6, 2001
By Jodi Walton- Pasadena Lite: Or the Report You Write When You Weren't Actually At the Convention
By Nancy Amazon- Pasadena Diary
By Philip Tracy- Convention Thoughts
By Mil Toro- Has Everyone in the Xenaverse Been To a Con Except Me?
By Anita Firebaugh- Retrospective Article About a Retrospective Panel: Pasadena's "Six Seasons of Xena: What Went Right and What Went Wrong"
By Beth Gaynor- WHOOSH! Panel Notes
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- Creation Impressions
By Sally Dye- Stranger Than Fiction
By Rhana McConnell- Behind the "Xenes" At the Pasadena Convention
By- Do You Collect Stamps?
By Nola Johnston- Between the 1 and the 6
By Dyann Esparza- Three Days in May
By Anthony Ward- Xena Convention: Pasadena 2001
By Kelly M. Lupher-Rathka- The Volcano Looks Fine From Here: Confessions of a Con Virgin
By V. Anderson- She Said "It's Magic"
By Anonymous- The Feeling
By Jennifer Schofield- Convention Virgin's Journey Into the Xenaverse
By Nora O. Manzanares- When Fates Combined
By Deborah Abbott- Xena Fan
By Silencebard@aol.com- My First Convention Experience
By Andrea Young- Virtual Con
By Kym Masera TabornDisclaimer: No additional autograph ticket purchases, long lines, or Jumbotron camera mix-ups were involved in the production of this issue.
WHOOSH #58
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: About that Wacky Ending and Kudos
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Decided Disappointment
From the Senior Technical Producer: The End Of Xena: Another View
Letters to the editor: The Convention Issue Whoosh #57 (June 2001), All Hail Bluesong, Quicktime Clips, Witchblade, Poindexter's Corner, Xena Media Review, Kudos, Sharing Some Art, Organize Those Xena Tapes!, Ted Raimi Needs Your Help!, Surprised and Entertained #001-193, Group Therapy #001-081, Disappointed #001-200, Cut That Cord...NOW! #001-050
- Interview With Katherine Fugate
By August Krickel- The Genesis and Deconstruction of a Hero
By whitesword@hotmail.com- Is Fan Fiction Legal?
By Michela Ecks- Über Schmüber: Answers To Questions You Were Afraid To Ask
By J. Bailey- A Pregnant Action Hero: What a Concept
By Xiomara Suro- The Flame
By B'Tal- Cartography Supporting Xenite Studies
By Murray Hudson- Inside the Head of Adrienne Wilkinson
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Carole Giorgio ('Womynbard')
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of CN Winters
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Heartbrkn
By Amy MurphyDisclaimer: No modern-day Gladiators fought to the death to defend their po-mo interpretations of what the show really means. However, many did attempt to fight the producers, the studios executives, and fellow fans so that a canon would exist for the next generation.
WHOOSH #59
Group Therapy Session IRelease Date: August 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: The Mojo That Once Was and Poll Results
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Wanting Words
Letters to the editor: The Genesis and Deconstruction of a Hero, Night Of The Decided Disappointment (Bret's Editorial), The End Of Xena: Another View (Cynthia's Editorial), About that Wacky Ending (Kym's Editorial), Thanks for the Poll, A Bell Rings, SIN TRADE Question, Xenites Fight Back!, Kudos, Xena Goes Virtual, Petition Corner, A New Newsgroup, The Dafyd Thomas Corner, Surprised and Entertained #194-259, Group Therapy #082-150, Disappointed #201-405, Cut That Cord...NOW! #051-085
- In My Life
By P.D.; Note from P.D.'s family; Introduction by Donna Kaye- Coming Home: What Went Wrong and Oh So Right in the Final Season of Xena: Warrior Princess
By Rob Berg- The Death of a Warrior
By Lorien Patton (aka "Quest")- "Xena, That Is Not Right!"
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- The Five Stages of Xena Withdrawal
By Myra Hope Bobbitt- A Friend in Need Is Not A Friend Indeed
By Mil Toro- What Can I Say? I Liked It
By Christine Anderson- Top Ten Things HCNB Xenites Can Do Now That The Show Is Off The Air
By Lucia Correa- Oh My God! They Killed Xena! You B*st*rds!
By D.J. Hall- Goodbye to My Hero
By Catherine M. Wilson and Donna E. Trifilo- Why Did You Have To Go And Die On Us?
By Lena Oak- Friend In Need of Context
By Tara Gregg- A Mission From God
By Inn Ikon- Why This Ending?
By Xiomara Suro- Life, Death, Love ... These Are A Few of My Favorite Things
By Emmanuel Aquin- Full Circle? Love Or Revenge As the Final Message of Xena: Warrior Princess
By Inga Horwood- An Easy Way to Enjoy the Series Finale
By Judith Parker- Music Saved The Show
By Jane Komarov- Searching For Meaning
By C. Paradee- Did Xena Have to Die?
By Adriane Saunders- A Clue In Need
By Valerie A. Foster- Puzzled
By Nathan Epstein- It's Just A Show
By Judith K. Parker- The Risk of Feeling Hope: A Letter of Disappointment
By Sara Conner- A Journey of Life and Death to the Discovery of Love Everlasting
By Darshann Smyth- Thoughts On the Death of a Warrior Princess
By Gail Rodger- Memo to Mr. Tapert: A View From the Cheap Seats
By Teresa Ortega- Adventures in the Stunned Trade: Comments on the Final Episode of Xena: Warrior Princess
By L. A. Clark- Group Therapy - Friend In Deed
By Jackie Cannon- How Do I Feel About the Series Finale?
By Pat O'NeillDisclaimer: We have not cut the cord yet. Check again after we have finished editing Session II!
WHOOSH #60
Group Therapy Session IIRelease Date: September 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: Will The Last Person Leaving Please Turn Off The Light, Group Therapy Apparently Goes On a Long Time, and Yet Another "Very Special" Issue
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Eclipsing Epiphany
Letters to the editor: In My Life, Death of a Warrior, "Xena, That's Not Right", Puzzled, The Mojo That Once Was and Poll Results (Kym's Editorial), Group Therapy Issue, The Genesis and Deconstruction of a Hero, More on the SIN TRADE Question, Captioning Woes, Kudos, In-House Hi-Jinks, Surprised and Entertained #260-298, Group Therapy #151-162, Disappointed #406-457, Cut That Cord...NOW! #086-117, Surprised and Entertained #299-338, Group Therapy #163-173, Disappointed #458-504, Surprised and Entertained #339, Group Therapy #174-187, Disappointed #505-561, Group Therapy #188-201, Disappointed #562-610, Group Therapy #202-212, Disappointed #611-653, Group Therapy #213-219, Disappointed #654-665, Group Therapy #220-226, Disappointed #666-701, Group Therapy #227-229, Disappointed #701-735, Group Therapy #230-239, Disappointed #736-773, Group Therapy #240-250, Disappointed #774-775, Group Therapy #251-260, Group Therapy #261-266, Group Therapy #267-274, Group Therapy #275-279, Group Therapy #280-282, Group Therapy #283-288, Group Therapy #289-294, Group Therapy #295-298
- When Creations Outgrow Their Creators
By Seeta Persaud- One Against An Army
By W. F. Wilcox- Masters and Pupils
By Carla M. Gilless- Ending a Myth: Responsibilities of a Creator
By Mark Wisniewski- The Cut Final Scene
By Susanne McCaffery- Not Fair!
By Denise Lavester- Broken Hearts and Cooler Heads: Assessing Consensus on Friend In Need
By Judy Fisher- The Light At the End of Xena's Tunnel: An Optimist's View of the Series Finale
By Katie Woleslagle- The Series Finale: What They Got Right and What They Did Not
By Bonnie Tryonoviech- The Way of the Warrior as Outsider, Redemption, Empowerment, and Love
By Karren Wood- Political Themes in the Xena Finale
By Amy Zidell- What Is Left When Nothing Is Left
By Lady Jane Grey- Notes For Therapy
By Carole Giorgio- Friend In Need: A Story of Transcendent Love
By S. Night- Forever and In Perfection: Friend In Need As the Near Perfect Series Ending and Beginning
By Deeder McDaniel- Xena Is Dead, Long Live Xena
By Ramsey Harris- Stages of Grief: Coming to Terms With Xena's Demise
By Mary Beth Floyd- Why Xena Should Not Have Died: A Rejoinder to Rob Tapert
By A. Adams- Requiem For a Warrior: An Open Letter to Xena
By Nora Manzanares- Endings Always Come Too Fast
By Lynn Roberts- Response to Rob Tapert's Vision
By Michal Salat- One Night At the Museum of Television and Radio
By Sandra Holland- How Xena Saved My Buttons
By Deborah Monroy- Grief, Anger, and the Rational Mind
By Jan Vaughan- Exit Left, Stage Five: Acceptance
By Christine Flora- A Reluctant Fan's Perspective
By Linda Lorenzo- Xena's Redemption Song: Too Much Love Will Kill You
By Samantha Cabrera-Diaz- The Grief Center
By Lynne Jones- Forget Group Therapy: Boycott!
By Philip Tracy- 50 Questions About the Final Episode
By Yahoo's Xena Warrior Princess boardDisclaimer: No opinion about the series finale went unsaid in this issue and no editor was taken away and put out of their misery although they should have been.
WHOOSH #61
Fifth Anniversary IssueRelease Date: October 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Editor-in-Chief: September 11, 2001
From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Terrible Tragedy
Letters to the editor: Group Therapy I and Group Therapy II, Will The Last Person Leaving Please Turn Off The Light (editorial), Forget Group Therapy: Boycott!, The Death of a Warrior, A Clue In Need, September 11, 2001, Sword and Staff Corner, Alex Poindexter Corner, Fans Will Never Give Up, Creation Entertainment, Renee O'Connor Project, Fan Movie Clips Site, Kudos and Happy Fifth Anniversary, The Pit
- An Interview With Hudson Leick
By Dyann Esparza- An Interview With Geoffrey Dolan
By Bret Ryan Rudnick- Violence in Xena: A Dissenter's View
By Scylla@netway.co.uk- Guise Will Be Guise: Lookalikes in Xena: Warrior Princess
By Jennifer K. Brouillard- Archaeology in Support of That Xenite Postmodern Mythology: Indiana Jones, Janice Covington, Profs. Sergei I. Rodenko, Vyacheslav I. Molodin, and Natalia Polosmak
By Edward P. Rich- What Was I Ever Going To Do?
By James Ott- Inside the Head of Alexandra Tydings
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Bongo Bear
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of T. Novan
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Archaeobard
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Taleweaver
By Amy MurphyDisclaimer: Exhaustion after 60 issues, the cancellation of Xena: Warrior Princess, nor terrorist attacks will keep us from publishing this journal. To Whoosh, happy anniversary; to Xena fandom, long may it live in fellowship and community; and to the United States of America, which allows us the security and well-being where we have the luxury of going on and on about some knuckled-headed TV show that makes us laugh, makes us cry, makes us angry, makes us think, makes us interact, makes us silly, and allows us to find friends from all over the world, long may it live too.
WHOOSH #62
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Opportune Apology
Letters to the editor: Archaeology in Support of That Xenite Postmodern Mythology, Inside the Head of Alexandra Tydings, October Disclaimer Lawless Apology, Remember Nothing, Warrior...Priestess...Tramp, Xena Lives!, Forget Group Therapy: Boycott!, Kudos
- An Oasis In A Cultural Desert
Part One: Introduction and the Cultural Desert
By Alison Ashworth- Constant Craving: A Perspective of the Xenaverse As Influenced By the Convention Experience
By Valerie Foster- Fan Fiction, Novels, Copyright, and Ethics
By Michela Ecks- A Rift Within a Rift or, An Independent Odyssey: THE DEBT
By jammer@senet.com.au- Joxer: Soulmate or Stalker
By Janet Elizabeth Swainston- Inside the Head of Claire Stansfield
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Vivian Darkbloom
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Wishes
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Joanna/Wordwarior
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Angharad Governal
By Amy MurphyDisclaimer: Xena Fandom apparently refuses to die, at least this month, so party down dudes.
WHOOSH #63
Release Date: December 1, 2001
Editor's Page: From the Graphics Editor: The Night Of The Seasonal Greetings
Letters to the editor: A Rift Within a Rift or, An Independent Odyssey: THE DEBT, The Night Of The Opportune Apology, Inside the Head of Series, Site Reorganization, Bitter Suite Blowback, Favorite Episodes, Worst Episodes
- Interview with Missy Good
By Lisa Alexander- Serendipity and Meta-Subtext: Contemplation From Under the Lake
By Edward Mazzeri- An Oasis in a Cultural Desert Part Two: The Creative Context
By Alison Ashworth- Xena and the Skinheads: What the Far Right Has Done With Xena: Warrior Princess
By Edward P. Rich- Feelings and Thoughts After Seeing FRIEND IN NEED
By Jackie Weiss- Inside the Head of Katherine Fugate
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Mil Toro
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Redhawk
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Klancy7
By Amy Murphy- Inside the Head of Paully Adams
By Amy MurphyDisclaimer: No serendipitious skin heads were harmed in this issue.
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