Episodes — Fansplaining

Episode 10: Fangirling Through Time

Scholar Evan Hayles Gledhill on historical fangirling—and the age-old patriarchal attempt to suppress it

EpisodesFansplainingDecember 2, 2015

Episode 9: The Will It Waffle Radio Hour

A conversation with Jackson Bird, a trans activist and communications director of the Harry Potter Alliance

EpisodesFansplainingNovember 19, 2015

Episode 8: One True Fandom

How do we define “fandom”? Will we come to blows over our inability to agree on its boundaries?

EpisodesFansplainingNovember 4, 2015

Episode 7: The Dark Fantastic

English professor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas discusses her work on race and children’s literature

EpisodesFansplainingOctober 26, 2015

Episode 6: The Meme Librarian

Superstar internet archivist Amanda Brennan discusses Tumblr tags, the candle fandom, and more

EpisodesFansplainingOctober 7, 2015

Episode 5: SuperWiki!

Jules Wilkinson, the admin of Supernatural Wiki, on fan-run sites, community building, and more

EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 23, 2015

Episode 4: Buncha Lawyers

Fandom lawyers Betsy Rosenblatt and Heidi Tandy talk about fair use, the OTW’s legal work, and more

EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 9, 2015

Episode 3: What’s the Deal With Wattpad?

Aron Levitz and Samantha Pennington talk about their work for the digital reading and writing platform

EpisodesFansplainingAugust 26, 2015

Episode 2: GeekyCon & Meredith Levine

A conversation about the multifandom GeekyCon and an interview with a fandom anthropologist

EpisodesFansplainingAugust 12, 2015

Episode 1: “Why Wasn’t I Consulted?!”

Our very first episode digs into the panel where we met, at San Diego Comic-Con 2015

EpisodesFansplainingJuly 29, 2015