Cosplayer Teresa Nguyen on sewing, screen accuracy vs. interpretation, pro cosplayers, and more

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Breaking down the term “Mary Sue,” from its history to its evolution to the way it’s being reclaimed today

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Riverdale writer Britta Lundin discusses making the fan-to-pro leap—and straddling the fan/creator divide

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A conversation with Tanya DePass, founder of I Need Diverse Games, on fighting for equity in gaming

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Two organizers from the “Fandom Trumps Hate” fanworks charity auction on harnessing fandom for good

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A conversation with Rob Burnett, the director of the planned Axanar fan film, on Paramount v. Axanar

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Anime journalist Lauren Orsini joins us to discuss the form through the lens of Yuri!!! On Ice

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Social media, fan/creator interaction, and mangling the term “fanfiction”: our annual year in review

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Scholar Emily Roach talks about queer YA literature and how it connects—and doesn’t connect—with fandom

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Can you return to a fandom you’ve outgrown—or one whose problematic elements overshadow the good?

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Recorded in the days following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, we are...sad

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Breaking down the results of our fanfiction tropes survey, which was taken by more than 7,500 people

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Bob Proehl discusses his novel about comics and conventions, A Hundred Thousand Worlds

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Paul DeGeorge, half of the band Harry and the Potters, talks about the Nerds for Her campaign

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Fandom journalist Gavia Baker-Whitelaw helps us break down the art of fic reccing

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Writer Evan Narcisse talks about gaming vs media fandom, gatekeeping, and more

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Fan scholars Rukmini Pande and Lori Morimoto discuss the trouble with shipping-as-politics

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We welcome back guests from the podcast’s first year to talk about changes they’ve observed in fandom

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