The past year’s guests talk about what’s changed in fandom, broadly and individually
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Internet culture reporter and longtime fic writer Aja Romano sings the praises of RPF
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Post-SDCC 2018, breaking down the entertainment industry’s top-level view of fans
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Elizabeth attends the 2018 FSN Conference and talks to founders Lucy Bennett and Tom Phillips
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Dispelling myths about “toxic fandom,” and digging into factors that lead to bad fandom dynamics
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Ted Scheinman on his book about a Jane Austen con attended by academics and fans alike
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How fans engage with “bad” characters, from celebrating villains to granting redemption
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Listener mail on fan tourism, alternate universe fic, making fandom friends, and more
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Riverdale writer Britta Lundin returns to discuss her debut YA novel (on fandom!), Ship It
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A conversation on AU fic with culture writer and “Overinvested” co-host Morgan Leigh Davies
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The fan studies scholar on transcultural fandom, contact zones, and bridging the fan/academic divide
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What happens when brands sanction fans’ bad—even violent—behavior as “passionate”?
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From set visits to theme parks to retracing the steps of a fictional character
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The poet (and X-fan) returns to discuss trans themes in fandom, publicly transitioning, and more
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The poetry professor and critic talks about taste cultures, situating critical perspective, and more
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A conversation on tropes, characterization, and what we want from stories, in canon and in fanfic
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How does transformative fandom disrupt the cycles of capitalism—and how does it reinforce them?
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Fandom mainstreaming, shipping and activism, and #MeToo: our annual year in review
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