Surveys
The Fic and the Source Material
Do you need to know the canon to read the fic? Breaking down the preferences of the 6,744 people who responded to our most recent mini-survey.
Articles
Fandom reporting, analysis, criticism, personal essays, and much more.
Features
The Ever-Mutating Life of Tumblr Dot Com
Reports of the platform’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
Criticism
The Empowered Stan
Fandom can be both identity and liberation—but how do we keep our joys from being co-opted by corporate interests?
Interviews
You Did the Thing
A conversation with Gretchen McCulloch about the language of fandom.
Features
“You’re Gonna Love This Franchise”
Fandom, corporate media, and San Diego Comic-Con.
Features
Fic, Interrupted
The unfinished history of works in progress.
Surveys
Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”
3,564 people took our survey. Here’s what we learned.
Criticism
(Don’t) Meet Your Idols
Fantasy and reality collide in boyband YA literature.
Features
Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction
When the dictionary doesn’t reflect the world.
Criticism
Mary Sue
From self-inserts to imagines, how young women write themselves into the narrative.
Criticism
Trumped is the New Jossed
In this year’s political fanfiction, it’s hard to keep up with reality.
Surveys
Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (And One They Hate)
More than 7,500 fanfiction readers filled out the Fansplaining Fic Preferences Survey. What can we learn from the results?