Surveys
Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”
3,564 people took our survey. Here’s what we learned.
Articles
Fandom reporting, analysis, criticism, personal essays, and much more.
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?
Articles
The Hillary Fandom
Politics as fandom, and fandom as politics.
Explainers
To Ship or Not To Ship
An explainer about the words “ship” and “slash.”
Explainers
Nielsen Ratings: An Explainer
In case you, like the rest of the world, are confused.
Criticism
Harry Potter and the Sanctioned Follow-On Work (or, Fanfiction vs. the Patriarchy)
How we talk about The Cursed Child—and why it matters.