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?
Criticism
Reviews, analysis, and more
Criticism
The Year of Loving Things Again
On giving yourself permission.
Criticism
(Don’t) Meet Your Idols
Fantasy and reality collide in boyband YA literature.
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.
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.