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Episode 199: Reflecting Reality?
How fanfiction mirrors our own lives—and how it doesn’t.
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Audio, show notes, and transcripts for the full back catalog of the podcast
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Episode 198: Strikesplaining
Screenwriter Javier Grillo-Marxuach breaks down the Writer’s Guild of America strike.
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Episode 197: Stitch
The media critic and fandom journalist returns to the podcast to talk about their work.
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Episode 196: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 16
Listener mail on BNFs, ship-naming conventions, self-promotion etiquette, and more.
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Episode 195: Fandom Life Cycles
On open and closed canons, and everything in between.
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Episode 194: The Pain Fandom
A conversation with journalist Maria Temming on her deep dive into the world of whump.
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Episode 193: Ask Me About My Fanart
A conversation with Fox Estacado about money, cons, and shifting attitudes around fanart.
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Episode 192: Death, Mourning, and Fandom
We might only see a small sliver of another fan’s life. What happens if they die?
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Episode 191: Femstats February
Destination Toast returns to the podcast to crunch the numbers on F/F, M/F, and M/M fic.
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Episode 190: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 15
Listener mail on fanfic and libraries, RPF, the decline of Twitter, and more.
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Episode 189: “No Cultural Impact”
Studios have spent the past decade chasing “fandom” to build franchises. Was that a mistake?
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Episode 188: The Year in Fandom 2022
Another year, another set of reflections on trends in fan culture.