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The Yellow Balloon Movement
Within jam band fandoms often dominated by substance use, clean and sober fans are building their own communities.
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Reporting, interviews, and more
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The Pain Fandom
How whump—one of fandom’s oldest and most divisive genres—gained a fanbase of its own.
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.
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The Ever-Mutating Life of Tumblr Dot Com
Reports of the platform’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
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You Did the Thing
A conversation with Gretchen McCulloch about the language of fandom.
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Shipping Survey: Methodology and Tools
Commas, smushed ship names, and one long-suffering data professional.
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Shippers on Shipping
What is shipping? Our survey’s 16,513 self-identified shippers...did not agree.
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“You’re Gonna Love This Franchise”
Fandom, corporate media, and San Diego Comic-Con.
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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.
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Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction
When the dictionary doesn’t reflect the world.
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?