Features

Reporting, interviews, and more

A wordcloud of words used in a fanfic definition.

Surveys

Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”

3,564 people took our survey. Here’s what we learned.

The Merriam-Webster definition of “fanfiction,” spelled “fan fiction,” with a space.

Features

Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction

When the dictionary doesn’t reflect the world.

The AO3’s wordcloud of popular tags.

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?

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