Excerpt
The Bachelor and the Fantasy of Performance
In Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor, Ilana Masad imagines competing on the show, imaginary straightness and all.
Personal Essays
Personal Essays
What Spider-Man Can’t Save
In which our hero contemplates a career writing about superheroes and pop culture—and imagines an ending.
Features
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dragons
Working in the Game of Thrones content mines killed my fannish feelings for the franchise. Here’s how I got them back.
Features
Alternate Universes
Through text-based roleplaying, I’ve lived so many other lives—and experienced so many other bodies.
Features
Reclaiming the Mary Sue
My new comic interrogates the continued bias against Mary Sues—and brings one life.
Features
The Fan, the Pro, and the Spaces In Between
Writing for Star Wars challenges me to interrogate fandom power dynamics—and figure out where I fall in a rapidly shifting landscape.
Features
Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom
Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the student.
Criticism
The Year of Loving Things Again
On giving yourself permission.