Features
The Scream Fandom’s Enduring Divide
Nearly a year after star Melissa Barrera was fired for pro-Palestinian social media posts, fans remain torn over the future of the franchise.
Politics
Episodes
Episode 128: The K-pop Narratives
No, K-pop stans are not “coming to save us.”
Episodes
Episode 55: Happy Anniversary #2
The past year’s guests return to share changes they’ve seen in fandom, from the global to the personal.
Episodes
Episode 41: Fandom Trumps Hate
Two organizers from the “Fandom Trumps Hate” fanworks charity auction on harnessing fandom for good.
Episodes
Episode 36: There’s No Place Like Home
Can you return to a fandom you’ve outgrown—or one whose problematic elements overshadow the good?
Episodes
Episode 35: No Escape
Recorded in the days following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, we are...sad.
Criticism
Trumped is the New Jossed
In this year’s political fanfiction, it’s hard to keep up with reality.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 2: Primary Colors
On the 1998 film Primary Colors, about a lightly fictional Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Articles
The Hillary Fandom
Politics as fandom, and fandom as politics.
Episodes
Episode 32: Nerds For Her
Paul DeGeorge, half of the band Harry and the Potters, talks about the Nerds for Her campaign.