Features
The Traumatized Gatekeepers of Broadway
Theatre fans measure their passion by nitpicking. Does it do the industry more harm than good?
Social Media
Features
The Ever-Mutating Life of Tumblr Dot Com
Reports of the platform’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
Criticism
The Empowered Stan
Fandom can be both identity and liberation—but how do we keep our joys from being co-opted by corporate interests?
Episodes
Episode 70: “Our Most Passionate Fans”
What happens when brands sanction fans’ bad—even violent—behavior as “passionate”?
Episodes
Episode 38: The Year In Fandom 2016
Social media, fan/creator interaction, and mangling the term “fanfiction”: our annual year in review.
Episodes
Episode 23: The Fourth Wall
Many fans want to keep fanworks within fandom—so why does the media expose them to creators?