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It’s time to say goodbye to 2016…finally. Thank goodness. Good riddance. I think it’s fair to say that most of us are beaten into...
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They’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Some of y’all might have noticed a couple of months back the Warrior Nun fandom had a one-year anniversary event and dropped...
Podcasts
Kori and Taylor discuss how a perfect storm of real-world situations has lead to an increase of poor internet hygiene, ending in the stage...
Music
Content warning: discussion of sexual assault Introduction: Last week, I discussed why Gillian Welch’s song ‘Caleb Meyer’ resonates as a murder ballad about survival,...
Digital
If you’re coming here from the Warrior One “fanniversary” event, or you’re just a regular reader on our site, we’re happy to host Warrior...
Culture
It can be no secret that Carrie Fisher meant a lot to people around here, and in geekdom at large. There’s a reason we...
Analysis
Before Hamilton, there was In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s other American musical centered around the predominantly Latinx community of Washington Heights in New York....
Analysis
In July of 2015, Ian Danskin of Innuendo Studios published set of videos exploring the kind of young men who participated in Gamergate. This...
Analysis
The Ethics of Storytelling Part 2 (see Part 1, here) We’ve all heard it before, the cry of the anti-critic. It seems like whenever...
Analysis
I must have a really good sense of timing or a terrible, no good one. Jury’s still out here. Either way, I was fortunate...
Culture
My Immortal is celebrating its 10th anniversary and, with it, a milestone in fandom history and fanfiction. Harry Potter is arguably the most fertile...
Culture
Kat Barrell Discusses Clexacon, Fandom, the Power of Storytelling, and Diverse Representation in Media At The Fandomentals, we’ve got you covered for all the...
Analysis
South Park is at its A-game on the twentieth season, and that is symptomatic of our society. Content warnings for: discussions on internet trolling,...
Culture
It’s been quiet on the ClexaCon front for the last couple months, but trust me that my excitement has not dimmed. Not by a...