Fansplaining

In Episode 137, Flourish and Elizabeth talk tropes: in fanfiction, outside of fanfiction, the places those ideas intersect—and where they don't. Topics covered include untangling t...

In Episode 136, Flourish and Elizabeth talk about the messy intersections of politics and fandom, and the narratives we create around political figures and actions. Topics discusse...

In the second half of "Race and Fandom Revisited," fans of color continue to speak about their experiences—and Elizabeth and Flourish talk with another white fan (and fan scholar) ...

Four years after the original "Race and Fandom" double episode, Flourish and Elizabeth return to the topic with a mix of old contributors and new voices. In the first installment, ...

In Episode 134, "Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 8," Elizabeth and Flourish once again open up the mailbag and answer listener questions. Topics covered include sports RPF, the eth...

In Episode 133, Elizabeth and Flourish talk directly about a topic that creeps into a lot of Fansplaining discussions: slash fic and the people who write it. They walk through the ...

In Episode 132, Elizabeth and Flourish receive a letter asking them to revisit the topic of purity culture, which they last discussed in 2018. They talk about the way the term "ant...

Flourish and Elizabeth celebrate their fifth anniversary with an annual tradition: inviting back guests from the past year to talk about changes in fandom, from the global to the p...

In Episode 130, Elizabeth and Flourish interview Pam Noles, the self-described "executive geek" in charge of one of the restricted entrances to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. They ...

In episode 129, Elizabeth and Flourish talk about J. K. Rowling's unremitting transphobia—and how beyond no longer engaging with her work, they don't want to have anything to do wi...

In Episode 128, "The K-pop Narratives," Keidra Chaney returns to the podcast to discuss mainstream framings of K-pop fans and their online actions in support of Black Lives Matter....

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