Fansplaining

In Episode 79, Elizabeth and Flourish try to answer the question "Who Is Comic-Con For?" They talk about their experience at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, the third time they've attend...

In Episode 78, "The Fan Studies Network," Elizabeth attends the Fan Studies Network's annual academic conference in Cardiff, Wales, and interviews the founders of the FSN, Lucy Ben...

In Episode 77, "The Truth About Toxic Fandom," Elizabeth and Flourish examine a few widely-held conceptions about "toxic fandom," also known as "broken" or "entitled" fandom. They ...

In episode 76, "Camp Austen," Flourish and Elizabeth talk to with Ted Scheinman, the author of Camp Austen, a book about his experiences at an Austen con attended by academics and ...

In Episode 75, "Bad Fans," Elizabeth and Flourish discuss Emily Nussbaum's concept of the "bad fan": people who read against the expectations of the source material to celebrate th...

In Episode 74, "Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 1," Flourish and Elizabeth answer a pile of listener letters from the past few months. Some touch on recent episodes, from more obse...

In Episode 73, "Ship It," Flourish and Elizabeth welcome back Britta Lundin, writer on the CW's Riverdale, to discuss her debut YA novel, Ship It. Topics covered include writing cr...

In Episode 72, Flourish always knew that someday she'd hear the words written on her wrist— In Episode 72, Elizabeth is a florist. Every day Flourish walks past her flower shop and...

In Episode 71, Elizabeth and Flourish welcome back fan-scholar Dr. Lori Morimoto, who was last on the podcast in 2016 to talk about shipping and activism with Rukmini Pande. This t...

In Episode 70, "Our Most Passionate Fans," Elizabeth and Flourish discuss the ways that corporate America interacts with fandom—especially when fandom behaves badly—through the len...

In Episode 69, "Fan Tourism," Elizabeth and Flourish consider the different ways that people travel to experience their fandom, settling on a spectrum of fan tourism, spanning imme...

In Episode 68, "Stephanie Burt: Part 2," Elizabeth and Flourish wrap up their conversation with poet, professor, and X-fan Stephanie Burt, covering topics from transitioning in pub...