Fansplaining

In yet another (the sixteenth!) installment of "Ask Fansplaining Anything," Flourish and Elizabeth discuss a fresh batch of listener questions and comments. Topics include portmant...

In Episode 195, "Fandom Life Cycles," Elizabeth and Flourish respond to a voicemail from listener Gin/myrmidryad about their appreciation of a "closed canon"—in this case, a show e...

In Episode 194, "The Pain Fandom," Flourish and Elizabeth are joined by journalist Maria Temming to discuss her recent article on whump, hurt/comfort, and fandom communities center...

In Episode 193, "As Me About My Fanart," Flourish and Elizabeth talk to longtime fanartist Fox Estacado about the business and the pleasure of fanart. Topics discussed include chan...

In Episode 192, "Death, Mourning, and Fandom," Elizabeth and Flourish talk about the complicated dynamics around death within fandom, where our connections to each other can be dee...

In Episode 191, "Femstats February," Flourish and Elizabeth welcome back Destination Toast—the Steve Martin of Fansplaining—to talk through their massive stats analysis comparing t...

In the latest (fifteenth!) installment of "Ask Fansplaining Anything," Flourish and Elizabeth tackle a new collection of listener letters. Topics discussed include defining "canon"...

In Episode 189, "No Cultural Impact," Flourish and Elizabeth look at the entertainment industry's "fan-first" strategy for franchise-building, and the already-massive box-office su...

Continuing an end-of-year tradition, Flourish and Elizabeth review five big fandom-related trends they followed in 2022. Topics discussed include clashing norms between fans on dif...

In Episode 187, "Artificial Fandom Intelligence," Elizabeth and Flourish respond to a listener's letter about AI tools like ChatGPT and Lensa, which are currently sparking anxiety ...

In the second and final installment of the "Disability and Fandom" double episode, Flourish and Elizabeth get the perspectives of even more disabled fans. Featuring conversations w...

In the first installment of the "Disability and Fandom" double episode, Flourish and Elizabeth get the perspectives of a wide range of disabled fans, including conversations with R...