Defending Fanfiction

Is crack fanfiction an art on the same level as poetry? Yes. Join us as we discuss why and then listen to me ramble about other tangentially related things to pad out the hour of audio.

Works Referenced: 

My Immortal

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Today we discuss the tag system in A03 and mostly read fanfiction. Hey, this is a fanfiction podcast, I'm entitled to read my fanfiction on this site while I stutter and sign my own praises! Read along with: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13809765

More information:

https://archiveofourown.org/faq/tags?language_id=en

https://www.wired.com/story/archive-of-our-own-fans-better-than-tech-organizing-information/#:~:text=On%20AO3%2C%20users%20can%20put%20in%20whatever%20tags%20they%20want.&text=Then%20behind%20the%20scenes%2C%20human,process%20known%20as%20tag%20wrangling.

And a fic I want to plug that turned me onto dossiers: 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13006674

Unfortunately, I have decided to defend problematic fanfiction as well. 

Links mentioned:

Sorry for the late chapter!

Here are some articles I reference in the episode:

https://overland.org.au/2018/06/fanfiction-is-womens-work/

How to contact us:

https://defendingfanfiction.tumblr.com/

On this forth of July, we discuss the topic of real people fiction and explore the only piece of RPF I've written, that being the illustrious Founding Fathers Fanfiction. 

We also want to talk about the racial inequality and police brutality in the US that is going on today. I think it's important to remember that while the founding fathers were wrong about so much, they did believe in revolution and in fighting for the world you want to live in. So take what comfort and courage that may give you. 

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We will be streaming at twitch.tv/trebledead at 10 am mountain standard time

Are original OC characters cringey, or a way for young new authors to maintain creative authority? Perhaps a way to recontextualize media to include the people authors identify with? Let's explore that with a fanfiction from 2012

The fic:

We discuss what we are going to discuss, as well as the format of the show. 

Content creators talked about in this episode:

Kelsey Carol:

Society for Gay Books:

Stay tuned for a new program coming about everyone's favorite topic: Fanfiction.