Welcome to Open Tabs! On today's episode we discuss the ban (and near-immediate unban) of Tiktok in January 2025 - along with all the ways the young and old are interacting with fanfiction and fandom on this strange, short-form space.

HEADS UP! Because of the context surrounding the ban/unban of Tiktok this episode delves more into recent American politcs than normal. If that's something you can't or don't want to handle right now, we absolutely understand. If you're as angry as we are and looking to spend your bandwidth on something construction, I (Sydney) recommend contacting your local branch of the DSA or checking out the resource guide over here by Individsible Action as a starting point for more good trouble you can get into. This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.

Welcome to Open Tabs! Today our intrepid hosts set out to discuss how and where to find fanfiction. From the old stomping grounds at fanfiction.net to the promised land of AO3, to kinkmemes and gated discord communities (with all the usual millennial yapping in between).

This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.

Welcome to Open Tabs! We're welcoming in 2025 by discussing the Jan-Dec AO3 ship stats from... 2023. We may have recorded this episode before the 2024 ship stats were out, what are you going to do about it? Better late than (M) pregnant! More importantly, huge thanks and infinite kudos to AO3 user centreoftheselights for the amazing data work they do for the community year after year! This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.

Welcome to Open Tabs! The crew is back and we're getting personal: This episode we cover our own personal introductions to the world of fanfiction and reflect on how much has changed since we were all wandering around blindly asking Jeeves to show us two characters kissing. It's good, it's bad, and it's definitely ugly but at least Sesshomaru features prominently. This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.

Welcome to Open Tabs! On this very special inaugural episode the crew makes sure to define the terms of some of the most common fanfiction tropes and then proceeds to judge them all. We're off to a great start! This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.

Coming soon to earholes near you - maybe even yours! Open Tabs is the brain(rot) child of Tappy Toe Claws, Amy the Amazonian and Princess Weekes. All of whom love fanfiction too much to have waited this long to make a podcast where they scream at each other about it. This production does cover adult themes and dicsuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.