We’re discussing the recent San Diego Comic-Con this week! We’re very proud to welcome in production designer and attendee, Katie Moest (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) to talk to us about this year’s con and how its evolved over the years. We’re also chatting about major fandom news that originated from the SDCC panels and media coverage.

Relevant Links:

Poe Party (Katie’s upcoming project)

The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy

7 Things We Learned about Star Trek: Discovery at Comic-Con

Black Panther Casting Details

This week, Holly & Kate are chatting about the recently announced Emmy nominations, what networks & shows usually get nominated, what we'd like to see nominated and other related topics.

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2016 Emmy Nominations

Forever Young Adult

This week, we're chatting about fan campaigns & petitions. From raising awareness of social issues to reviving a canceled favorite, we're chatting about the history and methods of fans banding together to accomplish a goal. Please be aware that we spend some time talking about a spoiler from the new Star Trek movie regarding Sulu.

Relevant Links:

Slate on Takei & the Sulu news

io9 List of Fan Campaigns in Sci-Fi & Genre TV

We're finishing up our discussion about fanfic this week, as we tackle the reasons people read & write fanfic, how to find the fanfic you want to read and some of the legal questions surrounding the practice.

Relevant Links:

Star Trek fan film guidelines

Archive Of Our Own search page

We're chatting about one of our favorite fandom topics this week: fanfiction. Up for discussion: what fanfic is, how long its been around, what terms and abbreviations you need to know, and what types of fanfic you'll encounter. We'll continue next week with a discussion of why people read fanfic.

Relevant Links:

Broadway's Orlando song

Fan Fest Orlando

Jared Padalecki's Orlando fundraising t-shirt

Tales from The Crypt partners with Wattpad

Tag Page of The Official Sterek Library fic rec blog (NSFW language)

Todd VanDerWerff on Spoilers (first line of piece contains Breaking Bad spoiler)

This week, Holly and Kate are discussing Holly's experience at the ATX Television Festival & the panels and screenings attended. Also up for discussion: the Tonys and the Emmy ballots.

Relevant Links:

Kate Explains How the Emmys Work

The West Wing Weekly Podcast

We're finishing up our series on shipping this week, while chatting about shipping and the patriarchy and answering listener questions. We're also giving our weekly Dos & Don'ts, along with discussing a couple articles linked below.

Relevant Links:

TV Ad Buyers Change

Why We're Terrified of Fanfiction

BBC History Podcast

This week, we're continuing our discussion on the shipping phenomena. Kate & Holly are talking about who gets shipped, what activities shippers engage in, whether or not shippers can ruin a piece of media or a fandom, and the concept of "endgame." Our current events talk this episode centers on the recent brouhaha over fandom entitlement. The @Hello_Tailor piece Holly references can be found here.

This week marks our foray into one of the most widely discussed fandom topics: shipping. In part 1 of our series on shipping, Kate & Holly are discussing what shipping is, why people might do it and share our early ships.

In our second episode, we're attempting to explain what a fandom is and what it does. What's the difference between being a fan and being in a fandom? We're also chatting a bit about this week's TV upfronts.

A few links we mention during this week's discussion:

Kate's TV Cancellation & Renewal Spreadsheet

The Importance of Fanfic for Queer Youth

Kate's Review of Girls on Fire