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Shipping Survey: Methodology and Tools
Shipping Survey: Methodology and Tools

Commas, smushed ship names, and one long-suffering data professional by verity

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verityMay 3, 2019
Shippers on Shipping
Shippers on Shipping

What is shipping? Our 16,513 respondents...did not agree by Flourish Klink

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Flourish KlinkMay 1, 2019
“You’re Gonna Love This Franchise”
“You’re Gonna Love This Franchise”

Fandom, corporate media, and San Diego Comic-Con by Elizabeth Minkel

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Elizabeth MinkelJuly 27, 2018
The Year of Loving Things Again
The Year of Loving Things Again

On giving yourself permission by Elizabeth Minkel

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Elizabeth MinkelDecember 29, 2017
Fic, Interrupted
Fic, Interrupted

The unfinished history of works in progress by Caroline Crampton

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Caroline CramptonOctober 19, 2017
Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”
Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”

3,564 people took our survey. Here’s what we learned by Flourish Klink

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Flourish KlinkMay 30, 2017
(Don’t) Meet Your Idols
(Don’t) Meet Your Idols

Fantasy and reality collide in boyband YA literature by Allyson Gross

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Allyson GrossMay 20, 2017
Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction
Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction

When the dictionary doesn’t reflect the world by Flourish Klink

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Flourish KlinkApril 21, 2017
Mary Sue
Mary Sue

From self-inserts to imagines, how young women write themselves into the narrative by Elizabeth Minkel

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Elizabeth MinkelMarch 23, 2017
Trumped is the New Jossed
Trumped is the New Jossed

In this year’s political fanfiction, it’s hard to keep up with reality by Anne Jamison

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Anne JamisonNovember 4, 2016
Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (And One They Hate)
Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (And One They Hate)

More than 7,500 fanfiction readers filled out the Fansplaining Fic Preferences Survey. What can we learn from the results? by Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish Klink

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Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish KlinkOctober 27, 2016
The Hillary Fandom
The Hillary Fandom

Politics as fandom, and fandom as politics by Elizabeth Minkel

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Elizabeth MinkelOctober 14, 2016
To Ship or Not To Ship
To Ship or Not To Ship

An explainer about the words “ship” and “slash” by Flourish Klink

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Flourish KlinkAugust 17, 2016
Fansplaining: The Patreon!
Fansplaining: The Patreon!

The podcast by, for, and about fandom is asking for $$$ by Elizabeth Minkel

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Elizabeth MinkelAugust 10, 2016
Nielsen Ratings: An Explainer
Nielsen Ratings: An Explainer

In case you, like the rest of the world, are confused by Flourish Klink

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Flourish KlinkAugust 9, 2016
Harry Potter and the Sanctioned Follow-On Work (or, Fanfiction vs. the Patriarchy)
Harry Potter and the Sanctioned Follow-On Work (or, Fanfiction vs. the Patriarchy)

How we talk about The Cursed Child—and why it matters by Elizabeth Minkel

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Elizabeth MinkelAugust 6, 2016
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