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Episode 97: The Shipping Question
Episode 97: The Shipping Question

What is shipping—and what do we mean when we say we’re doing it?

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EpisodesFansplainingApril 3, 2019
Episode 96: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 4
Episode 96: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 4

Listener mail on genderbending, kink memes, imagines, and more

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EpisodesFansplainingMarch 20, 2019
Special Episode 11: The Marvel-Industrial Complex
Special Episode 11: The Marvel-Industrial Complex

The military and the MCU, from Iron Man to Captain Marvel

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Special EpisodesFansplainingMarch 12, 2019
Episode 95: “Back To The Fans”
Episode 95: “Back To The Fans”

What are you really saying, Jason Reitman?

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EpisodesFansplainingMarch 6, 2019
Episode 94: Save Our Show (It’s A Metaphor)
Episode 94: Save Our Show (It’s A Metaphor)

Fans can gather thousands of signatures—but does it ever make a difference?

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EpisodesFansplainingFebruary 20, 2019
Episode 93: User-Generated Content
Episode 93: User-Generated Content

What is exploitative—and what is just fans having fun?

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EpisodesFansplainingFebruary 6, 2019
Episode 92: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 3
Episode 92: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 3

Listener mail on future fandom platforms, TV revivals, happy endings, and more

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EpisodesFansplainingJanuary 23, 2019
Episode 91: Casey Fiesler
Episode 91: Casey Fiesler

An information science professor on platforms, research ethics, and Tumblr’s algorithms

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EpisodesFansplainingJanuary 9, 2019
Episode 90: The Year In Fandom 2018
Episode 90: The Year In Fandom 2018

Some of the biggest fandom trends in 2018, from Tumblr to purity culture to capitalism

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EpisodesFansplainingDecember 27, 2018
Episode 89: Rukmini Pande
Episode 89: Rukmini Pande

The fan studies scholar discusses race, fandom, and her book Squee From the Margins

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EpisodesFansplainingDecember 13, 2018
Special Episode 10: The Favourite
Special Episode 10: The Favourite

Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Elizabeth’s favorite historical period

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Special EpisodesFansplainingDecember 8, 2018
Episode 88: Kenyatta Cheese
Episode 88: Kenyatta Cheese

A co-founder of Everybody At Once on the ways the entertainment industry understands fandom

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EpisodesFansplainingNovember 28, 2018
Episode 87: What We Discourse About When We Discourse About the Discourse
Episode 87: What We Discourse About When We Discourse About the Discourse

Responses to The Discourse Trilogy™, from historical precedents to broader cultural connections

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EpisodesFansplainingNovember 14, 2018
Special Episode 9: No Edith, No Peace
Special Episode 9: No Edith, No Peace

Javier Grillo-Marxuach returns to discuss his Indiana Jones/Downton Abbey crossover fic

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Special EpisodesFansplainingNovember 5, 2018
Episode 86: The Money Question
Episode 86: The Money Question

The Discourse Trilogy™ Part 3: On the monetization of fanfiction, from AO3 to Wattpad

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EpisodesFansplainingOctober 31, 2018
Episode 85: Age and Fandom
Episode 85: Age and Fandom

The Discourse Trilogy™ Part 2: On ageism, from both mainstream culture and within fandom

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EpisodesFansplainingOctober 17, 2018
Episode 84: Purity Culture
Episode 84: Purity Culture

The Discourse Trilogy™ Part 1: On morality in fan conversations, from antis to stans

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EpisodesFansplainingOctober 3, 2018
Episode 83: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 2
Episode 83: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 2

Listener mail on real person fiction, queer representation, fandom misogyny, and more

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EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 19, 2018
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