The Rec Center #279
Hi folks, this week we’ve got articles about fictional rock bands and Tom Holland’s famous “Umbrella” performance, some amazing Word of Honor fanart, a grab-...
The Rec Center #278
Hello! We’ve got *a lot* going on this week: Ben Barnes, Chloé Zhao, an incredible story about a man who was trapped on a boyband reality show, plus a wide...
The Rec Center #277
Hello everyone! This week we’ve got coverage of the Ben Barnes Tumblr fancast that became reality, some beautiful fanart of the Dora Milaje, and the return...
The Rec Center #276
Hi folks! This week we’ve got a hyper-specific LOTR oral history interview, a post about K-pop sign language interpretation, some cute Starfire fanart,...
The Rec Center #275
Hello, all! This week we have an explainer on a big Supreme Court decision’s potential impact on fanworks, some beautiful Star Trek: TNG fanart, and Gav’s...
The Rec Center #274
Hello! This week we have reporting on the McElroy Brothers fandom, Star Trek fanart, and fic recs for one of my personal favorite tropes: found family. And a...
The Rec Center #273
Hello and welcome to the New New Rec Center! We’re actually exactly the same as ever, but now we’re on Buttondown for reasons we explained last week, and...
The Rec Center #272
Hi, folks. We know it’s been a difficult week for many, and while we’re going ahead with our usual newsletter, we want to use our platform as best we can. If...
The Rec Center #271
Hello all! This week we have multifandom fic recs for the soulmate trope (a surprisingly varied list!), some Neopets coverage, an article about fanfic...
The Rec Center #270
Hello all! Don’t worry, no spoilers for WandaVision here, though we do have Gav’s most recent piece on the show, an analysis of the expectation gap between...
The Rec Center #269
Hi folks! Welcome to our fourth and final week of Femslash February recs, along with an update on the most-hated fic on AO3, an article about Katy Perry...
The Rec Center #268
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got an article about a queer movie subtitling community in China, a delightful Star Trek DS9 fancomic, another set of Femslash...
The Rec Center #267
Hi folks! This week we’ve got an article about neo-Myspace, some depressing but necessary coverage of the Joss Whedon scandal, some cute San Junipero fanart,...
The Rec Center #266
Hi folks! Today marks our first week of Femslash February, aka a month of multifandom f/f recs! We’ve also got some articles about space opera and knitting...
The Rec Center #265
Hi folks! This week we have some multifandom fic recs from the hosts of the I Met You On LJ podcast, clustered around some ever-popular fanfic tropes. We...
The Rec Center #264
Hello all! This week we have a first for The Rec Center: FOUR guest reccers, a group of friends who all came into hockey fandom within the past year, and who...
The Rec Center #263
Hi folks! This week we've got some timely thoughts on Captain America, coverage of whether certain popular fanfics are crashing AO3, and the second half of...
The Rec Center #262
Hello and welcome to the Rec Center: Substack Edition! This week we've got a very cool list of multifandom Yuletide fic recs, along with an article about...
The Rec Center #261
As we do every year, we’re changing format in the final Rec Center of 2020 (it’s now technically 2021, but still) to talk about our personal fandom...
The Rec Center #260
Hi folks! Since it’s Christmas day, we’re just delivering the rest of our holiday & winter-themed fanfic recs, plus some beautiful Star Wars fanart. Have a...