The Rec Center #208
Continuing our annual tradition, we’re taking a break from our standard format for the final newsletter of the year with recaps of our respective 2019s in...
The Rec Center #207
Hello all! Welcome to the final regular Rec Center of 2019. This week, amongst other things, we have the “Folgers incest ad” oral history that I personally...
The Rec Center #206
Hello, friends. (A special and sympathetic hello to our readers from the UK...there’s not much I can say here but that I’m thinking about all of you today.)...
The Rec Center #205
Hi folks! This week week we have a She-ra explainer and fanfic recs from guest reccer sparrow, along with our now-typical glut of Baby Yoda content, some...
The Rec Center #204
Hello! If you are in the middle of the holiday weekend, hope things are...going well. If you are not based in the U.S., well, happy Friday! :-)) In honor of...
The Rec Center #203
Hi everyone!! This week we’ve got articles about BTS and Real Housewives (!?), along with some vintage Werner Herzog coverage, and a puzzling Baby Yoda...
The Rec Center #202
Hi folks! This week we have multifandom rarepair recs, some coverage of LGBTQ communities in fandom, some Adventure Zone fanart, and more! — Gav new stuff...
The Rec Center #201
After last week’s reader Q&A issue, we’re back to our regular programming! We’ve got fanfic for Stephen King’s IT, recommended by yours truly! We’ve got...
The Rec Center #200
Instead of our usual newsletter, this week Elizabeth and I answered questions from you, our dear readers. We covered a lot of topics here including political...
The Rec Center #199
Hello all! This week Gav granted my request for a His Dark Materials explainer in advance of the BBC/HBO adaptation premiering next week (including, also by...
The Rec Center #198
Hi folks! This week we have fall-themed seasonal fanfic recs, an article about how Tumblr legitimized queer fandom in mainstream pop culture, an important...
The Rec Center #197
Hello everyone! This week we have a surprising amount of audio fandom coverage (well, two things, but still), some delightful Star Wars fanart, and multi-...
The Rec Center #196
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got an interesting article about how fanfic improves writing skills, along with an Aristocats fanvid, some more of the...
The Rec Center #195
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got multifandom fic recs, a DELIGHTFUL piece of fanart for the universally-beloved Untitled Goose Game, and more. — Gav new...
The Rec Center #194
Hello all! This week we have our usual mix of articles & tumblr posts and some beautiful Black Sails fanart (hope you celebrated “Talk Like A Pirate Day”...
The Rec Center #193
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got an article on stan culture, a comparison between fandom and political campaigning, some delightful Korrasami fanart, and the...
The Rec Center #192
Hello! First of all, pour one out for the Jeremy Renner app—and yes, we’ve got coverage of the death of this cultural touchstone (and other ill-fated...
The Rec Center #191
Hello all! This week we have a piece about Seinfeld fanfic, a look at The OA fandom’s rather unusual campaign to save the show, a rec list of fusion fanfics,...
The Rec Center #190
Hello and congratulations to AO3 on this momentous occasion of winning an actual, for-real Hugo Award! This week we’ve got posts about cosplay squads and the...
The Rec Center #189
Hello all! Greetings at the end of an exhausting week of explaining to people who last logged onto the site in 2013 that yes, Tumblr still exists! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯...