The Rec Center #88
Welcome! This week we have Narnia recs, an answer to one of fanfic’s greatest mysteries, and a truly unique moment from Supergirl comics canon. — Gav new...
The Rec Center #87
Greetings! It looks like, sort of by accident, we have a lot of Game of Thrones things this week! But we also have a *very* long fic list for our very...
The Rec Center #86
HELLO. Greetings to all of our new readers! Many of you are probably here because of Stephanie Burt’s fantastic New Yorker piece on fanfic (thank you,...
The Rec Center #85
Hi folks! It’s been a difficult week so hopefully we can give you a bit of a break. :) Marie’s here with Good Omens fanfic recs because of the casting news,...
The Rec Center #84
Welcome to the weekend!! We hope everyone at WorldCon is having an awesome time, and that everyone else isn’t experiencing FOMO too badly . (Neither of us...
The Rec Center #83
Hello! Why yes, things are going just fine over here, thank you for asking. For those of you we’ve dragged into Black Sails Hell™, next week we’ll be able to...
The Rec Center #82
Welcome back after our semi-hiatus last week! Elizabeth is back from SDCC, Gav is back from Spain, and we’re here with fandom news and an extensive primer...
The Rec Center #81
Hello! This week both Gav and I have been traveling—she’s in Spain learning about 400 years of Spanish military history, I’m in San Diego finding everything...
The Rec Center #80
We have a rare video game theme this week! Basia kindly offered to write an Overwatch primer for us, introducing one of the biggest gaming fandoms around...
The Rec Center #79
Hello! We just got a big batch of new followers: welcome, everyone! :-) This week we’ve got articles on K-pop, old VHS rental fandom, and That Football...
The Rec Center #78
Hi, folks! This week we’ve got fanfiction about found families, an interesting podcast about Livejournal and Russian politics, some Harry Potter nostalgia,...
The Rec Center #77
Welcome to a special—no, VITALLY IMPORTANT—Black Sails edition of the Rec Center! Along with our usual selection of fic recs and fandom news, Elizabeth & I...
The Rec Center #76
Hello! It’s been a while since we said it, so a reminder: you survived the week. We’ve got a mix of articles and tumblr stuff (including Gav’s reporting on...
The Rec Center #75
Phew! It’s been a long 24 hours. I stayed up very late following the UK election results and am now a reanimated corpse, which is unfortunate because I’m...
The Rec Center #74
Hello! Greetings from ~the very depths~ of New Fandom Land, where you could ask me literally any question and somehow I will drag the conversation towards a...
The Rec Center #73
This week we have rec-ception: a rec for another rec newsletter, from 1D fan Allyson Gross. Also, some dystopian fic recs, some Twin Peaks nostalgia from...
The Rec Center #72
Hi folks! This week we have Haikyuu!! recs from guest reccer Marina, some wonderful Korrasami fanart, Justin Timberlake fanfic reminiscences, and something...
The Rec Center #71
Hello! Well, it sure has been an...interesting (/horrifying) few days. If you’re looking for a little distraction, we’ve got the usual mix of articles,...
The Rec Center #70
Hello! It’s been...quite a week. Perhaps you are like me, worrying about the future of your ACA health insurance and tagging various members of Congress on...
The Rec Center #69
#69. Nice. new stuff “Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction” by Flourish Klink at FansplainingElizabeth’s podcast partner takes on Merriam-Webster—which puts the...