The Rec Center #312
Happy holidays to everyone celebrating and/or taking a break from work! We’re releasing a short issue this week: more multifandom recs with the theme “fics...
The Rec Center #311
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Wattpad and safe spaces for trans VTubers, along with some cool Mario fanart, posts about The Witcher and Tumblr...
The Rec Center #310
Hello all! This week we have pieces on YouTube and Grateful Dead fandom, What We Do In The Shadows fanart, and—speaking of roommates!—a multi-fandom rec list...
The Rec Center #309
Hi folks! This week we’ve got a Ted Lasso fandom explainer from guest reccer Praycambrian, along with a variety of interesting articles about music fandom,...
The Rec Center #308
Hello all! This week we have the return of “fics you can get lost in,” some really lovely Kate Bishop fanart, and our second-ever “letter of...
The Rec Center #307
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about censorship and elvish lipstick, some cool Over the Garden Wall fanart, a James Bond/Q fandom primer from...
The Rec Center #306
Hello everyone! This week we have articles on reader-insert fic and music fandom (and an interview with me about fans + platforms!), some very charming Frog...
The Rec Center #305
Hello, TGIF, and a very happy Destiel Day on this fine November 5th! This week we’ve got articles about Neopets and Batman, some Supernatural content...
The Rec Center #304
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Myspace and cancelled fandoms, posts about Hannibal and Star Trek, our final multifandom rec list of paranormal...
The Rec Center #303
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about supervillainry and the morality of darkfic, posts about omegaverse worldbuilding and rarepair shipping, a...
The Rec Center #302
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Succession and Tony Stark, posts about Venom and Sherlock Holmes, our third Halloween-adjacent list of...
The Rec Center #301
Hello! This week our October paranormal fic series continues with a GHOST-specific list (key quote from this batch of recs: “I was hesitant about the premise...
The Rec Center #300
Hello and welcome to Halloween Month! We’re kicking off with the first of several paranormal-themed fic rec lists, along with articles about Dune and...
The Rec Center #299
Hello, all! Hope everyone had a very nice Dunking on the Live-Action Mario Day yesterday. (Also if you’re still celebrating, enjoy—there are so many jokes to...
The Rec Center #298
Hi all! This week we have a grab-bag of multifandom fic recs, along with articles about Orlando Bloom fandom and K-pop, some intriguing Tumblr posts about...
The Rec Center #297
Happy Friday, everyone! This week we’ve got articles about sexy supervillains and some very dedicated Italian LOTR fans, along with an intriguing...
The Rec Center #296
The Rec Center #296 3 September 2021 Hi folks! This week we’ve got coverage of queer Sopranos fandom and the Disney lifestyle community, along with some cute...
The Rec Center #295
Hi all! This week we have articles on Twilight and environmentalism, clashes between a journalist and an artist’s fans, and more. We also have some amazing...
The Rec Center #294
Hi folks, this week we’ve got coverage of knitting fandom and the Boyfriend Dungeon backlash, along with some beautiful Green Knight fanart, some multifandom...
The Rec Center #293
Hello everyone! This week we have articles about fan/creator interaction and RPF, some extremely charming Deep Space Nine fanart, and multifandom friends to...
The Rec Center #292
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about online anonymity and fanfic plagiarism, along with some cool Zelda fanart, a delightful interpretation of The...
The Rec Center #291
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Freaks and Geeks fandom and a ubiquitous TV hairstyle, multifandom sports AU fic recs, and more! — Gav new stuff...
The Rec Center #290
Hello everyone! This week we have Gav’s coverage of Tumblr’s Post+ (my take on Post+, btw: 😬), some lovely One Piece fanart, and multifandom character study...
The Rec Center #289
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles on gender roles in Chinese celeb fandom and the vintage Paul Is Dead conspiracy theory, along with some super cool...
The Rec Center #288
Hello everyone! This week we have articles on tabletop gaming and teen girls, as well as some delightful Bob’s Burgers fanart. And in honor of the return of...
The Rec Center #287
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got multifandom longfic recs, some fascinating articles about wuxia and queer subtext in Lord of the Rings, some cute Fran Fine...
The Rec Center #286
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Fast & Furious and pandemic cosplay, a celebration of a truly delightful videogame artist, multifandom fic recs...
The Rec Center #285
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Knicks fandom and Marvel’s Loki, some beautiful Breath of the Wild fanart, multifandom fic recs starring...
The Rec Center #284
Hello everyone! This week we have pieces on sci-fi ensemble stories and celebrity apologies, some beautiful Critical Role fanart, and multifandom rarepair...
The Rec Center #283
This week we’ve got articles about Kelly Marie Tran and a unique 1980s roleplaying community, some beautiful Word of Honor fanart, multifandom Pacific Rim AU...
The Rec Center #282
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got articles about the Evangelion theme and Black girl fantasy, along with a cute Star Wars fancomic, a very cool Studio Ghibli...
The Rec Center #281
Hi all! This week we have pieces on fandom’s gift economy, romance in Mass Effect, and more, plus the beautiful Hannibal fanart that will now grace the U.S....
The Rec Center #280
Hello all! This week we have an article about sci-fi worldbuilding, Shadow & Bone fanart, and a guest list from JSA Lowe featuring her favorite fic from The...
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...