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...
The Rec Center #259
Hi folks! We’ve got holiday-themed fanfic recs for you this week, along with coverage of the Cyberpunk 2077 debacle, fanfic during the pandemic, an alarming...
The Rec Center #258
Hi folks! We’re here this week with coverage of Tumblr’s 2020 Year in Review, the delightful French cartoon Ladybug & Chat Noir, some more Supernatural...
The Rec Center #257
Hello everyone! This week we have a few pieces about games fandoms, some beautiful Hades fanart, and a multifandom character study rec list. — Elizabeth new...
The Rec Center #256
Hello everyone! I hope you’re all having a safe/restful holiday and/or a safe/restful...end of the week. We’ve got a few pieces related to the Star Wars...
The Rec Center #255
Hi folks! And a warm salutation to Supernatural fandom. Congratulations or commiserations on, uh... whatever that was! We’ve put together a rec list of SPN...
The Rec Center #254
Hi folks! This week we’ve got some coverage of Hanson fandom (!), Gandalf fanart, multifandom AU fic recs, and more! — Gav new stuff “Hanson Is Facing a...
The Rec Center #253
Hi folks! This week we’re just doing fanfic & art because our brains are mush. But we can’t let this moment pass without acknowledging: (in case you...missed...
The Rec Center #252
Hello everyone! How are you doing! 😬😬😬 Before we begin, a message for everyone who’s able to vote in U.S. elections: I’m sure many of you have already voted,...
The Rec Center #251
Hi folks! This week we’ve an article about livestreamed fan events, a post about Neopets (an old fave!), multifandom fic recs about immortal characters, and...
The Rec Center #250
Hello everyone and welcome to our 250th (!!) issue! We’re glad you’ve all stuck around! This week we’ve got a nostalgic look back at the Social Network press...
The Rec Center #249
Hi folks! This week we’ve got coverage of an intriguing new TikTok trend, some amazing Black Sails fanart, cosplay photos from 1967, and multifandom recs for...
The Rec Center #248
Well! It’s been a day! It’s also been a week! If you’re looking for some distraction, we’ve got some great critical writing about anti-Blackness in a few...
The Rec Center #247
Hello, all! This week we have coverage of fandom nostalgia, Sesame Street fanart, and a multi-fandom list of slow burn fic with a gloriously wide range of...
The Rec Center #246
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about celebrity cosplay and fanfic rec culture, along with some ~incredible vintage Buffy fanzines, Magicians fanart,...
The Rec Center #245
Hi folks! This week we’ve got articles about Sailor Moon fashion and D&D TikTok, along with some Twin Peaks fanart, some thoughts on Pon Farr, and...
The Rec Center #243
Hello all! This week we’re devoting the whole articles section of the newsletter to Chadwick Boseman and his fans, with some really powerful writing about...
The Rec Center #243
Hello everyone! This week we’re very excited to run our first guest explainer in quite a while: Orangistae on the CW show Legends of Tomorrow! We’ve also got...
The Rec Center #242
Hi folks! This week we have an interview with the showrunners of She-Ra and Steven Universe, some awesome Pride & Prejudice fanart, a truly extraordinary...
The Rec Center #241
Hello! This week we have for you: K-pop coverage and an article about supervillain romances, some lovely Star Trek fanart, a look in on the Dune fandom,...
The Rec Center #240
Hi folks! This week we’ve got an article about a very unusual baseball game, a profile of a groundbreaking manga artist, some lovely ATLA fanart, multifandom...
The Rec Center #239
Hi folks! This week we’ve got an article about the fanfic reader/writer relationship, some adorable Legend of Korra fanart, multifandom “character study” fic...
The Rec Center #238
Hi folks! This week we’ve got an article about faith and Comic Con, a look at Star Trek’s complicated history with female characters, some unique...
The Rec Center #237
Hi all! This week we have an incredible story about Senator Robert Kelly, some majestic Teletubby (!) fanart, and the return of multi-fandom shortfic,...
The Rec Center #236
Hello all! This week we have our usual mix of fandomy articles (yes, big sexy videogame lady arms seem perfectly fandomy to us), Animorphs fanart, and a...
The Rec Center #235
Hello! This week we have yet more coverage of the current K-pop media conversation (so many great, nuanced pieces!), IT: Chapter 2 fanart, and a multifandom...
The Rec Center #234
Hi everyone! We’ve got an unusually long newsletter for you today, for no other reason than the fact that there’s A Lot Going On. Among other things, we have...
The Rec Center #233
Hi everyone! This week we’ve got coverage of The Flash fandom and Lil Nas X’s history on stan twitter, along with some multifandom short fic recs, an amazing...
The Rec Center #232
Hi folks! After last week’s shorter newsletter (which included links to various BLM-related fundraisers, you can check it out here), today’s is extra long...
The Rec Center #231
Hi all, In light of recent events, we’re changing the format a bit for this week’s newsletter. We want to use our platform in a constructive way, so we’re...
The Rec Center #230
Hi folks, it’s been another difficult week out there, and we hope you’re all staying safe and prepared if you’re going out, and taking steps like donating to...
The Rec Center #229
Hi folks! This week Elizabeth has put together a rec list of fics with accompanying remixes. We also have some cute She-Ra fanart, some cosplay news...
The Rec Center #228
Hello! This week Gav came on Fansplaining to talk about social media fic, so to complete this Ambitious Crossover Event she’s written a rec list of her...
The Rec Center #227
Hello! One more week completed! This week we have writing about missing the communal elements of music fandom, some gorgeous Hannibal fanart, and the first...
The Rec Center #226
Hi everyone! We’ve got plenty of lockdown content this week (including a new Good Omens audio story!), along with some cute Harry Potter fanart, a rec list...
The Rec Center #225
Hello! It’s Friday! (Truly, you might need a reminder.) This week we’ve got a ton of stuff—virtual cons, a fascinating longread about the “stockbrokers” of...
The Rec Center #224
Hi folks! This week we’ve got an amusingly specific fanfic rec list for you (stories where characters get magically transformed into pets) along with more...
The Rec Center #223
Hello! This week we’ve got a rec list of canon-divergent AU fanfic, some Animal Crossing fanart (inevitable!), an article about that recently-viral “which...
The Rec Center #222
Hi folks! We’re back in your inbox with some multifandom recs for the ~found family~ trope, some links to lockdown-related activities, an oral history of...
The Rec Center #221
Greetings from this incredibly strange and sad time to live in New York City. Since a lot of far-off friends monitoring the news this week have written to...
The Rec Center #220
Hi folks! This week we’ve got a Harry Potter larping scandal, some (inevitable) coverage of fanfic in the age of coronavirus, some cute fanart for MDZS/The...
The Rec Center #219
Well. Well!!!!! There is literally nothing of use I can say at the end of this particular week! We do have some distracting fandomy content, including some...
The Rec Center #218
Hi folks! This week we’ve got soulmate AU fanfic recs, coverage of China’s AO3 ban (the biggest fandom news story of the week), Zelda fanart, and more! — Gav...
The Rec Center #217
This week we’ve got an article about Spotify fandom, some essential Tumblr coverage, excellent Tessa Thompson fanart, the second part of our femslash A/B/O...
The Rec Center #216
Hi everyone! We have a great rec list for this week’s instalment of Femslash February: Guest reccer queersintherain wrote an f/f-centric primer for a/b/o...
The Rec Center #215
Hello all! Femslash February continues this week with another multi-fandom fic list, plus some delightful Harley Quinn fanart from the equally delightful...
The Rec Center #214
Hello everyone, and greetings to all our new subscribers! This week we have our usual mix of articles and tumblr posts, but more importantly, it’s the start...
The Rec Center #213
Hi folks! This week we have some Little Women meta-fic, a piece about One Direction fandom, some INCREDIBLE fanart inspired by the Grammys, multifandom...