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...
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...