The Rec Center #212
Hi folks! This week we’ve got an interview with the new Star Trek showrunner about his fanfic history, some Finn/Poe fanart, a delightful Witcher AU set in a...
The Rec Center #211
Hello, all! This week we have some interesting research on fic writing cultures, our usual mix of tumblr & twitter stuff, and Gav has blessed me by including...
The Rec Center #210
Hi all! This week we have our second batch of multifandom Yuletide fic recs, along with posts about wannabe YouTube kidfluencers, Star Wars, Star Trek, and...
The Rec Center #209
2020, eh? It might be worth starting the new year with a message that we’ve included periodically over the years, but perhaps not one that our most recent...
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)_/¯...
The Rec Center #188
Hello all! This week we have multifandom kidfic recs, an article about the language of online fandom, some gorgeous retro Killing Eve fanart, and more. — Gav...
The Rec Center #187
Hi folks! This week we have a fandom primer for the Chinese web drama Guardian, some cute LOTR fanart, an excerpt from Philip Pullman’s new His Dark...
The Rec Center #186
Hello all! Greetings from the depths of the post-SDCC plague. This week we’ve got multi-fandom OT3 (or more!) fic, plus articles on corporate media, ~queer...
The Rec Center #185
Hi folks! This week we have fix-it fic recs, Good Omens fanart (yes, the Good Omens train is still going strong), an article about TikTok stars, and more....
The Rec Center #184
Hi folks! This week we’ve got a Jamie/Brienne rec list from guest reccer Nicasio Reed, an article about professional D&D hosts, a glorious vintage Star Wars...
The Rec Center #183
Hi folks! This week we have more (!) Good Omens recs, an article about one fan’s obsession with Britney, a look back at the movie Carol, a very intriguing...
The Rec Center #182
Hi folks! This week we’ve got multifandom recs, Star Wars fanart, an ESSENTIAL Twitter game about being Beyoncé’s assistant, an article about how women are...
The Rec Center #181
Hello all! This week sees the return of an ever-popular trope, hurt/comfort, with fic from The 100, the MCU, Voltron, and more. We also have our usual mix of...
The Rec Center #180
Happy Friday, everyone! This week we have a wonderful Good Omens explainer and rec list from guest editor Kira, along with some accompanying fanart, coverage...
The Rec Center #179
Hello everyone! I’m about to head out to see Dark Phoenix, and yes, I am already filled with vague jumbled feelings of regret and sadness, fandom is great...
The Rec Center #178
Hello all! This week I’m very excited to have guest reccer Karin’s explainer and fic recs for THE TERROR, a show I shamefully have yet to see, given my love...
The Rec Center #177
Hello all! This week we have a really interesting themed multi-fandom rec list from Galia, who’s gathered stories about characters “who realized that they...
The Rec Center #176
Hi folks! This week we have a rec list of Avengers: Endgame fix-it fics for disappointed MCU fans, along with an interesting article about Nick Cave fandom,...
The Rec Center #175
Hi folks! This week we have an EXTENSIVE rec list of female-centric Game of Thrones fanfic from guest reccer Kavita, along with an article about a popular...
The Rec Center #174
Hello! This week we have some fun, fic-esque Endgame coverage, that majestic Alien high school musical, and a grab-bag of multi-fandom fic. Plus! A guide to...
The Rec Center #173
Hi folks! This week we have fanfic recs from small fandoms (as a kind of palate-cleanser during Avengers Weekend), *two* fandom-related articles from Vox (so...
The Rec Center #172
Happy Friday! This week we have multifandom fanfic, Gritty fanart (!!), Game of Thrones fandom coverage, an excellent fan theory about the Teenage Mutant...
The Rec Center #171
Hi folks! This week we have a very special Magicians fandom explainer (and rec list) from Pamphilia, along with some more coverage of AO3’s Hugo nomination,...
The Rec Center #170
Happy Friday, and for those (like me) who care about that sort of thing, happy fifth birthday to Captain America: The Winter Soldier! This week we’ve got...
The Rec Center #169
Hey friends it’s Friday and we’re here in your inbox with poly relationship recs, X-Men fanart, this week’s viral Alien high school play story, and more! —...
The Rec Center #168
Hi folks! This week we’ve got coverage of the ~great Star Wars merchandise heist~, some Geocities fandom nostalgia, along with multifandom recs on a...
The Rec Center #167
Happy Omegaverse Lawsuit Week, everyone! (If you haven’t been blessed with the knowledge of this case, please see the links below, and enjoy). We’ve got some...
The Rec Center #166
Yesterday I asked Gav if it would be “too hashtag feminism” to do a female-centered fic rec list in honor of Captain Marvel’s release, and she was all for...
The Rec Center #165
Hello all! This week we’ve brought back series fic recs, plus a few different pieces on music fandom, wisdom from the delightful Javi Grillo-Marxuach, and...
The Rec Center #164
Hi there! This week we have an article on the science of stan culture, a peculiar tale about a Riverdale actor, and our final (!) rec list of Femslash...
The Rec Center #163
Hi folks! We’re continuing Femslash February this week with a multifandom rec list including fic from Wonder Woman, Grace & Frankie, and The 100. We’ve also...