The Rec Center #62
This week seems to be a convergence of fandom anniversaries and birthdays: we’ve got segments on Buffy and Bucky, two of our respective fannish loves. :-) We...
The Rec Center #61
Hello! Another week and you’ve made it through. It’s been a while, so this week we’ve got an explainer: guest reccer Ravelqueen is back, this time with...
The Rec Center #60
Greetings from a beautiful summer day here in late February in New York City. :-/ Yes, once again, it has been A Week, but you made it! We have John Wick...
The Rec Center #59
CONGRATS! YOU SURVIVED THE WEEK. :-) It’s still Femslash February, and we have multifandom guest recs from nolongerwolfalice. Plus a link to Bruce...
The Rec Center #58
It may feel like it’s been a hundred years since our last newsletter. IT’S ONLY BEEN A WEEK. That being said, we made it through this week! We’ve got Chris...
The Rec Center #57
HELLO. Perhaps this is how you are feeling? The good news is that you have once again survived the week! And in other good news, Femslash February has begun!...
The Rec Center #56
Hello! Congratulations: you’ve survived this week. Have some fannish distractions! We’ve got our usual mix of articles and Tumblr stuff, plus Gav’s explainer...
The Rec Center #55
Hello! Let’s talk about something else—anything else. How about fanfiction? :-D (My official plan for today has been...75% successful so far?) We’ve put...
The Rec Center #54
It’s taken us a while, but this week we’re sharing our first set of Rogue One fanfic recs! They’re mostly about Baze & Chirrut. Elsewhere on the internet,...
The Rec Center #53
Happy new year, Rec Center readers! We’re back with some traditional post-holiday fare: multifandom Yuletide recs. For those who haven’t heard of Yuletide...
The Rec Center #52
#52!! That’s a newsletter for every week this year, since we started The Rec Center in the first days of January 2016. Next week we’ll resume our regular...
The Rec Center #51
Welcome to the second half of our holiday fanfic recs! Next week’s newsletter will be a little different, but for now we’ve got an end-of-year book...
The Rec Center #50
Hello! Welcome to another newsletter from the same side of the Atlantic. I’ve encouraged Gav to do a THIS WEEK IN YURI ON ICE rather than slipping in 16 YoI...
The Rec Center #49
A warm welcome to the new subscribers who joined us from Yuri on Ice fandom last week! We hope you stick around. :) Along with our usual selection of fandom...
The Rec Center #48
IT’S ALL YURI ON ICE ALL THE TIME, BABY. Or, uh. Most of the time. I watched all eight (now nine) extant episodes last week and am O B S E S S E D. So, this...
The Rec Center #47
Happy “you survived a meal with your extended family” to some of our American readers! And kudos to the rest of you for putting up with our complaining about...
The Rec Center #46
Another grab-bag of fic recs this week! :) Along with some badass Furiosa fanart, a rather mixed review of Fantastic Beasts, and more. — Gav new stuff “Why...
The Rec Center #45
Hi guys, I have to start with a confession: I’m finding it pretty hard to think about fandom right now. Frankly, it’s hard for me to even care about fandom...
The Rec Center #44
Who’s ready for some multifandom recs? We’ve got a grab-bag of gen, dude/femslash, and het this week, along with articles about Star Wars fandom, political...
The Rec Center #43
Hello! Happy Halloween/less than a fortnight until this godforsaken election is over. (Hooray to all of you early voters!) This week’s Rec Center a longish...
The Rec Center #42
This week we’re reccing fic on a political theme, in the hopes it will provide a nice distraction from US election coverage, rather than... exacerbating the...
The Rec Center #41
Please take a moment to picture your 90s-era self (or if you’re too young, try to imagine it), because this week we’ve got a classic pre-millennial fandom on...
The Rec Center #40
Greetings from The Rec Center ~in transit~. Gav’s at the London Film Festival and I’m running back and forth between New York Comic-Con and The New Yorker...
The Rec Center #39
Welcome to Luke Cage Weekend! We’ve got a whole Luke Cage section in celebration, but for folks who aren’t so interested in superhero franchises, we have...
The Rec Center #38
Hello! This week we’re doing a bit of a ~crossover~ with my podcast, Fansplaining, because Gav was our most recent guest. My co-host Flourish grilled us on...
The Rec Center #37
Welcome to our first ever newsletter featuring an article about a 65-year-old British radio play about farmers. (We also have some Harry Potter recs, though!...
The Rec Center #36
Happy belated Star Trek anniversary! We don’t have a Star Trek rec list this week because we did one recently, and also I’m obsessed so we’ll definitely do...
The Rec Center #35
As per last week’s promise, we have crowdsourced a LONG LIST of fic about #summer. From you guys! So: thanks to everyone who contributed! :) — Gav new stuff...
The Rec Center #34
STAR TREK RECS!!!!!!!!!! Undoubtedly the first of many, because I have no chill when it comes to Star Trek. No chill whatsoever. This week’s batch are all...
The Rec Center #33
Hello everyone! We’re back from our various activities, although I’ve managed to develop Con Crud on my day off and am railing against the universe, sob....
The Rec Center #32
So! This is a shorter newsletter than normal, due to the following things: Gav is en route to London for Nine Worlds (fun fact: the only time we’ve ever met...
The Rec Center #31
Hello! Perhaps you have some feelings about a certain new play set in a beloved (wizarding) universe? If you don’t want to hear about Harry Potter and The...
The Rec Center #30
Hi everyone! We’ve got a Wynonna Earp explainer for you this week from guest contributor Elisabeth, along with some Star Trek stuff and thoughts on Famous...
The Rec Center #29
GREETINGS FROM THE MOTHERSHIP. Or rather, from San Diego Comic-Con. Not gonna lie, spending yesterday on the con floor reminded me just how much I prefer...
The Rec Center #28
If you’re reading this, congrats on taking a break from catching Pokémon (or a break from the world’s unrelenting awfulness—as always, our message from last...
The Rec Center #27
We’re acutely aware that this is the third time in a month that we’ve had to begin a newsletter talking about (extremely) painful news, offering this up as a...
The Rec Center #26
This week we’ve got Once Upon A Time recs from guest reccer Brenna, a quick primer for DC’s premiere gay superhero dudes Apollo & Midnighter (who are getting...
The Rec Center #25
Thank you to everyone who responded to our reader survey last week! You guys had so many interesting and constructive comments. :) We may write a bit about...
The Rec Center #24
So. It’s obviously been an incredibly hard week. If you’re looking for a little distraction as we go into the weekend, you’ve come to the right place: we’ve...
The Rec Center #23
We found an overabundance of interesting links this week, along with recs from some readers, and (finally) a fandom primer/rec post for Person of Interest....
The Rec Center #22
Hello! I hope you’ve had a great week. Perhaps you’ve heard that fandom is broken? Gav and I—and many of you, most likely—have had a lot of ~feelings~ in the...
The Rec Center #21
Hello! It’s been A Week. Thanks to everyone who wrote enthusiastically about Gav’s potential Person of Interest primer—that’ll be in next week’s letter...
The Rec Center #20
This week we have Parks & Rec recs from guest reccer stars_inthe_sky, some cute Magical Girl MCU fanart, and more! — Gav new stuff “The Importance Of...
The Rec Center #19
Hello! Greetings to our new subscribers! So. GOOD NEWS: if you are really into Captain America and want a ton of meta, fanfic, fanart, and other commentary,...
The Rec Center #18
So last night *I* saw Civil War and sent the following email to Gav: GAV GAV I LOVE BLACK PANTHER SO MUCH I LOVE HIM WHY WASN'T IT 2.5 HOURS OF ONLY HIM And...
The Rec Center #17
Hello. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. I’m speaking to you from a life post-Captain America: Civil War. NO SPOILERS, but I very much look forward...
The Rec Center #16
Hello new subscribers! Along with our usual batch of articles, fanvids, etc, this week we have a DOUBLE-LENGTH LIST of Captain America fic recs from two...
The Rec Center #15
Hi, everyone! We have RAVEN CYCLE recs this week in advance of the new book in the series, courtesy of guest reccer Sunrayravine! Plus we have a great...
The Rec Center #14
Welcome to all of our new subscribers! As you can see from Gav’s tweet, you’ve signed up for a newsletter in which two aliens try to explain a major element...
The Rec Center #13
PSA: It’s April Fool’s Day but this newsletter is an April Fool-free zone because AFD is garbage. Especially if you’re a journalist, which is why I’m...