Oh, well. (h/t @bpal.bsky.social). www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-...

I'm especially hopeful that folks from fandom who've written a lot—meta, analysis, etc—will get in touch. They often have sharper perspectives than a lot of the pro-published stuff I see on the same subjects. Any writing you can show us, we'd love to read it; they don't have to be fancy clips!

Fansplaining is officially open for pitches! 🥳 Please read our guide to get a sense of what we're looking for, and if you have any questions we haven't answered here, feel free to get in touch! [email protected]

This week's @fansplaining.bsky.social longread is a must-read if you're concerned about gen AI use on AO3, as fandoms like Heated Rivalry grapple with high alleged use by authors. As @kaytiburt.bsky.social writes, the debacle destabilizes the whole concept of fandom fansplaining.com/heated-rival...

Wake up, babe, @fansplaining.bsky.social just opened to pitches! Come see what we're interested in publishing and send us your best ideas! fansplaining.com/write-for-us/

I hope everyone who insisted we had to support Platner or else actually absorbs the correct lessons from this entirely fucking predictable shitshow.

COMMENTARY: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold the 14th Amendment on birthright citizenship. The one-vote margin is a shameful and embarrassing reflection of the intellectual failures of four of the justices and a clear example why many American citizens hold the Court in such low repute.

"Embracing queerness in contemporary pirate fiction is an act of narrative continuance," @lincodega.com writes in our latest. "To ignore queerness onboard a pirate ship is to ignore the history of pirates—and, more importantly, the stories of resistance they inspired."

I'm a bit late, but: anyone going to Dragon Con? I'm attending on a press pass this year! Happy to hop on panels if anyone still needs panelists! 🥳

Happy book release week to @lincodega.com and to all lucky readers who can now experience the DELIGHT of Pasha the Storm! And happy Wednesday to all @fansplaining.bsky.social readers who get to enjoy Lin's walkthrough of queer pirates and tropes in honor of Pasha! fansplaining.com/be-gay-do-se...

#Booksky Just a day and a half left to get your copy of the Pride StoryBundle! 16 great queer books from @neonhemlock.bsky.social, @wtpress.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social and more (like us!) and you can include a donation to Rainbow Railroad at no extra cost! storybundle.com/pride

I have a number of board/card games that I'm selling, including several #CriticalRole ones. I'm also selling a few #Hobbit art books, the #CandelaObscura core rulebook, the #Daggerheart Core Set, several Nintendo Switch games, and potentially the #StarTrekDS9 novel "A Stitch in Time." (2/5)

In our latest, @bookshop.bsky.social reports on growing creative censorship—and criminalization—around the world. In Russia, a writer was sentenced to 18 months of forced labor for writing Stray Kids fic. Aja talks to Russian fans about the current climate of fear: fansplaining.com/the-global-c...

Tsui Hark didn't have his camera operator jump out a window and down the side of a building using only safety rope just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

"It’s no longer far-fetched or hyperbolic to say that at any given moment...individual works of fiction—including fanworks—could be criminalized for being queer, or pornographic, or generally deviant." In our latest, @bookshop.bsky.social goes deep on growing creative censorship around the world:

Highly rec @bookshop.bsky.social's latest for @fansplaining.bsky.social on how governments are criminalizing people for creating and consuming queer art, erotic art, or both. I love the framing of "currents in which fanworks flow": it's a broader problem than fandom, but fans are at the heart of it.

Our latest is live! ⚖️ @bookshop.bsky.social reports on the criminalization of creativity around the world, esp queer and/or erotic works. Recent rulings re: an Australian erotica author and a Russian fic writer signal just how worrying the current climate is. Read our listen to an audio version:

Settle in with me for today's @fansplaining.bsky.social longread and have your brain broken several times over by regressive, overreaching, and occasionally just bonkers attempts to criminalize creative expression--everything from chibi art to Stray Kids fanfic. fansplaining.com/the-global-c...

Do you like mommy issues books where mommy is also the issue? Absolute blast of a read

U.S. citizens, there are seven days left for public comment on the proposed cruel, transphobic changes by the HUD to their Equal Housing Access program. At the very least, we can give them hell for it. www.regulations.gov/document/HUD...

Incredible things happening at the Little Free Library.

Glad Michelle wrote this. If you’ve heard any of our recent coverage at @notacast.bsky.social about House of the Dragon or Knight of the 7 kingdoms, you’ve probably heard me say I’d rather blow my brains out than do a trailer breakdown frame by frame like I did back for Thrones and MCU stuff

Talking to @earlgreytea68.bsky.social just now: Her: I never thought any of my fandoms were "the best" Me: Yeah, seriously Both of us, at the same time: Except for Inception, obviously Both of us, at the same time, after another beat: That's just objectively true 😅

“It was hard to get pitches placed about other shows, but editors still wanted the dragons. … What started as a hobby and became a job soon turned into a life raft I quietly resented.” @michejaw.bsky.social writes about the Game of Thrones media industrial complex from the inside:

"What started as a hobby and became a job soon turned into a life raft I quietly resented." For House of the Dragons' return, @michejaw.bsky.social takes us on a bittersweet nostalgia trip through a truly wild decade for geek media in today's @fansplaining.bsky.social longread.

What if we could get beloved friend Coreo over the $9k threshold this month, since Fucking Covid has derailed their and their podmate's plans for like, having income this month. I would like that. So would these kittens, who need to be kept in the style to which they are accustomed.

I wrote about the past 15 years: One part self-reflection on a property that took over my life (not always for the better), one part view on the deterioration of entertainment journalism, and one part on shitty algorithms amplifying the worst parts of outrage culture fansplaining.com/how-i-learne...

Happy pride to the new owner of Delany’s gay subversive classic here, for which I wrote an unhinged and sentimental description.

"Whenever his back has been against the wall, Drake has mastered the ability to generate hits that make listeners forget what battles he’s lost, or what embarrassing moments were brought to light," writes @earlhopkins.bsky.social. "And no group has had more selective amnesia than Drake fans."

I'm so pleased we were able to publish this piece: @earlhopkins.bsky.social did such a great job blending criticism, cultural reporting, and really getting at the heart of how fans engage with both Drake's music and that cultural context. A very interesting read for fans and non-fans alike!

Being a Drake fan isn’t for the weak. For my Fansplaining debut, I penned a 4,000-word piece that explores what it means to be a Drake fan from his mainstream breakout to ‘Iceman.’ fansplaining.com/drake-and-hi...

Thank you for all making Raps of Resistance the No. 1 New Release in Rap Music on Kindle. Let’s keep the momentum going.

I am so excited about this mic drop of a piece from @earlhopkins.bsky.social for @fansplaining.bsky.social! We asked him for an exploration of Drake's fandom, and he gave us such a smart, thorough deep-dive. 🤩 I learned so much! fansplaining.com/drake-and-hi...

A reminder that we’re running a special vampire-lovers sale on subscriptions! $5 a month for the next two months—just $10 to read all of @gavia.bsky.social’s TVL analysis! (Plus all the non-vampire articles coming up, too.) Use code BITEME or this direct link: fansplaining.com/biteme 😘

When IWTV S2 was airing, @gavia.bsky.social and bemoaned the fact that editors weren't biting on her coverage of the show, which I think is the sharpest out there. I said that maybe by next season, *I* could publish her... 😎 Very proud to share Gav's recap of The Vampire Lestat's first episode:

Republicans are moving to eliminate at least half a dozen majority Black districts in the Deep South.

🩸✨ Happy Vampire Lestat Day!!! ✨🩸 @gavia.bsky.social is recapping the season for us; the first is ready to go, dutifully waiting until the embargo lifts this evening. To celebrate the premiere, we've got a special offer: subscribe for just $5 a month for June & July. fansplaining.com/biteme 😘

If critical thinking were more of a thing, more folks would have been asking much earlier: what evidence/record is there behind any of his “policies”? If the thing we *know* is that he lies and has poor judgment and questionable (at best) moral integrity, why think these “policies” are real?

Hit hard by the news but it's always a good day to experience Anthony Head's "Sweet Transvestite." RIP to a legend. youtu.be/I5sJTXqSWsI?...

SO GOOD (Jane Pek's Claudia Lin series!)

Exactly this! The bar is on the floor yet some dems are so desperate to own the extremists they support a past extremist in liberal clothing. Hundreds of other politicians could have earned that support, none of whom have Nazi tattoos or disturbing allegations of IPV. Yet here we are. ON THE FLOOR.

Republicans think all progressives are hypocrital power-grabbers who secretly agree with them. The fact Dems support Platner despite his abhorrent tattoo and allegations of IPV, just bc they want to win and bc he says all the right things, entirely undermines the moral framework of the left.

#Booksky It’s here! The 2026 Pride StoryBundle includes 16 books by queer authors about queer folks in genres ranging from comic romantic fantasy to classic horror, novels to short story collections. Get all the books at the $30 level & designate a donation to Rainbow Railroad! storybundle.com/pride

Our latest piece is SUCH an interesting read, and so well-reported! Hollywood could do far better re: understanding and engaging with fans, but would I want them to be hyper-aware of fans' desires to the point where they're shaping whole projects around ~sharable shippy moments~? (No lol)

Happy Pride Month! Kick it off with the fantastic @tabbykibugiwriter.bsky.social diving into the Thai Girls Love genre for @fansplaining.bsky.social ! fansplaining.com/the-limits-o...

We have so far funded one extra article per month over at Fansplaining and I have great hopes for more and more support as more people learn about us and read all our amazing work 🙏

We've done so much good work! We have so much good work to come! I have so many articles in my editing queue I can't wait to share with you all 🙏 💖

We launched our Caravan Fund program in mid-April with a goal to cover gaps in abortion costs & other pregnancy-related + parenting needs. We are thrilled to be filling requests from health care seekers THANKS to your support ❤️💜🚗💜❤️ Set up a monthly donation today: givebutter.com/theautonomou...

Definitely read this book, which immediately made me seek out everything else the author had written

I loved reading this piece, both because the writing is excellent and because Elizabeth makes it clear that tech's concept of "failure" has huge real-world implications beyond just, 'does this make good TV?'