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March 23, 2025: JonasCon Is Burnin' Up
SOS! Were you a Jonas Brothers fan? Did you, like V, have only one possession to your name in 2009 and that possession was a Jonas Brothers poster?
March 12, 2006: The Yunjae Yaoi Inferno
There's compulsory military service. There's rival fansites at war. There's a tramp stamp. There's a meet-cute-via-street-fight. There's exploitative contracts and industry blacklisting. This story has all the things.
February 10, 2003: "Flesh Mechanic" Changes The Fic Game And We're Obsessed
God must have spent a little more time on Flesh Mechanic! (Actually, Kel and Lise did.) What fanfiction absolutely BLEW YOUR FUCKING FACE OFF?
January 21, 2002: The First Time Someone Posted A Five Times Fic
+1! Which 5+1 fics have devastated you beyond comprehension? Have you ever written one?
December 14, 2001: Save Daniel Jackson, And Other Fan Campaigns
Gate those stars! This week, Emily and V take a look at fannish campaigns to save beloved TV shows and beloved characters, focusing on one in particular: the campaign to bring Daniel Jackson back to Stargate SG-1.
May 6, 2001: BNF Leyla Harrison Appears on The X-Files
Grab your tissues, it's a crying episode! This week, V and Emily look at the short life and long impact of X-Files BNF (Big Name Fan) and BNA (Big Name Author), Leyla Harrison.
April 20, 2000: The Haircut Warning Wars
Get ready to be kind of mad at people in the past! Has your fandom had a trigger warning debate?
March 16, 2014: Wizard Rock Goes Down in Flames (TW Sexual Assault, Coercive Control, Emotional Abuse, Neil Gaiman Discussion)
Yuck… Did you ever listen to wrock (wizard rock)? Have you heard of filk?
November 11, 2005: The Scarlet Witch Sparks 19 Years of Fannish Debate
No more mutants! What do you think of Wanda Maximoff?
Summer 2000-2003: Harry Potter Fandom and the Three-Year Summer
It was amazing! It was fresh and new! And it has been tainted forever!
May 23, 2001: Die, Seven, Die! + What Was Usenet?
NET.SPACE! Did you Usenet? Were you a September nuisance?
May 19, 2009: Glee Premieres on FOX
Don't stop believin'! Listen. The songs slapped. They did. However. There are so many "howevers."
March 26, 2005: Doctor Who Returns to the BBC
Fantastic! Come along with us on the TARDIS, won't you?
March 7, 2002: The Snapefic Liberation Front Forms (PLUS: The Snapewife Saga)
There's no need to call him 'sir,' professor! Do you have thoughts or feelings about Severus Snape? Were you, perhaps, astrally married to him?
February-March 2009: Racefail '09 Continues, with Guest @bossymarmalade
This week, V and Emily are joined by Maggie @bossymarmalade, who very graciously agreed to be on TWIFH as a primary source for what it was like "on the ground" during this touchstone fandom imbroglio.
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Batshit Saga of Andy Thanfiction, Part II
To celebrate the end of our first year and to give you a huge chunk o' podcast to get through New Year's Eve, this week V and Emily are holding their breaths and taking a deep dive into the strange, insidious, bananapants crazytown world of Andrew Blake.
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Batshit Saga of Andy Thanfiction, Part I
To celebrate the end of our first year and to give you a huge chunk o' podcast to get through New Year's Eve, this week V and Emily are holding their breaths and taking a deep dive into the strange, insidious, bananapants crazytown world of Andrew Blake.
December 7, 2002: "Tongues Battling for Dominance" First Used... Maybe?
NSFW! No, but really, this episode is extremely NSFW.