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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?
CONstruction || Episode #001: Eleven Months Out
Welcome to a brand-new TWIFH special miniseries podcast!
February 13, 2026: TWIFH Live @ TGIF/F! With Fan Girl Film Club!
The last 40 minutes are shares from TGIF/F attendees about what the con has meant to them over the years, and they are truly not to be missed. So special, so vulnerable, so queer, so fandom. If nothing else, listen to these -- and start saving to come to TGIF/F in 2027. It's a place like none other.
June 20, 1904: Saluton, Morojo! (The Invention of Cosplay)
Saluton! This week, Emily and V look at the life of one of fandom's under-appreciated heroes: Morojo, AKA Myrtle Rebecca Smith Gray Nolan (née Douglas), the Mother of Cosplay.
May 19, 1997: Clan Denial Avenges Richie Ryan... On the High Seas
Come along with us as we shadow Clan Denial on a cruise! (A real one, on a boat. It's shipping on a ship.)
BONUS! Trans Fans Have Always Been Here (TW Old-Fashioned Terminology Uses)
In light of certain fandoms' creators recently using their considerable fortunes to substantively make life worse for trans people, particularly trans women, this week, V and Emily take a look at a pioneering gender-nonconforming person who, literally, founded modern scifi fandom: Donald Wollheim.
February 15-17, 2013: FaberryCon East (Plus, T.G.I.Femslash!)
Thank god it's femslash! Have you ever been to, or hosted, a ship-centric con?
October 18-19, 2019: The First Ineffable Con, Plus We Talk About Neil Gaiman (TW Sexual Assault [Not Detailed])
When we put this on our calendar, it was supposed to just be a happy episode about awesome Good Omens fans, you know? Sigh.
June 2016: Bubble Pop! Zine Party Rocks D.C.
Bubble, bubble, bubble pop! Have you ever heard of a guerilla zine party?
June 19-20, 1982: The Con of Wrath
Beam us up! What would you do with a suitcase full of fanfiction?
September 26, 1975: Rocky Horror Picture Show Premieres
It's just a jump to the left, and a step to the ri-i-i-ght... Have you done a midnight showing? What movie would you "Rocky Horrorize"?
August 1975: The August Party Becomes the First Fan Con
Live long and prosper! Have you ever attended a fan con? Did you go to the August Party??
August 1997: The 501st Legion Is Founded
Those aren't just stormtroopers! Do you cosplay? Have you ever joined a fan society?
A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE! July 11-13, 2014: DashCon, with Special Guest Lauren Shippen!
Do you want an extra hour in the ball pit? With special guest, Lauren Shippen!
March 2013: The Flower Crown Meme (TW Body Horror, Gore)
This is my design! What the heck does Harry Styles have to do with all of this?