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November 4, 2024: AO3 Creators Choose Whether To Warn (TW Mentions of CSAM, Censorship, Murder/Death)

This week, Emily and V take a deep dive into AO3's updates to its TOS in 2024, and specifically, the culture divide between newer fans and Fandom Olds that was exposed when, for the first time, the OTW solicited user feedback on the TOS.

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October 15, 2015: The Zamii070 Incident (TW Suicide, Cyberbullying)

In late October 2015, a 19‑year‑old fan artist from Arizona named Paige Paz, known online as Zamii070, posted a video from a hospital room after surviving a suicide attempt. For months, she had been the target of escalating harassment from corners of the Steven Universe fandom — a community built around a show that preached empathy, communication, and radical kindness.

V Arrow 8/2/26 V Arrow 8/2/26

July 1998: The STIFfie Awards Have “Nothing to Hide”

It’s a triple-shot of '90s slash goodness: the multifandom zine "Nothing to Hide," the STIFfie Awards of 1998, and STIFfie founder Mary Urhausen.

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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?

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June 10, 2016: Voltron: Legendary Defender Premieres & June 10, 2017: #shoegate

See ya later, pala-dudes! You know how our ending stinger is "well-behaved fandoms rarely make history"? Well, this fandom is VERY POORLY BEHAVED and therefore, have made history.