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October 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs Publishes Tarzan of the Apes, Invents the Franchise
Fan clubs! Conventions! Fan campaigns! Fanfiction! The Pizza Hut Book-It model of consumerism!
October 2-16, 2010: WAR Thirteen, In Memory of Susan M. Garrett
A look into the fannish life and ongoing impact of Forever Knight BNF Susan M. Garrett, who seems like she was a completely awesome fangirl, writer, and person.
September 25 - October 5, 2023: Voter Fraud Upsets the AO3 Top Ships Bracket Tumblr Poll
We're baffled. We're a little bitter. We're mostly confused?
September 16, 2012: The Bullshit Tweet
#*@%$(*! Have you ever been in a fandom that got its wrist slapped by the object of its affection (or its creator)?
September 1, 2017: The Handbook for (My) Immortals: Or, Two Literary Frauds!
Dust off your fishnets and stretch out your middle fingers, it's time to get goffik.
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!
July 20 - August 2, 2016: Cipher Hunt!
Buy gold...! Have you ever connected with fellow fans on a worldwide project?
July 22-23, 2017: The Supergirl Musical Homophobia Scandal
Up, up, and... oh no. Why can't femslashers have nice things?!
July 16, 2010: Inception Incepts Fandom with Arthur/Eames
Dream a little bigger, darlings. Were you an Arthur/Eames shipper? How do you think the movie really ended?
July 10-11, 2023: The OTW Suffers a DDoS Attack
ATTACK! Where were you during the 2023 OTW DDoS attack?
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?
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.
June 5-6, 1832—Present: Barricade Day Makes Les Amies de Les Mis Fandom Cry
And I can hear them now!
June 1, 2015: The Marion Zimmer Bradley & Walter Breen Episode (TW: CSA, Rape, Incest, Total Institutional Failure)
History is not always fun and celebratory and silly Star Trek holidays. Sometimes it's going, "This horrible, ugly thing is part of our architectural foundation. Now what?"
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."