The Fanfic Writers' Craft is a fanfiction podcast focused on the writing craft of fanfiction, hosted by Lani (aka. pebblysand) and Jo (aka. copper_dust). Each episode focuses on a different aspect of writing or topic related to fanfiction writing specifically — from plotting to writing habits to reader inserts. Some episodes have guests, while others see the topics discussed between Lani and Jo.
On 12 October 2023, the official description read:
The Fanfic Writers’ Craft is a podcast that discusses all things fanfiction with a focus on the art and science of writing for the enjoyment of fan communities. Every two weeks, Jo and Lani (otherwise known in fandom as @pebblysand and @copper_dust) sit down for a fun, multi-fandom, fanfic-related chat and delve into particular topics such as: the particularities of writing and reading fanfiction, monetisation, how to build a fanfiction plot, etc. Hope you enjoy!
Episode List
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Season One Episodes
Episodes of The Fanfic Writers' Craft
| Episode Number
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Release Date
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Title
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Fannish Topics
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Direct Link
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| 1
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May 25, 2022
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What Is Fanfiction? (or, Children with Unsupervised Internet Access in the Early 2000s)
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Fanfiction, Original Fiction, Going Pro
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X
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| 2
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June 10, 2022
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How to Plot? (or, Vibes - It's 90% Vibes)
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Plot holes, Commenting
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X
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| 3
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June 24, 2022
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Original Characters (Or, Starting Fandom Fires!)
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Original Characters, Mary Sues, Self Inserts
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X
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| 4
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July 8, 2022
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"Shipping" (Or, Imagining Vietnam Vets Reading Our Fanfiction)
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Shipping, Slash, Gen
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X
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| 5
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July 22, 2022
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Past Tense v. Present Tense (Or, Trendy Kids Breaking the Rules?)
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Present Tense, YA Fiction
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X
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| 6
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August 5, 2022
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Writing in English as a Second Language with @venom0usbarbie (Or, Feeling the "Académie Française" Looking over my Shoulder)
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X
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| 7
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August 19, 2022
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Dialogue (Or, Lemons and Lemonade)
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Dialogue, Monologue
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X
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| 8
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September 16, 2022
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An Evening Chat with @tessiete (Or, Do Lupin and Obi-Wan Vibe the Same?)
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The Good Wife, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Copyright
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X
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| 9
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September 30, 2022
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Point of View (Or, Who In The World Ever Is Reliable?)
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POV
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X
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| 10
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October 14, 2022
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Multimedia in Fanfiction [Part 1] with @crazybutgood & @newsom (Or, Fooling the Security Cameras by Reading Fanfic At Work)
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Multimedia
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X
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| 11
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October 28, 2022
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Writing Habits and Routines (Or, People For Whom Forward Motion Is A Challenge)
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X
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| 12
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November 11, 2022
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Writing War (Or, All Of Us Are Going To Geneva)
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X
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| 13
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November 25, 2022
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An Evening Chat with @ala_baguette (Or, People Are Interesting!)
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Harry Potter, Original Characters, Gen
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X
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| 14
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December 9, 2022
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Humour (Or, Are Goncharov Fanfics Crackfics?)
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Crack fic, Tumblr, Goncharov
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X
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| 15
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December 21, 2022
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2022 Wrap-Up (Or, We Have At Least Three Listeners)
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X
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Season Two Episodes
Episodes of The Fanfic Writers' Craft
| Episode Number
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Release Date
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Title
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Fannish Topics
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Direct Link
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| 1
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January 20, 2023
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Smut with @celestemagnolia (Or, Just Call It A Dick!)
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Smut
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X
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| 2
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February 3, 2023
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Outgrowing Fandoms (Or, The Harry Episode)
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X
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| 3
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February 17, 2023
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Multimedia in Fanfiction [Part 2] with @rosalui (Or, Snackleholt Bingsley LARPs Warrior Cats on the Amazon Kindle)
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Naruto, Mo Dao Zu Shi, Harry Potter, Avengers, Captain America
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X
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| 4
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March 3, 2023
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Writing Dystopian Hellscapes with @Nargles15 (Or, Here's Harry and His Poorly Named Children)
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Harry Potter
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X
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| 5
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March 17, 2023
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Writing Dark Stuff (Or, There's No Substitute For Going to School)
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Darkfic, Content warning, Trigger,
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X
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| 6
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March 31, 2023
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Politics and Social Issues (Or, Who Has the Energy to be a Teacher and a Spy at the Same Time?)
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X
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| 7
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April 14, 2023
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Fanfiction and the Classics with @johaerys-writes (Or, Wangxian Tags Achilles' Heel, No More Sexytimes For Ao3)
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The Song of Achilles, Mythology, The Iliad, Dragon Age
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X
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| 8
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April 28, 2023
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Research (Or, Shifting into Draco Malfoy's Girlfriend)
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X
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| 9
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May 12, 2023
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Romance (Or, They're Cousins. They're Lovers. It's Fine, It's Ancient Greece.)
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Romance, Platonic, The Good Wife, Harry Potter, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great
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X
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| 10
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May 26, 2023
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Reader-Inserts with @word-wytch (Or, POV: You're Dating Eddie Munson)
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Reader-Insert, Stranger Things
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X
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| 11
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June 10, 2023
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Music and Fanfiction (Or, Anyway, Here's Wonderwall)
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Music
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X
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| 12
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June 23, 2023
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Writing Style (Or, Homer is an FF.net Writer)
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The Good Wife, Harry Potter
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X
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| 13
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September 20, 2023
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Long Fics (Or, Is This Abandoned?)
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Longfic
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X
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| 14
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October 20, 2023
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Titles (Or, Why'd You Have To Go and Make Things So Complicated?)
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X
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| 15
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November 20, 2023
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Worldbuilding (Or, 'I Like It When People Get Stuff Right About Women')
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Worldbuilding
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X
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| 16
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December 1, 2023
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[BONUS] Platforms & Wattpad with @MyLittleDuckies (Or, Please, Save Your Works!)
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Wattpad, Fanwork Purges
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X
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| 17
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December 20, 2023
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2023 Wrap-Up (Or, We Don't Need to Talk about MH370 Right Now)
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X
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Season Three Episodes
Episodes of The Fanfic Writers' Craft
| Episode Number
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Release Date
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Title
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Fannish Topics
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Direct Link
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| 1
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January 20, 2024
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Audience (Or, Chances Are: You’re Not Going to Win the Nobel Prize for Fanfiction)
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Harry Potter, Peaky Blinders, All The Young Dudes
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X
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| 2
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February 21, 2024
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Hot Takes & Nitpicks (Or, Pause This Podcast Right Now And Delete The Phrase 'Thin Cotton T-Shirt' From Your Fic With No Further Penalties)
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Archive of Our Own, Fandom and Profit, Fandom Statistics
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X
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| 3
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March 21, 2024
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Outlining (Or, Is This Just An Ad For Miro?)
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Outlining, Writing, Writer's Block
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X
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| 4
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April 21, 2024
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Use of Time in Narrative (Or, Defending the Artistic Merit of your Vampire Smut)
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Writing Techniques, Flashbacks, Non-linear storytelling
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X
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| 5
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May 21, 2024
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Motifs & Symbolism (Or, We're Okay Being Associated With S&M)
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Symbolism
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X
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| 6
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September 21, 2024
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Money, Business & Economics (Or, Here's The Link To Our Ko-Fi)
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Classism, Economics
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X
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