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| Podcast | |
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| Title: | This Week In Fandom History |
| Created by: | aimmyarrowshigh, Emily Jaye |
| Date(s): | 2023-present |
| Focus: | Fandom History |
| Fandom: | Multifandom |
| External Links: | http://thisweekinfandomhistory.tumblr.com |
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This Week In Fandom History is a fandom podcast co-hosted by aimmyarrowshigh and Emily Jaye. The focus is an exploration of fandom history as real, material history. Week by week, the hosts discuss one significant fandom event that happened in history during that calendar week.
Topics covered include the first instance of tropes or key fandom activities such as the first slash fic or the first Omegaverse work, the release of Stranger Things and Sherlock (TV series), disruptive fandom events like Strikethrough and Boldthrough amongst others.
On 11 January 2023, the official description read:
'This Week In Fandom History is a new fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history!Co-hosted by V @aimmyarrowshigh (I Met You On LJ) and Emily @idontgettechnology (I Ship It) and edited by Laz @lazaefair, This Week In Fandom History celebrates fandom culture’s highest highs and weirdest lows.
With which short-lived vampire cop drama was the very first X-Files fic crossed over? Who is Tara Gilesbie? How recently did the Starsky & Hutch Lending Library rent out its last zine? What were Strikethrough, Racefail, LGBTFansDeserveBetter, and Conchobar, anyway?
V and Emily trade off some deep-internet research each week to learn and laugh (and sometimes rage) their way through the annals (heh) of fandom history. Come join us!
Episode List
2023 Episodes
| Episode Number | Release Date | Title | Fandom(s) and Fannish Topics | Direct Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 1, 2023 | January 4, 2005: LiveJournal Sold to SixApart | Multifandom, LiveJournal | X |
| 2 | January 8, 2023 | January 11, 1994: The First X-Files Fanfiction Is Posted | The X-Files, Forever Knight | X |
| 3 | January 15, 2023 | January 1967: The First Star Trek Zine Is Distributed | Star Trek, Vulcanalia | X |
| 4 | January 22, 2023 | January 24, 2016: One Direction Fans Discuss "Conchobar" | One Direction, Larry Stylinson, Conchobar | X |
| 5 | January 29, 2023 | January-February 2010: Help_Haiti Auction... And Its Aftermath | Help_Haiti, J2, The Haiti Fic | X |
| 6 | February 5, 2023 | February 1983: Groundhog Day Stories Published, Helping Create Slash As We Know It | Groundhog_Day, Starsky_&_Hutch, Starsky/Hutch | X |
| 7 | February 12, 2023 | February 2013: Femslash February Founded | Femslash_February | X |
| 8 | February 19, 2023 | February 19, 2007: Tumblr Founded | Tumblr | X |
| 9 | February 26, 2023 | March 2013: The Flower Crown Meme (TW Body Horror, Gore) | Flower Crowns, Hannibal, One Direction, Harry Styles, Hannigram | X |
| 10 | March 5, 2023 | March 8, 2016: #LGBTFansDeserveBetter and the Spring Slaughter | #LGBTFansDeserveBetter, Clexa, the Spring Slaughter, The 100 | X |
| 11 | March 12, 2023 | March 2009: Fandom March Madness on LiveJournal | Fandom March Madness, Fandom Misogyny, Fandom Racism | X |
| 12 | March 19, 2023 | March 2014: Into the TriadVerse | TriadVerse, Singin' in the Rain, OT3s | X |
| 13 | March 26, 2023 | April 1, 2013: #MISHAPOCALYPSE (And SuperWhoLock) | #MISHAPOCALYPSE, SuperWhoLock, Goncharov | X |
| 14 | April 2, 2023 | April 7, 2000: Anne Rice's Anti-Fanfiction Screed | Anne Rice, The Anne Rice Letter, Fanfiction, DMCA | X |
| 15 | April 9, 2023 | April 15, 1997: "MMMBop" Changes the World Forever | Hanson, Boy Bands, Popslash | X |
| 16 | April 16, 2023 | April 1979: "Bunkies" Introduces Everyone's Favorite Trope | Bunkies, Star Wars, HanLuke, There Was Only One Bed, Tropes | X |
| 17 | April 23, 2023 | April 26, 2019: Avengers: Endgame Reminds Us That Fandom Can Lose | Avengers: Endgame, TPTB, Stucky, Steggy | X |
| 18 | May 2, 2023 | May 4, 2010: Diana Gabaldon Fundamentally Misunderstands Fanfiction | Diana Gabaldon, Fanfiction, Outlander, Doxxing | X |
| 19 | May 7, 2023 | May 2000: A Xena Fandom War Births "Born For War" | Xena: Warrior Princess, Xena/Ares, Xena/Gabrielle, Born For War | X |
| 20 | May 14, 2023 | May 2007: FanLib Tries to Commercialize Fanfiction and Everyone Has Big Feelings | FanLib, Commercialization in Fanworks, Ghost Whisperer | X |
| 21 | May 22, 2023 | May 20, 2000: The One With Sitcom Fandoms | Sitcom | X |
| 22 | May 29, 2023 | May 29, 2007: Strikethrough | Livejournal, Strikethrough | X |
| 23 | Jun 6, 2023 | June 2001: Cassandra Claire Sends Shockwaves Through Harry Potter Fandom | Cassandra Claire, The Draco Trilogy, Harry Potter, Fanfiction.net | X |
| 24 | Jun 14, 2023 | June 17, 2009: The Great Trigger Warning Debate of 2009 | Livejournal, Panic! At the Disco, Bandom, Trigger Warnings, Tagging | X |
| 25 | Jun 20, 2023 | June 19, 2022: OTW Election Drama Digs Up the 227 Incident | 227 Incident, Blocking of AO3 in China, OTW Elections | X |
| 26 | Jun 26, 2023 | June 25, 2011: "Let's Get Gay Married!" Commentfic Meme Launched | Commentfic | X |
| 27 | Jul 4, 2023 | July 1, 2005: Percy Jackson Takes Fandom By (Lightning) Storm | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | X |
| 28 | Jul 11, 2023 | A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE! July 11-13, 2014: DashCon, with Special Guest Lauren Shippen! | DashCon, Tumblr | X |
| 29 | Jul 17, 2023 | July 15, 2016: Stranger Things Premieres | Stranger Things, Mileven, Byler, Steddie, Hellcheer, Ronance, Shipping Wars | X |
| 30 | Jul 25, 2023 | July 25, 2010: Sherlock Premieres on the BBC | Sherlock, SuperWhoLock, Sherlock/John | X |
| 31 | Jul 31, 2023 | August 2005: The First-Ever Big Bang Explodes the Fanfiction Universe | Big Bang, Drarry | X |
| 32 | Aug 8, 2023 | August 1997: The 501st Legion Is Founded | Star Wars, 501st Legion | X |
| 33 | Aug 16, 2023 | BONUS! This Place In Fandom History: LIVE @ FanExpo Chicago '23 | due South, Ray Wars | X |
| 34 | Aug 19, 2023 | August 15, 2013: "Crazy About 1D" Airs on Channel 4 & Pathologizes Fandom | One Direction, Crazy About 1D | X |
| 35 | Aug 22, 2023 | August 1975: The August Party Becomes the First Fan Con | Star Trek, the August Party | X |
| 36 | Sept 1, 2023 | August 31, 2009: Disney Buys Marvel Studios and We Enter the Endgame | Marvel, Disney | X |
| 37 | Sept 5, 2023 | September 5, 2007: The Organization for Transformative Works is Filed as a Nonprofit (TW Racism, TW CSAM, TW Antisemitism) | Organization for Transformative Works, Archive of Our Own | X |
| 38 | Sept 17, 2023 | August-November 1988: "A Death in the Family" Divides Batman Fandom | Batman, Jason Todd, Major Character Death, A Death in the Family | X |
| 39 | Sept 25, 2023 | September 18, 2008: Castiel First Appears on Supernatural and Destiel is Born | Supernatural, Castiel, Destiel, 2007 WGA Strike | X |
| 40 | Oct 2, 2023 | September 26, 1975: Rocky Horror Picture Show Premieres | Rocky Horror Picture Show, Cosplay | X |
| 41 | Oct 23, 2023 | October 1976: The First Slash Fic Is Released And We All Benefit | Star Trek, Kirk/Spock, Slash, Shelter (Star Trek: TOS story) | X |
| 42 | Oct 30, 2023 | October 12, 2002: RPF is Purged from Fanfiction.net, Alexandria Burns | Fanfiction.net, FanFiction.Net's NC-17 Purges: 2002 and 2012, RPF, Dream Street, Backstreet Boys | X |
| 43 | Nov 7, 2023 | October 16, 2019: Yahoo! Groups Purge Announced | Yahoo! Groups, Fannish Purges | X |
| 44 | Nov 7, 2023 | October 26, 2017: The Hamilton Cannibal Mermaid HIVliving Wank | Hamilton (musical), Hivliving | X |
| 45 | Nov 10, 2023 | October 29, 2002: The Firefly Immediate Assistance Campaign Takes Flight | Firefly, Whedonverse | X |
| 46 | Nov 10, 2023 | November 8, 2010: The Omegaverse Is Born | J2, Omegaverse | X |
| 47 | Nov 13, 2023 | November 2003: The First Yuletide Exchange Opens | Yuletide | X |
| 48 | Nov 20, 2023 | November 17, 2004: The Winter Soldier Makes His First Appearance | MCU, Bucky Barnes | X |
| 49 | Nov 27, 2023 | December 1973: The World Meets Mary Sue | Mary Sue, Self-insertion | X |
| 50 | Dec 2, 2023 | December 7, 2002: "Tongues Battling for Dominance" First Used... Maybe? | Fanfiction, Fanfic Terminology | X |
| 51 | Dec 10, 2023 | December 1893: Sherlock Holmes Fandom Goes Into Mourning | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes | X |
| 52 | Dec 19, 2023 | December 2015: Miraculous Ladybug Premieres in the USA to Fannish Joy | Miraculous Ladybug | X |
| 53 | Dec 31, 2023 | ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Batshit Saga of Andy Thanfiction, Part I (TW Gaslighting, Abuse, Suicide Attempt, Fraud, Mental Illness) | Andythanfiction | X |
| 54 | Dec 31, 2023 | ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Batshit Saga of Andy Thanfiction, Part II (TW Gaslighting, Abuse, Murder, Gun Violence, Suicide, Mental Illness) | Andythanfiction | X |
2024 Episodes
| Episode Number | Release Date | Title | Fandom(s) and Fannish Topics | Direct Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | January 12, 2014 | January 7, 2014: The JohnLock Conspiracy Begins | Sherlock, The Johnlock Conspiracy | X |
| 56 | January 14, 2024 | January 2014: The Crack Van Closes Up Shop | Crack Van | X |
| 57 | January 22, 2024 | January 20, 2015: Parse Drops (TW F-Slur, Homophobic Violence) | Check Please! | X |
| 58 | January 28, 2024 | January 29, 1996: Threshold Day! | Star Trek | X |
| 59 | February 7, 2024 | February 10, 2021: Charisma Carpenter Calls Out Joss Whedon | Charisma Carpenter, Joss Whedon, Cordelia Chase, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series | X |
| 60 | February 11, 2024 | February 21, 2021: Sexy Times With WangXian Is Suspended From AO3 (Add Tags Here) | Sexy times with Wangxian, Tagging, AO3 Tagging System | X |
| 61 | February 18, 2024 | February 2009: Twilight Fandom Stays Wide Awake | Wide Awake | X |
| 62 | March 3, 2024 | February-March 2009: Racefail '09 Continues, with Guest bossymarmalade | Racefail '09 | X |
| 63 | March 11, 2024 | March 7, 2002: The Snapefic Liberation Front Forms (PLUS: The Snapewife Saga) | Snapefic Liberation Front, Snapewives | X |
| 64 | March 17, 2024 | March 1988: The Killing Joke Is Released | The Killing Joke, Joker, Batman, Barbara Gordon | X |
| 65 | March 24, 2024 | March 22-25, 2012: Holy Musical B@man! | Holy Musical B@man!, Team StarKid | X |
| 66 | March 31, 2024 | March 26, 2005: Doctor Who Returns to the BBC | Doctor Who, New Who, Ninth Doctor, Russell T. Davies | X |
| 67 | April 7, 2024 | April 2, 1956: As the World Turns Premieres on CBS | As The World Turns, Luke/Noah | X |
| 68 | April 14, 2024 | April 3, 1999: What Would They Think? | Luke Skywalker Is Gay?, Backstreet Boys slash | X |
| 69 | April 21, 2024 | April 15, 1912: The RMS Titanic Sinks (And 85 Years Later There's a Huge Fandom About It) | Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio | X |
| 70 | May 5, 2024 | May 3, 1991: Dallas Closes Out Its Final Season | Dallas | X |
| 71 | May 13, 2024 | May 3, 2021: Dracula Daily Delivers the First Message From Our Friend Jonathan | Dracula Daily | X |
| 72 | May 19, 2024 | May 19, 2009: Glee Premieres on FOX | Glee | X |
| 73 | May 26, 2024 | May 23, 2001: Die, Seven, Die! + What Was Usenet? | Die, Seven, Die! challenge, Star Trek: Voyager's finale, USENET | X |
| 74 | June 3, 2024 | June 1, 2015: The Marion Zimmer Bradley & Walter Breen Episode (TW: CSA, Rape, Incest, Total Institutional Failure) | Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley Fanfiction Controversy, Walter Breen | X |
| 75 | June 9, 2024 | June 5-6, 1832: - Present: Barricade Day Makes Les Amies de Les Mis Fandom Cry | Les Miserables, Enjolras, Enjolras/Grantaire | X |
| 76 | June 16, 2024 | June 10, 2016: Voltron: Legendary Defender Premieres & June 10th, 2017: #shoegate | Voltron: Legendary Defender, Shaladin, #shoegate | X |
| 77 | June 23, 2024 | June 19-20, 1982: The Con of Wrath | Star Trek, The Con of Wrath | X |
| 78 | June 30, 2024 | June 2016: Bubble Pop! Zine Party Rocks D.C. | Kpop, Bubble Pop! | X |
| 79 | July 15, 2024 | July 4: Merry Stevemas! | Steve Rogers, Captain America | X |
| 80 | July 21, 2024 | July 10-11, 2023: The OTW Suffers a DDoS Attack | AO3, OTW | X |
| 81 | July 28, 2024 | July 16, 2010: Inception Incepts Fandom with Arthur/Eames | Inception, Arthur/Eames | X |
| 82 | August 4, 2024 | July 22-23, 2017: The Supergirl Musical Homophobia Scandal | Supergirl, Supercorp | X |
| 83 | August 11, 2024 | July 20 - August 2, 2016: Cipher Hunt! | Gravity Falls, Cipher Hunt, Alex Hirsch | X |
| 84 | August 21, 2024 | August 1994: Green Lantern's Girlfriend is Fridged | Green Lantern, Marvel, DC, fridging, The Hawkeye Initiative | X |