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This Week In Fandom History
A podcast about why fandom matters. Co-hosted by V. Arrow and Emily Jaye, 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 fanfiction 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…
Episodes
- This Week In Fandom History
November 4, 2024: AO3 Creators Choose Whether To Warn (TW Mentions of CSAM, Censorship, Murder/Death)
We miss our beautiful comatose wife (AO3)! This week, Emily and V take a deep dive into AO3's updates to its TOS in 2024, and specifically, the culture divide…
- This Week In Fandom History
October 27, 1997: SOS Saves The Sentinel... Kind Of
SOS! This week, V and Emily return to a fandom that they know absolutely nothing about -- CBS procedural The Sentinel, one of the '90s big slash fandoms -- and…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #013: A Sparkling Halloween Special with @kingstoken (Vampironica, Morbius)
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Vampironica…
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October 15, 2015: The Zamii070 Incident (TW Suicide, Cyberbullying)
This week, Emily and V look into another bummer event. In late October 2015, a 19‑year‑old fan artist from Arizona named Paige Paz, known online as Zamii070…
- This Week In Fandom History
BONUS! TWIFH Plays Their First Fannish TTRPG (Dis/Continuity with GM Jeff from Party Of One)
Roll for initiative! A few months ago, V and Emily got to play their first-ever TTRPGs on the fabulous show, Party Of One, hosted by GM Jeff. We had such a…
- This Week In Fandom History
October 14-16, 1988: The Blake's 7 Slash Wars Build Fandom's Fourth Wall
Down and... safe? This week, V and Emily are joined by fandom scholar Lena Barkin (The Fanthropologist) to discuss an event that should, really, be as…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #012: Emily's Safeword Is 'Pedro Pascal' with @elismor (Mr. Immortal, Marvel; Andromache the Scythian, The Old Guard)
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors.This week, our C-List Superhero is Craig Hollis…
- This Week In Fandom History
BONUS! FEED DROP - Mind the Tags - Ready or Knot: Our Deep Dive into the Omegaverse
What's the story?! Well, this week, Emily and V suffered a tech tragedy and lost their entire episode at the eleventh hour. Fortunately, our friends, Other…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention || Episode #007: Five Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow…
- This Week In Fandom History
October 3: Mean Girls Day with Allegra from STAN Podcast
She doesn't even go here! This week, V and Emily are joined by a friend who, indeed, does not normally go here, but we're glad she did for this episode…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #011: Is the Squirrel in the Room With Us? with Lauren Shippen (The Avenger, Squirrel Girl)
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors.This week, our C-List Superhero is Richard Henry…
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September 24, 2014: In Which We Got Jossed By Dan & Phil
PHIL LESTER, YOU’RE A GENIUS! This week’s episode is a little different. This week, Emily and V finally release an episode that has been sitting in our vault…
- This Week In Fandom History
September 13, 2005: Supernatural Premieres, Lightning Bottled, with Heidi Tandy
Hunters, get your salt! This week, V and Emily are joined by friend-of-the-pod Heidi Tandy, who calls in from San Diego Comic-Con 2026 to discuss the fandom…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #010: Let's Leave Mommy Out Of It with Ella Dawson (White Fox, Superman)
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors.This week, our C-List Superhero is Ami Han AKA…
- This Week In Fandom History
September 4, 1995: Xena Reinvents Fandom
Aiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiiii! This week, Emily and V head back to the mid‑90s — the era of dial‑up internet and aggressively pointy shoulderpads — to revisit the rise…
- This Week In Fandom History
BONUS! Feed Drop - Femme & Furious - Fast 5 - August 18, 2026
Absolute potato! This week, TWIFH is delighted to bring you a special preview of Femme & Furious, a new pod-friend and great listen for fans of fandom, and…
- This Week In Fandom History
September 1, 1850: Lindmania Shapes the American Middle Class
Never enough! This week, V and Emily travel back to TWIFH’s oldest historical event thus far: opera singer Jenny Lind’s landmark 1850 tour in the United States…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #009: A Shaking Were-Chihuahua with Paul Caiola
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors.This week, our C-List Superhero is Paco Ramone AKA…
- This Week In Fandom History
August 27, 2014: #Gamergate Coined
No pithy exclamation this week, because we are too angry. While #Gamergate easily warrants an entire long-form investigative podcast all on its own, Emily did…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction || Episode #006: Six Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow…
- This Week In Fandom History
August 16, 2021: Shang-Chi Rises to the Top of the MCU
What happened to your shirt?! This week, V and Emily indulge in talking about one of their favorite MCU films -- and the most handsome star of the Marvel…
- This Week In Fandom History
BONUS! Feed Drop: Lez Hang Out - 816 - Lez-ssentials Pretty Little Liars with John Arrow
Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead! This week, TWIFH is delighted to bring you a special preview episode of Lez Hang Out, the #1 lesbian hangout…
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August 2 - August 18, 2020: BTS ARMY Wages War on AO3
#StreamBTSDynamiteNewSong! This week, V and Emily head back to the days of quarantine to look at an event that is... sigh. It showcases the culture differences…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #008: Biological Fallout with @pandaimitator
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Louise Grant…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJuly 1998: The STIFfie Awards Have "Nothing to Hide"
Slash fans, rise up! (Sorry.) This week, V and Emily look at a triple-shot of '90s slash goodness: the multifandom zine "Nothing to Hide," the STIFfie Awards…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJuly 21, 2012: The Ballad of Derpy Hooves
Muffins! This week, Emily and V are... surprisingly heartwarmed? Pleasantly shocked? Tentatively on board with a fandom they were very nervous to cover? We're…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction || Episode #005: Seven Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJuly 1982: "July" Delights Harry/Johnny Fans (And Us)
Do ya feel lucky? Punk! This week, V and Emily are so, so, sososo delighted by a new-to-them fandom: Harry/Johnny, which is technically -- technically -- the…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #007: Peacocking Straight Men with Foz Meadows
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Oh Taewon AKA…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJuly 9, 2009: Ianto Jones Breaks Fandom's Heart For Eternity
He tries his best! This week, Emily and V look at a fandom event that was listed on our research spreadsheet as, simply, "A HUGE FUCKING DEAL." Fandom has…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBONUS! The Multiverse of Emily-and-V Madness with Mind the Tags!
You have two nickels! This week, Emily and V joined forces with... Emily and Vee! You requested it in our May listener survey: it's a wild conversation with…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJune 25: Yuri Day (百合の日) with Erica Friedman
::Magical girl transition!:: This week, V and Emily were asked to finally, after three and a half years of hosting a fandom podcast, tackle an anime episode…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction #004 || Eight Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #006: Are You Familiar with Straight Women? with Elizabeth Minkel
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Beatriz…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJune 14, 2011: #shirtgate, Or: The Gaylor Episode
Shake it off? This week, V and Emily delve way too deeply into a corner of the internet that makes them feel insane: #gaylor, which in some accountings kicked…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJune 13-14, 2008: What We Can Learn from FedConUSA
Defraud fans and prosper? This week, Emily and V take yet another jaunt to a fan convention gone horribly awry, and once again, it's Star Trek and it's in…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #005: Flowers in the Hydra Bunker with Rue
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Roscoe Dillon…
This Week In Fandom HistoryJune 1990: Our Girl Beverly Zuk Teaches Us Many Things
Send a SASE! This week, V and Emily take a look at the illustrious -- pun intended -- life and career of Big Name Fanartist and writer Beverly Zuk, whose…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMay 25, 1977, 1983, 2018: The Real Star Wars Day
Help us, Obi-Wan, you're our only hope! This week, Emily and V look at three separate events that, as we say in Star Wars fandom, "rhyme": the releases of Star…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #004: The Greg Grunberg Cinematic Universe with Shit Larries Say
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Matt Parkman…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMay 20, 1998: Yet Another Godzilla Fandom Battle
Roar! This week, V and Emily look at a 70-year-old fandom that we'd never considered before: Godzilla. Thanks to a request, we look at the schism in the…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction || Episode #003: Nine Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMay 12, 2008: The Bench: Fan Feud Is Our First Sign JK Rowling Has Done A Heel-Turn
Accio legal system? This week, Emily and V look into the super-bummer that was a harbinger of even worse super-bummers to come: the time JK Rowling sued her…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode 003: The Messiest Person Ever in General with @morethanonepage
Welcome to TWIFH's brand-new Patreon show! This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMay 4, 2012: Check the Vents, The Avengers Are In The Tower
To the Common Room! This week, V and Emily look with such fondness at the best era of fic since the internet began: the 2012 Avengers Tower era. This requested…
This Week In Fandom HistoryApril 1988: Late For Breakfast Letterzine Begins Cooking
And print! This week, Emily and V learn what a letterzine was as they look at one of the biggest of its kind from the 1980s and well into the '90s: multifandom…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode 002: A Lot More Planes with Maggie @bossymarmalade
Welcome to TWIFH's brand-new Patreon show! This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This…
This Week In Fandom HistoryApril 21, 2008: The Open-Source Boob Project Grosses Us Out
Gross! This week, V and Emily are balls of white-hot rage as they discuss the very 2008 debacle that was the Open-Source Boob Project at Penguicon '08. The…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction || Episode #002: Ten Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow…
This Week In Fandom HistoryApril 13, 2013: A BNF of Ice & Fire, Or: Lindaaaa, GRRM, and Racism (TW Misogyny, Racism, Terrible Language)
Yikes, Scoob! This week, Emily and V hold their noses and sink into the cesspit that is the Tumblr blog of ASOIAF BNF and certified GOT Hater, Lindaaaa (Linda…
This Week In Fandom HistoryBatman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode 001: Cheeked Up with Mia from The Fan Girl Film Club
Welcome to TWIFH's brand-new Patreon show! This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMarch 30, 1981: An Obsessed Jodie Foster Fan Gives Fans A Bad Name
Yikes. This week, V and Emily try their best to be Carefully Neutral (well, V does) as they delve into the sordid, obsession-fueled assassination attempt on…
This Week In Fandom HistoryApril 4, 2024: BiBuck on The Weewoo Show (Evan "Buck" Buckley Comes Out On 9-1-1)
Weewoo! This week, Emily and V talk about not Steve and Bucky, nor Steve and Eddie, nor Edward and Stede, but the FOURTH slash pairing with the same names…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMarch 23, 2025: JonasCon Is Burnin' Up
SOS! This week, V and Emily talk about the fandom for one of V's favorite bands, although sadly she was not in attendance at this legendary event: JonasCon. We…
This Week In Fandom HistoryCONstruction || Episode #001: Eleven Months Out
Welcome to a brand-new TWIFH special miniseries podcast! We're calling it "CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention." Each month, V will catch up with John…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMarch 18, 1975: M*A*S*H Says "Abyssinia Henry" with @dearmash1975project
Attention! This week, a very special guest joins V and Emily to help tackle one of the biggest shows ever on American TV and, further, one of the biggest shock…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMarch 12, 2006: The Yunjae Yaoi Inferno
Dangerous love! This week, V and Emily return to the world of kpop for a tale that is truly too wild to be believed. There's badfic. There's a fanfiction…
This Week In Fandom HistoryMarch 2, 2017: "All the Young Dudes" Debuts on AO3
Wotcher! This week, Emily and V look at a massively, massively popular and influential fanfiction that blew up during the long winter of COVID lockdowns thanks…
This Week In Fandom HistoryFebruary 11, 2017: The Soulmate Goose of Enforcement Trope Is Introduced
It is a soulmate AU, and you are a horrible goose! This week, Emily and V explore Emily's deep-seated Goose Trauma and look at the only Soulmate AU they like…
This Week In Fandom HistoryFebruary 13, 2026: TWIFH Live @ TGIF/F! With Fan Girl Film Club!
Did I say something gay at the femslash convention?! This week, a very special LIVE episode of This Week In Fandom History, recorded at the 10th anniversary…