Fan Fiction and Fan Art

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (385+ words) In this op-ed, writer Crystal Bell explores the phenomenon of using language about substance abuse to describe fandom activities like fanfiction. Most of the time we're joking in that particular "lol" language of the internet, where everything is exaggerated until…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (731+ words) From Lili Reinhart to The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez, your favorite stars share what makes fics “so titillating.” For many readers, our love of fan fiction was forged in relative isolation. Not that it was a secret, or ever should have…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (407+ words) It’s RPF, but your crush gets paid. “You like that?” Rob Rausch whispers in my ear as his deep breathing escalates. We’re having simultaneous orgasms in the Traitors castle while he tells me to “just relax and enjoy.” I knew…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (470+ words) Today, fan fiction exists in legal and spiritual gray areas. But it wasn’t always this way. That said, today most people know the difference between fanfic and, well, not fanfic. But how? Philosophically, there may be no real difference, but…...