Fansplaining
@fansplaining.bsky.social
The podcast—and publication!—by, for, and about fandom. Writing on fan culture published once a month, with 250+ podcast eps in our back catalog!
fansplaining.com // patreon.com/fansplaining // https://ko-fi.com/fansplaining
fansplaining.com // patreon.com/fansplaining // https://ko-fi.com/fansplaining
Absolutely! (also 🥲) When we have a specific pitch email set up we'll be sharing that out!!
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Absolutely! (also 🥲) When we have a specific pitch email set up we'll be sharing that out!!
yes please, absolutely!!! I want to sort out a proper email address just for pitches to make it easier for a multi-person team, and I'll share that out when we've got it. (We're planning to have a full writer transparency section on the site, modeled after Rascal and newer pubs.)
January 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
yes please, absolutely!!! I want to sort out a proper email address just for pitches to make it easier for a multi-person team, and I'll share that out when we've got it. (We're planning to have a full writer transparency section on the site, modeled after Rascal and newer pubs.)
Be sure to sign up via the form on the article above for updates about our relaunch! And if anyone is interested in investing in the project on a larger scale (beyond becoming a subscriber), *please* get in touch. fansplaining at gmail dot com! 😘
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Be sure to sign up via the form on the article above for updates about our relaunch! And if anyone is interested in investing in the project on a larger scale (beyond becoming a subscriber), *please* get in touch. fansplaining at gmail dot com! 😘
A decade ago, the mainstream media got curious about fan culture—but as any culture journalist trying to place pitches today could tell you, those days are clearly over now. We don't have to settle for 100,000 bad articles spitballing about "why women like M/M romance." So we're doing it ourselves!
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A decade ago, the mainstream media got curious about fan culture—but as any culture journalist trying to place pitches today could tell you, those days are clearly over now. We don't have to settle for 100,000 bad articles spitballing about "why women like M/M romance." So we're doing it ourselves!
I've (@elizabethminkel.bsky.social) been working with the immensely talented @lincodega.com & @bookshop.bsky.social to map out Fansplaining 2.0. There are SO many talented writers out there, and we want to publish them. We *know* there's an appetite for smart, thoughtful writing about fan culture.
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I've (@elizabethminkel.bsky.social) been working with the immensely talented @lincodega.com & @bookshop.bsky.social to map out Fansplaining 2.0. There are SO many talented writers out there, and we want to publish them. We *know* there's an appetite for smart, thoughtful writing about fan culture.
😭 we'd love to, THANK YOU
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
😭 we'd love to, THANK YOU
this was the only thing I had to say about that article (and when I say "nothing against the rest of the piece," to be clear, I meant, "this is where I stopped reading" so I honestly couldn't comment on the rest lol)
Nothing against the rest of the piece, but this is now the third mainstream article I've seen on HR that traces the roots of m/m fandom for this Western show to BL. Obviously there have always been crossover points & fans but it's baffling that to see this EXCESSIVELY DOCUMENTED HISTORY so mangled.
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
this was the only thing I had to say about that article (and when I say "nothing against the rest of the piece," to be clear, I meant, "this is where I stopped reading" so I honestly couldn't comment on the rest lol)
ahahaha I am teasing of course. Flourish is just back for a single special episode! (though there haven't been any other episodes since the podcast went on hiatus—we've been longform articles only since!)
December 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
ahahaha I am teasing of course. Flourish is just back for a single special episode! (though there haven't been any other episodes since the podcast went on hiatus—we've been longform articles only since!)
heh, sorry to say that even if the podcast itself hadn't been on hiatus for the past 18 months (get with the times, Gretchen!!! 😅) we would likely not be doing a Heated Rivalry ep. But of the 250+ eps in our back catalogue there are MANY on fanfic as practice. Let me know if you have specific qs!!
December 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
heh, sorry to say that even if the podcast itself hadn't been on hiatus for the past 18 months (get with the times, Gretchen!!! 😅) we would likely not be doing a Heated Rivalry ep. But of the 250+ eps in our back catalogue there are MANY on fanfic as practice. Let me know if you have specific qs!!