Allegra Rosenberg
@tchotchke.bsky.social
fandom + media + tech + history + polar exploration + the libidinal pleasures of obsession. book out in 2027!!!!!!
newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com
website: allegrarosenberg.com
newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com
website: allegrarosenberg.com
Q: why is heated rivalry fandom so crazy?
A: because it has affected many people who have either never been fans in this way before or haven't been since they were literal teenagers
👉 tchotchke.substack.com/p/the-toxic-...
A: because it has affected many people who have either never been fans in this way before or haven't been since they were literal teenagers
👉 tchotchke.substack.com/p/the-toxic-...
January 30, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Q: why is heated rivalry fandom so crazy?
A: because it has affected many people who have either never been fans in this way before or haven't been since they were literal teenagers
👉 tchotchke.substack.com/p/the-toxic-...
A: because it has affected many people who have either never been fans in this way before or haven't been since they were literal teenagers
👉 tchotchke.substack.com/p/the-toxic-...
it's not a full oral history (though a sizeable chapter of my fandom book out next year will look at slash's spread out from Star Trek) but here's my take on Heated Rivalry as a culmination of 50 years of slash history: tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
Everyone is wrong about M/M except me
Yaoi, slash, and the complicated history of pornography by women, for women
tchotchke.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
it's not a full oral history (though a sizeable chapter of my fandom book out next year will look at slash's spread out from Star Trek) but here's my take on Heated Rivalry as a culmination of 50 years of slash history: tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
domino effect meme: Fall Out Boy goes on hiatus in 2010 → → → → Heated Rivalry takes over everyone's life in 2025
tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
domino effect meme: Fall Out Boy goes on hiatus in 2010 → → → → Heated Rivalry takes over everyone's life in 2025
tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
couldn’t do it without you!!!! The best kind of second ❤️❤️❤️❤️
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
couldn’t do it without you!!!! The best kind of second ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Pls i just screenshotted this like an hour ago to look into later😭😭😭😭😭 NEED TO KNOW MORE
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pls i just screenshotted this like an hour ago to look into later😭😭😭😭😭 NEED TO KNOW MORE