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OTW Fannews: Criticizing Fandom
Language English Entertainment Weekly kicked off a new pop-culture-related column with a look at TV show finales and cited former OTW board member Francesca Coppa. "Mentally, it is difficult to imagine...
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OTW Fannews: Fanworks going public
Language English Over the last ten years as fanworks have spread to more and more online sites, it's become a daily occurrence to find a media story pointing to one or more of them. Often these stories...
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OTW Fannews: What fanfic does for writers
Language English Two articles examined the value of Amazon's Kindle Worlds. Slate featured author Hugh Howey. "I had read Slaughterhouse-Five in high school and didn’t really get it. And then a few...
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OTW Fannews: Getting Along
Language English TIME's James Poniewozik examined why different media fandoms need to play nice. "Outlander the TV series is an adaptation, which Starz–like HBO or AMC or any other adapter–is making...
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OTW Fannews: Product Placement
Language English Vulture released a series of articles on fanfiction, including an attempt to unravel "My Immortal", and a look at some published authors discussing fanfiction activities. "[T]he...
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Fannews: It's the Little Things
Language English At Huffington Post, The Flash actress Candice Patton was happy to hear about fanfic about her character. "There's Iris fan fiction? That's news to me. I try to stay off the parts of...
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OTW Fannews: Who's Fandoming Now?
Language English South Africa's Daily Maverick provided an overview of fandom with some definitions. "You cannot be a part of fandom if you love something but do not interact with fellow fans. Fandom...
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OTW Fannews: Fangirls in the Wild
Language English San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) season means it's time for the media to once again declare that fangirls exist. The New York Times thought this was the year for fangirls. "A bunch of...
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OTW Fannews: Staying Vigilant
Language English The Japan News posted a story about how a Trans-Pacific Partnership crackdown could affect fanfiction publishing. "[T]he 12 nations engaged in the TPP negotiations are building a...
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OTW Fannews: What's in a Name?
Language English The New Statesman weighed in on an important discussion as fanworks become more well known: what actually counts as one? "It comes down, as it often does, to money. Because money, and...
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OTW Fannews: For Reals
Language English The BBC noted that fans have been right all along in their devotion to popular culture, given that it's adding to the stories of old. "Our modern civilisation, like all civilisations...
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OTW Fannews: Setting Goals
Language English The Phillipine Star offered a look at fanfic's changing prominence. "You, me, and your lola are probably now aware of what fanfiction is. In my simple mind, it used to be some...
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OTW Fannews: Justifying the Drama
Language English The Learned Fangirl wrote about the professionalization of fandom."As we see more mainstream writing and academic study about the economies of fan culture and digital media, the ideas...
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OTW Fannews: Crossing Boundaries
Language English Hypable reported on how a The 100 fanfic went viral in non-fanfic communities. "It’s absolutely hilarious to see how non-fandom has responded to this fictional argument, and how people...
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OTW Fannews: Making the Old New Again
Language English The return of The X-Files prompted a number of media sites to reminisce about changes in fandom since the original series. Flavorwire wrote about the tools and companions of old. "The...
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