This Week In Fandom History Podcast

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Co-hosted by V @aimmyarrowshigh (I Met You On LJ) and Emily @idontgettechnology (I Ship It), 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 fic 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 learn and laugh (and sometimes rage) their way through the annals (heh) of fandom history. Come join us!

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Here's a quick summary of the last 5 episodes on This Week In Fandom History.

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V Emily V @aimmyarrowshigh Emily @idontgettechnology

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V
V is a co-host of the podcast 'This Week In Fandom History,' known for their internet research and deep dives into fandom culture, often engaging with topics related to internet history, fandom phenomena, and internet communities.
Emily
Emily is a co-host of 'This Week In Fandom History,' with a background in fandom studies and internet culture. She is known for her curiosity about fandom phenomena, including the deep exploration of topics like Homestuck, and her engaging discussion style.

Topics Discussed

Homestuck Neil fandom history fandom culture April 13 trans people Donald Wollheim scifi fandom gender-conforming Futurians queer community midcentury East Coast trans GNC community Trans Hanni Day Hannibal fandom fanworks trans nonbinary genderqueer Adapt. Evolve. Become. Hugh Dancy Selena Quintanilla-Prez Tejano music murder fan club music fashion John Lennon Rebecca Schaeffer Christina Grimmie

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0:00 1:02:06

April 20, 2000: The Haircut Warning Wars

Grab your floaties! This week, V and Emily travel back 25 years (gross) to the spring of 2000, when the internet was the Wild West and everyone was an asshole. Or maybe not everyone, but wow, this one e-mail list for The Sentinel sure was. We discuss the difference between tags, warnings, spoilers, and censorship, and we also discuss just how much has changed in the fandom landscape over the last 25 years in terms of expectations and norms. Get ready to be kind of mad at people in the past!

Sources

Fanlore
Fanlore again

This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history!

0:00 59:00

April 13: Homestuck Banging Out the Tunes

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V Emily
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V Emily
Keywords
Homestuck Neil fandom history fandom culture April 13

We finally learned what Homestuck is! This week, Emily and V look at a very special double-holiday: April 13, the day that Neil banged out the tunes and, also, Homestuck Day. Who is Neil? The greatest pianist who ever lived, that's who. And what's Homestuck? That was our question every goddamn day of our lives until Emily dipped a toe into the extremely deep water that is the Homestuck multiverse and came back alive to tell V about it.

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Fanlore
The Entirety of Homestuck in Five Minutes

This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history!

0:00 46:59

BONUS! Trans Fans Have Always Been Here (TW Old-Fashioned Terminology Uses)

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V Emily
Keywords
trans people Donald Wollheim scifi fandom gender-conforming Futurians queer community midcentury East Coast trans GNC community

In light of certain fandoms' creators recently using their considerable fortunes to substantively make life worse for trans people, particularly trans women, this week, V and Emily take a look at a pioneering gender-conforming person who, literally, founded modern scifi fandom: Donald Wollheim. We look at Donald's fannish history, including hosting the very first scifi con ever; publishing Lord of the Rings in the US; and founding the Futurians, the early East Coast scifi fan club who definitely won the all-time BNF war. Then, we look at the other side of Donald's life as a landmark figure in the midcentury East Coast trans and GNC community, including penning the first first-person book about being gender-nonconforming and it not being something to shun, but something to celebrate. While certain big-name authors have decided that they want their legacy to be one of division and hate, we look this week at an individual whose legacies in both fandom and the queer community are ones of building. Of hope for the future. And of telling people that they are not alone.

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American Experience: Casa Susannah
A Year Among the Girls, Darrell G. Raynor (Donald Wollheim)
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Fancyclopedia 2 (1959)

This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history!

0:00 44:49

April 8, 2023: Trans Hanni Day + Adapt, Evolve, Become

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V @aimmyarrowshigh Emily @idontgettechnology
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Trans Hanni Day Hannibal fandom fanworks trans nonbinary genderqueer Adapt. Evolve. Become. Hugh Dancy

Do you see, Will? This week, V and Emily finally have a happy, joyous, euphoric episode! And it's about... Hannibal, the scariest show ever to be on television. But the fandom has embraced the show and one another so wholly and so delightfully that we can't help but be charmed. In particular, we are looking at the annual fannish holiday of Trans Hanni Day, a day celebrating fanworks created by trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Fannibals, celebrating headcanons about trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer characters from the Hannibal Extended Universe. In particular, we look at the zine "Adapt. Evolve. Become," which had its first issue in 2023 and its new issue in 2025! We also swoon over Hugh Dancy just being the fucking best, even if he's also the most boring man alive.

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Hugh Dancy at FanExpo
TransHanniDay on Bluesky
Kickstarter for 2025 zine
Zine submission ideas/memes
Adapt. Evolve. Become. (2023)
Divination Hollow
THD Linktree
Fuck Transphobia Grindelwald art
silvergoldsea
teacupsntime
Trans Cannibalism, RED Guhde

This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history!

0:00 1:14:08

March 31, 1995: The Death of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (TW: Murder, gun violence)

Hosts
Emily V
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Selena Quintanilla-Prez Tejano music murder fan club music fashion John Lennon Rebecca Schaeffer Christina Grimmie

This week, Emily and V look at the brilliant life and tragic death of the Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who was murdered by the president of her national fan club. While Selena's life was cut way too short, the amount of genius and joy that she exuded onstage and offstage is the most important part of her story. Emily skillfully guides us through Selena's life, her music, and her fashion, and V is along for the very sad ride. We also reference other stars who were killed by people claiming to be their fans, such as John Lennon, Rebecca Schaeffer, and Christina Grimmie, so please only listen to this episode if you are in the right mindset to be sad. 

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Wikipedia

This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history!

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