Episode 5: Fanfictionary

Elizabeth introduces her mom to the surprisingly vast and very teen-girl-driven world of fan fiction. It’s not all shipping (but it is a lot of shipping —listen if you don’t know what that is. Hint: No boats involved).

Show Notes

Some links to things we talked about:

• Definition of fan fiction
• Hamilton shipping, like Lams 
• Sherlock shipping 
• Sarah Marshall’s piece in The Baffler: The Afterlife of Newsies 
• Original Character Do Not Steal meme
• Urban Dictionary definition of Mary Sue
• Places to find fan fiction: 
  • Tumblr: #fanfiction and #fanfic
  • Quotev
  • fanfiction.net
  • Wattpad
  • Tap by Wattpad
• Business Insider on Fifty Shades of Grey and Twilight

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What is That's a Thing?!?

A sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20. In each episode, Elizabeth, a teenager, explains a thing to Karen, her mother. And Karen tells Elizabeth how that thing relates to something she knows. Maybe.