09: #Biological Tender #Brunettes with Bangs #Biblical Canon
Welcome to Open Tabs! We've got another episode from the cache for you this week - we're talking about purity culture and how this strange backslide is affecting fandom spaces. What's up with the this shift in the way folks interact with liscened and fan media and each other? We don't have all the answers but we certainly have some loud opinions (and less some very important opinions about the philosophy and fine craft of good chicken wings.) This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.
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08: #Anime Spoilers #Alcohol #Academia (because ninja school was taken)
Welcome to Open Tabs! This weeks episode is another from the archived recordings. The crew sets out to discuss the epilogue of My Hero Academia and proceeds to rate of all of shounen anime to filth - except for Yu Yu Hakusho - that one's almost perfect. This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.
Welcome to Open Tabs! We've got our first special guest of the podcast: Sydney's long-term (long-suffering) bestie SKS-Ninja. She's here to talk about all things podfics, Legend of Zelda and a whole lot of the kind of lore drops you only get from a friendship that involves lots of fucked up, shared fandom history. This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.
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06: #Writing Challenges #Wet Ass Something #Welcome the Editor
Welcome to Open Tabs! On today's episode we talk writing challenges: from NaNoWriMo to Kinktober, then get promptly side-tracked and dig into the history of the Hoover Dam. Y'know, the usual stuff! This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.
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05: #Bans #Blocks #Beating (off) that Dead Horse
Welcome to Open Tabs! On today's episode we discuss the ban (and near-immediate unban) of Tiktok in January 2025 - along with all the ways the young and old are interacting with fanfiction and fandom on this strange, short-form space. HEADS UP! Because of the context surrounding the ban/unban of Tiktok this episode delves more into recent American politcs than normal. If that's something you can't or don't want to handle right now, we absolutely understand. If you're as angry as we are and looking to spend your bandwidth on something construction, I (Sydney) recommend contacting your local branch of the DSA or checking out the resource guide over here by Individsible Action as a starting point for more good trouble you can get into. This podcast and this episode cover adult themes and discuss explicit content: listener discretion is advised.
Lifelong fans of fan fiction tackle the fiction by fans: The famous and the infamous. The gloriously cringe to the heartbreakingly profound. Notorious tropes, trending topics and unsung community heroes. What's in your Open Tabs?
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