People Are Thirsty For Pokémon Sun and Moon's Hot New Professor
Move over, Professor Sycamore. There’s a new daddy in town. (NSFW warning!)
Who's Really Behind the Beyhive Attacks on Instagram? An Investigation
Less than 24 hours after Beyoncé premiered her visual album Lemonade on HBO, a conversation that initially centered on the project’s artistic depth quickly turned into a swarm of gossip. On the night of its release, fashion designer Rachel Roy made the mistake of recycling a line in the track “Sorry” (where Beyoncé…
The History of Femslash, the Tiny Fandom That's Taking Over the Universe
The death of a minor supporting character on a tiny CW show set of a huge discussion about the representation of the LBGTQ community on TV, and this caught most people by surprise. Yet here we are, a month after The 100 aired the inciting incident, still talking about it. What’s keeping this discussion going? In part,…
The Typewriter ASCII Portraits of Classic Hollywood and the Obsessive Fans Who Made Them
The charm of old movie fan magazines is their sweetness. Their pages may have hinted at all sorts of sordid behavior, but their tone matched that of their most guileless reader—and they incorporated reader perspectives in every issue, printing copious letters and even occasionally letting readers share their own…
On The Fetishisation Of Gay Men By Women In The Slash Community
【The following was originally posted on The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network) and has been republished here with permission.】About a year ago, I went with friends to see a live reading of Welcome to Night Vale and was shocked by the amount of screaming coming from women in the audience.
The Terrifying Instagram World of the Tweenage Dance Moms Fans
Over the past four seasons, Lifetime's Dance Moms has rapidly become one of the most popular reality shows on television, particularly with girls under the age of 18. Nearly two million viewers tuned into last week's Season 5 premiere, which features Pittsburgh's Abby Lee Miller and a troupe of elite dancers ranging…
Attention Dashcon Survivors: Hello Kitty Con Is Your Next Best Hope
Hello Kitty, everyone's favorite adorable Japanese cartoon cat, is finally getting her own convention.
The Tumblr User Convention DashCon Was a Beautiful, Hilarious Shitshow
While you were comfortably relaxing in your home over the weekend, a group of Tumblr bloggers tried to hold a convention. The result was DashCon, one of the most glorious shitshows to ever amuse bored Internet users.
Gracious Japanese World Cup Fans Clean Up Stadium After Loss
Well if these folks aren't the very definition of good sportsmanship.
Ladies, You Can Be a Real Soccer Fan and Still Want to Bang the Goalie
It's possible — nay, natural — for a woman who is sexually attracted to men to watch the World Cup while perving the hell out. You're still a real fan if you realize once you level with yourself that you definitely want to fuck the goalie.
Fantasy Writer N.K. Jemisin Explains the Rise of Racism in Fandom
N.K. Jemisin was a guest of honor last week at the feminist science fiction convention Wiscon, and delivered a stirring speech about dealing with racism in genre fandom and publishing. She also told a very disturbing story about her own experiences of racism over the past year.
How I Met Your Mother Ends Next Week and Everyone Is Miserable
After what has amounted to a 9-year-long TED (Mosby) Talk, How I Met Your Mother will conclude next week with an hour long episode with a fuckload of fan hopes riding on it. But will devotees be satisfied with the ending? Nope. Because many fans don't want the show to end, period.
Every Matthew McConaughey Movie Is Actually About Rust Cohle
Fans of HBO's True Detective are an obsessive lot. Over the course of the show's 8-episode first season, bajillions of hours of productivity were wasted discussing, dissecting, and speculating about the show. Insane-sounding theories about the identity of the murderous Yellow King abounded, each with an…
Say Goodbye To True Detective With This Beautiful Fan-Created Art
Yes, this one's for all of you gathered around your TV sets, hushing everyone in the room and anxiously checking your DVR's record settings to make sure everything is a go for tonight's True Detective finale.
Internet Goes Nuts for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Teen Doppelganger
This British teenager who bears an uncanny resemblance to Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch has become an Internet sensation, thanks to a few selfies he posted to Instagram.
The 10 Most Batshit Crazy Celebrity-Themed Gifts to Give This Year
Oh fans. You love you some bizarre stuff emblazoned with the face or likeness of your celebrity obsession of choice, don't you?
Which Idiotic Lady Football Fan Stereotype Are You?
By this point, science has established over and over again that if you've got a vagina and you watch football, you're just doing it to impress the boys. Duh. That's a no-brainer. Female sports fandom is a myth perpetuated by feminists to make women seem more equal to men, like the G-spot and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But…
Could Football Head Injuries Turn Retired Players Into Sex Offenders?
Football has long been a source of headache and heartache for fans. But for players, the lingering thrill of victory or agony of defeat isn't the only thing they carry with them for years after they leave the field — long-term brain injuries sustained while playing the sport can lead to early onset dementia,…
Woman Meets Fifty Shades Author, Loses Her Shit
Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James is at Comic Con because her book is a graphic novel (heh, get it?) and because why not? According to a reporter for the AP, "Lola De La Cruz cried when she met author E L James." Why?
