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Author: Samantha Puc

Samantha Puc is an essayist and culture critic whose work has been featured on Bustle, The Mary Sue, SheKnows, The Tempest, Rogues Portal, and elsewhere. She mostly writes intersectional pop culture analysis with a particular focus on representation of LGBTQ and fat characters in fiction. Samantha is also the co-creator of Fatventure Mag, an outdoors zine for fat women and non-binary creators who are into being active, but not into toxic weight-loss culture. She lives in Rhode Island with her spouse and cats. Currently, Samantha is working on her first book. She is represented by Maria Vicente at P.S. Literary Agency.
Fandom Love Letters

Fandom Love Letter #3: Kiss a Boy in Tokyo Town

March 7, 2018March 6, 2018by Samantha PucLeave a Comment on Fandom Love Letter #3: Kiss a Boy in Tokyo Town
Fandom Love Letter #3: Kiss a Boy in Tokyo Town

By: Samantha Puc | Rethinking fandom, gender and representation through Percy Jackson fan fiction

Fandom Love Letters

Fandom Love Letter #2: Imagining a Fat Lily Evans

September 16, 2017by Samantha PucLeave a Comment on Fandom Love Letter #2: Imagining a Fat Lily Evans
Fandom Love Letter #2: Imagining a Fat Lily Evans

"Lily Evans couldn’t be fat. Rowling never would have written a fat character to be good the way Lily was."

Fandom Love Letters

Fandom Love Letter #1: Defending Bjork

August 19, 2017August 19, 2017by Samantha PucLeave a Comment on Fandom Love Letter #1: Defending Bjork
Fandom Love Letter #1: Defending Bjork

In FLL #1, we take a look at a beloved Gilmore Girls fan fiction and how fandom reinterprets and sometimes improves source material.

Fandom Love Letters

Fandom Love Letters: An Introduction

August 10, 2017by Samantha PucLeave a Comment on Fandom Love Letters: An Introduction
Fandom Love Letters: An Introduction

A new column by Samantha Pearson exploring fandom in all of its multitudes.

Essays

Brooke Davis Brought Me Out Of The Closet

July 20, 2017July 22, 2017by Samantha Puc2 Comments on Brooke Davis Brought Me Out Of The Closet
Brooke Davis Brought Me Out Of The Closet

"[Fan fiction] provided a safe space in which to explore my sexuality without the pressure of talking to anyone about it, or even leaving the sanctity of my bed."

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