By: Samantha Puc | Rethinking fandom, gender and representation through Percy Jackson fan fiction
Fandom Love Letter #3: Kiss a Boy in Tokyo Town
Author: Samantha Puc
Samantha Puc is a freelance writer, editor, and social media manager whose work has appeared all over the web; she collects it at her portfolio site, The Verbal Thing. Samantha lives in Rhode Island with her spouse and three cats. She likes Shakespeare, space babes, bikes, and dismantling the patriarchy. She also likes vegan food.
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 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: An Introduction
A new column by Samantha Pearson exploring fandom in all of its multitudes.
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."
