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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.
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- Sep 17, 2026
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- Jul 16, 2026
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2-12: #The Death of Death of the Author Discourse (opens the original)
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On this episode of Open Tabs, Sydney's really fucking done with people completely misintrepreting some dead French guy's essay so they can keep buying shitty wizard-branded plastic and watch the newest attempt to reboot the shitty wizard show AKA Sydney and Bugs just read and discuss the entire, ACTUAL text of Death of the Author. Buckle up folks, its real academic hours in here! Huge shout out to University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Science's Center for Programs in Contemporary (CPCW)
2-11: #Author's Note #Actually! #Applause All Around (opens the original)
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On this episode of Open Tabs, we've got a real, living, breathing, not-currently-stressing-under-a-deadline-or-at-least-not-enough-to-be-too-busy-for-us FANFIC AUTHOR! in the metaphorical recording booth with Tappy. We'll be keeping his username and his works private (at a very reasonable request) but we are so excited to hand him the microphone and let him introduce himself and talk a little about what its like to be tapping away at a keyboard on the other side of the screen! If you have any qu
2-10: #In-Browser Reading #Internet Drama #I don't know about you, but the internet is sounding REALLY 22 (opens the original)
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On this episode of Open Tabs: Sydney and Princess are back from various overseas adventures and all three hosts are ready to talk about the lastest hot mess of fanfic and fandom related internet drama. How is there ALWAYS more? Job security for us at least. If you have any questions, comments, or fic recommendations you can drop us a line at opentabscast@gmail.com or if you'd like to support our silly little podcast you can check us out at over at Patreon! www.patreon.com/OpenTabsCast This podca
2-09: #Transforming Girlfriends #Transformational Works #Transformers #That's what you missed on Glee! (opens the original)
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On this episode of Open Tabs: Sydney has good news, Princess has more relevant news and Amy gets to talk about pregnant transformers. We hit on a lot of classic fandom talk and throw some ideas around for future episodes - less us know which ones you want us to tackle! If you have any questions, comments, or fic recommendations you can drop us a line at opentabscast@gmail.com or if you'd like to support our silly little podcast you can check us out at over at Patreon! www.patreon.com/OpenTabsCas
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