Art Twelve Knitting Patterns for Crafty Superhero Fans
A roundup of superhero knitting patterns by Annika Barranti Klein.
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The Toast's resident linguist explains how Dramione and Destiel and Johnlock came to be. There's a SYSTEM.
Cartoons & Comics Real Thoughts About Real Interactions with Real People at San Diego Comic-Con
Kendra James reports on her best-of-times, worst-of-times experience at San Diego Comic-Con 2015 with both grace and wit.
Cartoons & Comics Sometimes Fandom Is Better: Head Canons Versus The Real Thing
Sulagna Misra on fandom, Marvel, and how head canons can help give us the characters and stories we deserve when the real thing falls short.
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Sulagna Misra on the dizzying, confusing fun that was her New York Comic Con experience.
Feminism The Sexual (and Racial) Politics of Nerd Culture: A Dialogue*
Two buddies just hangin' out, deconstructing nerd culture, no big deal.
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Sulagna Misra takes a look at the debate of the historicity of Captain America, and reports back on her findings.
Cartoons & Comics My SDCC Diary: Our Fandom Anthropologist Reports Back
Morgan Leigh Davies went to SDCC for us, and these are her findings.
Books Popular A Song of Ice And Fire Fan Theories
Alaina Conner presents a list of potential plot points for the final two books of "A Song of Ice and Fire," most of which involve characters dying horribly.
Television A Young Man’s History of Doctor Who in 11 Photographs
A photographic history of the eleven pre-Capaldi Doctors, styled and posed by our young hero. Doctor Who never looked so adorable.
Music In Defense of the Middle-Aged Music Fan
Nancy Davis Kho talks about the upside of having middle-aged music fans.
Books Femslash Friday: Sansa/Brienne, A Lady And Her Knight
The most stirring argument for the Sansa/Brienne pairing in GoT you will ever hear, probably.
Health Baseball
Nicole Cliffe talks about baseball, and childhood fandom, for The Toast's "Sports Day."
