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The Power of an Unconventional Story: Why Humanity is Required in Artistry
A reflection on why projects like ‘Hacks’, ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’, and ‘I Love Boosters’ should remind us to center humanity in our work.
A Conversation With The Satanic Temple: Religious Pluralism
An interview with Minister Orpheus Gaur and Exarch Io Locke, Director and Assistant Director of the Satanic Representation Campaign.
The Guardians of the First Amendment: Inside the Satanic Temple’s Fight for Religious Equality
A glimpse into how TST challenges exclusionary religious policies as pushback against theocratic influence in American law.
A Conversation With The Satanic Temple: Direct Action & Mutual Aid
An interview with Minister Dr. Sharper Kcozam and Nicole Ballard, Co-Directors of the Satanic Good Works campaign.
Real-Time Reactions
Awesome Con 2026 Recap
60,000 fans, one convention center, and the dichotomy of celebrating fandom during fascism.
White Queer Privilege and the Weaponization of Identity Politics
Why do some LGBTQ+ voices cause more harm than help?
Convention Chaos: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Surviving Fan Events
Practical tips for attending conventions with ADHD, sensory processing needs, and anxiety.
Through The Lens
The Tumblr-to-TikTok Pipeline: When Fandom Aesthetics Conquered Gen Z
How the migration from 2012 Tumblr to contemporary TikTok transformed online identity.
The Economics of Artificial Intimacy
How social media platforms monetize loneliness in the age of AI.
The Death of the Fandom Outsider: What Happens When Everyone's Chronically Online?
Remember when knowing every line of Supernatural marked you as irredeemably cringe?
Supernatural's Accidental Queerbaiting Empire: A 15-Year Retrospective
How exactly did a CW network show create the queerbaiter’s blueprint for modern television history?
Human Rights
A Conversation With The Satanic Temple: Religious Pluralism
An interview with Minister Orpheus Gaur and Exarch Io Locke, Director and Assistant Director of the Satanic Representation Campaign.
The Guardians of the First Amendment: Inside the Satanic Temple’s Fight for Religious Equality
A glimpse into how TST challenges exclusionary religious policies as pushback against theocratic influence in American law.
A Conversation With The Satanic Temple: Direct Action & Mutual Aid
An interview with Minister Dr. Sharper Kcozam and Nicole Ballard, Co-Directors of the Satanic Good Works campaign.
Beyond Prayer: How The Satanic Temple is Redefining Faith Through Radical Compassion
A look at TST’s model for mutual aid and how they strive for measurable community impact through religious practice.
Culture & Media
The Loneliness Epidemic and the Artificial Intimacy Industry
We are living through the most connected era in human history, yet somehow we have never been more alone.
The Architecture of Digital Radicalization: Mapping the Algorithm's Role
Recommendation systems are the high-speed trains of extremist railways.
The Power of Making Kindness Cool Again
Somewhere between 2016 and now, we collectively decided that being kind meant being weak, and that having empathy was actually performative.
The Return of Moral Panic: Why Purity Culture Is Dangerous
Bridging 90s-era scare tactics with today’s fandom micro-dramas.
Fandom & Activism
Digital Mutual Aid: How Stan Twitter Became an Organizing Tool
Fans are executing digital campaigns that would make even the top political consultants weep with envy.
Who Gets to Be Redeemed in Fandom?
A sociopolitical analysis of redemption arcs, fan forgiveness, and character bias.
The Rise of Fan Theorists as Digital Philosophers
Are fan theories actually a form of speculative literature?
Interviews
A Conversation With The Satanic Temple: Religious Pluralism
An interview with Minister Orpheus Gaur and Exarch Io Locke, Director and Assistant Director of the Satanic Representation Campaign.
A Conversation With The Satanic Temple: Direct Action & Mutual Aid
An interview with Minister Dr. Sharper Kcozam and Nicole Ballard, Co-Directors of the Satanic Good Works campaign.
A Conversation with The Satanic Temple: Religious Reproductive Rights
An interview with Erin Helian, Director of TST’s Religious Reproductive Rights campaign.
