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Our latest is live! ✨ Maria Temming reports on the worlds of fictional constructed language (aka…

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fansplaining:How Fans Make Fictional Languages RealOur latest is live! ✨ Maria Temming reports on the worlds of fictional constructed language (aka conglang) speakers. For fans gathering around Na'vi, Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki, or High Valyrian, it’s about more than a connection to canon—it’s...

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Our latest piece is live! The brilliant Soila Kenya writes about the dominance of English in fandom…

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bookshop:elizabethminkel:fansplaining:The Elation and Anxiety of Reading Fic in Your Native TongueOur latest piece is live! The brilliant Soila Kenya writes about the dominance of English in fandom and especially fanfiction spaces, and why for her and the fellow fans she interviewed from Kenya,...

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