Off the top, Ama & Danita get real about how their respective post-vaccine re-entries are going, the CBD scandal & racism at the Olympics, and the Anthony Bourdain documentary.

Then, Ama is joined by Natalie Zina Walschots, Extremely Online Person) and author of one of our favorite books (Hench - READ IT OR ELSE!) to dive into everything fan fiction. What draws people to the genre? Why are content tags so great? What even constitutes literature? Do the Avengers watch the Bon Appetit YouTube channel in their downtime?

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Further Reading

Doobie Standard? Megan Rapinoe Promotes Cannabis Brand at Olympics After Sha'Carri Richardson Ban
The Ethics of a Deepfake Anthony Bourdain Voice
The delicate relationship between grief and fanfiction, explained by a psychologist
I Miss Using Floppy Disks as Small Treasure Chests for Fanfiction
FROM FANFICTION TO NETFLIX HITS - Wattpad’s plan to become the A24 of teen dramas
A Britney Spears fanfiction was published in the world’s leading science journal
People Are Reading So Much Fanfiction It's Crashing the Biggest Fanfic Website

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