I am still in utter disbelief that I had a basis for writing this. Fan fiction was like admitting that we read a novel’s “good parts” over and over again, and it’s a rabbit hole from there once you find it. I found a teacher’s lesson plan about fan fiction to a sheltered 7th grader and I genuinely freaked out. Hence, this article.
Also, the baby I spawned five years ago with my dearest friends and a former editor of mine is undergoing a site relaunch. Where once we had this tiny idea of making a female-oriented gaming magazine has now borne teeth. We’re still talking games, but we’re hunkering down to the real talk in an era where it’s not “just a game”. From Girls Got Game (GGG), We are now Play Without Apology (PWOA).
Copyedits by Noey Pico, Graphics by Lee Flores.
First published on Play Without Apology.
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