Welcome to Mind the Tags, where we talk about the history and evolution of fanfiction. Join Emily and Vee as they dive into a new fanfiction topic each episode and interview authors, researchers, journalists, and fans.
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On this episode of Mind the Tags, Vee and Emily are joined by author and fanfic enthusiast Joanne Harris, who shares how fandom has been an essential place for her creative growth. Let it be known that in Joanne's house, pirates can have fairy wings!
Sources from today's ep:
Joanne's website
Joanne's Bluesky
Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design.
7 Oct 2026
Bonus Episode: Feed Drop with This Week in Fandom History
Surprise, it's a bonus episode! Our pals from This Week in Fandom History have shared an episode about one of their favorite fics, and we are excited to share it with you. Please enjoy "'Flesh Mechanic' Changes The Fic Game And We're Obsessed" with Emily and V!
30 Sept 2026
The fic where billionaires are Mary Sues
On this week's episode, Vee invites Emily to explore the confounding and deeply upsetting world of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, which has wedged its way into some of the most fraught political and sociological discussions of our day. Beware, listeners: the dementors are here, and they all use ChatGPT.
Topics include: Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI, rationality
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Sources from today's ep:
Do Not Interact on Fanlore
More Everything Forever by Adam Becker
The Harry Potter Fan Fiction Author Who Wants to Make Everyone a Little More Rational by David Whelan
'Harry Potter' and the Key to Immortality by Daniel D. Snyder
The Harry Potter Fanfic Behind Silicon Valley’s Weirdest Philosophical Movement by Alexandra Ciufudean
A quick-informal post on - Yudkowsky's Harry Potter! by David Brin
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is complete, and it is excellent by Will Baude
Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse by Ian K. Duncan
‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute by Andrew Anthony
Mind the Tags fanfic survey
Emily's expressions during the episode
Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design.
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