Critical Analysis… [ISSUE I] Coffee and Creativity: Why the Coffee Shop created The Beatles by Daisy May Cooper 11 Apr 2022 image source The coffee shop is something that everybody relates to. They’re on every street, and all serve a similar purpose — a warm, sheltered space, perfect for working in…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] What if we were allowed to just exist and be happy? by Ari Ochoa Petzold 11 Apr 2022 Inspired by Katharine McCain's essays “Today Your Barista Is: Genre Characteristics in The Coffee Shop Alternate Universe" & "Fans Love It a Latte: The Rise and Participatory Nature of Coffee…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] How Coffee Shop AUs are the Perfect Example of Why Fanfiction Culture Thrives and Always Will: A Barista’s Perspective by Tiana Gaudioso 11 Apr 2022 The stigma surrounding escapism via artistic avenues is more complex and diverse than the average consumer probably realizes. I believe most of us can agree that any and all critique…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] ‘I Love A Coffee Shop AU’ And Other Ways To Immediately Let Me Know You’ve Never Worked In One by Chloe Sheila 11 Apr 2022 "Can I have a cappuccino with no milk?" My head shoots up, fingers poised over the sticky till. The air is hot both with the steam from the coffee machine,…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] Dearest Coffee House on the Corner, by Anthony Garcia 11 Apr 2022 Anthony Garcia (He/But I'll Never Be Him) will one day consider himself a writer. He is currently completing his MFA in Creative Writing at the California Institute of the Arts. He…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] Why Do Fans Love It A Latte?: An Interview with Katharine McCain by Anushka Bidani 11 Apr 202214 Jun 2022 Katharine McCain Katharine McCain is a graduate of Georgetown University where she received her Master’s in English and The Ohio State University where she received her PhD in Television and…
Critical Analysis… [ISSUE I] Love in the Time of Covid: The Emerging Hybrid of Quarantine Fics and Coffee Shop AUs by Katharine E. McCain 11 Apr 2022 In March of 2020 Archive of Our Own, known colloquially as AO3 to those who frequent the fanfiction site, began to buckle under an unprecedented amount of traffic. Moving from…
Critical Analysis… [ISSUE I] Bean There, Drank That by Anushka Bidani 11 Apr 2022 Notes on "Bean There, Drank That" After Bryony Bates’ stunning text “Hannibal Lecter’s Magic Dick Therapy,” published by MAI in 2018. First sentences are revealing. As a reader, I usually…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] Introduction by Anushka Bidani 11 Apr 202210 Jun 2022 I started working on this issue because I was looking for a happy ending. It was the first week of April: I had been stuck at home, away from my…
Fan Culture… In This Imagining by John Rey Dave Aquino 3 Mar 202211 Apr 2022 cw: some sexual imagery The boys are making a comeback: leader and lead dancer Dong-hyun, the sweet romantic always winking and sending flying kisses to fans; main rapper Si-won, the…