<!-- buttondown-editor-mode: plaintext --> *The Rec Center: A weekly digest of fandom articles, fanart, and fanfiction recs, sent to your inbox every Friday.* **About the newsletter** Launched in 2016, The Rec Center is a weekly newsletter about fan culture written and curated by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw and Elizabeth Minkel. Each week we share a selection of fandom-related journalism and creative projects, along with fanfic recommendations and fanart. In 2020, we were finalists for a Hugo Award (!). If you want to submit a fanfic rec, please get in touch through [this form](https://form.jotform.com/212524108605144). We also publish fandom explainers and fic rec lists from guest writers, and we’re always open to new suggestions! Email us at elizabethandgav at gmail dot com. **About us** Gavia ([bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/gavia.bsky.social)/[tumblr](https://hellotailor.tumblr.com)) is a journalist and film critic, with bylines at *[TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/authors/gavia.baker.whitelaw/)*, *[Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/users/gavia-bakerwhitelaw?view=articles)*, the *[Daily Dot](https://www.dailydot.com/author/gavia-baker-whitelaw/)*, and more. She hosts *[Behind the Seams](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Xl5WRnBkMz5FSXCRaTE8Q)*, a YouTube series about costume design on film, and co-hosts the movie review podcast *[Overinvested](http://www.overinvestedpodcast.com/)*. Elizabeth ([bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethminkel.bsky.social)/[tumblr](https://elizabethminkel.tumblr.com)) is a writer, editor, and consultant who’s covered fandom for *[WIRED](https://www.wired.com/author/elizabeth-minkel/)*, *[Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/users/elizabeth-minkel?view=articles)*, the *[New Statesman](https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/elizabeth_minkel)*, the *[Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/elizabeth-minkel)*, and more. She co-hosts and edits *[Fansplaining](https://fansplaining.com/)*, a podcast and publication on fan culture.