Reclaiming the Mary Sue by Meghan Fitzmartin

Our October piece is part essay/part excerpt: Meghan Fitzmartin, who's written for DC Comics, Supernatural, and many other fan-favorite properties, has published an indie comic, Mary Sue , about—you guessed it!—a fanfiction writer. While the essay is a standalone text you should be able to listen to just fine here, we highly recommend heading over to the piece itself to see excerpts from Mary Sue 's first issue! "Reclaiming the Mary Sue" by Meghan Fitzmartin. My new comic interrogates the continued bias against Mary Sues—and brings one life. Read the whole piece:

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Reclaiming the Mary Sue by Meghan Fitzmartin is an episode from Fansplaining by fansplaining.

This episode is 10:29 long.

This episode was published on Oct 29, 2025.

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