June is wrapping up. I can't believe it's already passed - time seems to be moving so quickly. But I'm starting to sound super old, so maybe we should just move on.

June is my last month before I launch my substack, which will be posting blog-style posts every Tuesday at 17. At the moment, I have scheduled a few to also come out here on this newsletter feed. I hope that's not too annoying. If it is, you can let me know somewhere and I'll refrain. But I figure - why add another newsletter to a newsletter you already have?

Anyway, let's get into everything that happened in June.

I'm a Fan of That!

​My podcast I'm a Fan of That! had a few episodes come out in June.

Our first was on Coffee Fandom, a topic which came from one of our lovely Patrons. We chat about tea culture in the UK, how coffee shops are different around the world, and why America is so in love with coffee.

Next up was actually a bonus episode! With the news that Taylor Swift bought her masters, there was a major schism in the Swiftie fandom, and I wanted to talk about it!

Last up, we got a podcast episode all on RuPaul's Drag Con. We talk about what drag actually is, have a disagreement on whether drag necessitates subversion, how gender is performed, and the history of drag.

Video Essays

This month's video essay is a return to the world of video games. I love the way world building happens in Stardew Valley, and their religion is no exception. But what I partucularly like is that the religion in Stardew Valley is actually a pretty good approach to how religion actually works.

Writing Vlogs

As usual, we got quite a few writing vlogs, especially as we begin to wrap up the different projects from the second quarter of the year. So let's get into it! We got:

• ​Writing a Draft by the Seat of My Pants | Magic Tea Shop Pt 3 - I'm normally a big plotter - I think it comes from my nonfiction writing. But this time, I try writing a short story as a (kinda) pantser.
• ​A Nonfiction Day Out | Taylor Swift and Folklore Essay Pt. 3 - had to get out the house because it was being sprayed for fleas, so I do some cafe hopping to do some nonfiction writing.
• ​A Research Day | Returning to TTRPGs - It's been a long time - a very very long time - since working on the TTRPG book idea, and so spend some time doing some thinking, some planning, and then some reading.
• ​Essay Editing and Baking | Taylor Swift and Folklore Essay, Pt 4 - We finally finish up the Taylor Swift essay, while also doing some nice, comfy baking.

Anyway, that's it for this month! Get ready for some lovely posts this upcomong month, and strap in for loads of new thoughts and content and blogs. And, as always, be good to one another.