{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Reclaiming the Mary Sue by Meghan Fitzmartin","description":"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\u2014you guessed it!\u2014a 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! &quot;Reclaiming the Mary Sue&quot; by Meghan Fitzmartin. My new comic interrogates the continued bias against Mary Sues\u2014and brings one life. &amp;nbsp; Read the whole piece: https:\/\/www.fansplaining.com\/articles\/reclaiming-the-mary-sue\/ ","author_name":"Fansplaining","author_url":"http:\/\/www.fansplaining.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38818745\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194825765"}