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Posted by Lute

https://www.transformativeworks.org/updates-to-no-fandom-additional-tags-august-2025/

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AO3 Tag Wranglers continue to test processes for wrangling canonical additional tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete) which don’t belong to any particular fandom (also known as “No Fandom” tags). This post will provide an overview of some of these upcoming changes.

Previous Tag Wrangling updates can generally be found on the @ao3org Tumblr and, for No Fandom tags, AO3 News. While No Fandom tag updates are generally announced on AO3 News as well as the @ao3org Tumblr, this may not be true of all wrangling updates. Some updates may remain solely distributed via Tumblr, especially those that only affect one or two fandoms. The way we distribute updates is subject to change as we work through new processes.

In this round of updates, we continued a method which streamlines creation of new canonical tags, prioritizing more straightforward updates which would have less discussion compared to renaming current canonical tags or creating new canonical tags which touch on more complex topics. This method also reviews new tags on a regular basis, so check back on AO3 News for periodic “No Fandom” tag announcements.

None of these updates change the tags users have added to works. If a user-created tag is considered to have the same meaning as a new canonical, it will be made a synonym of one of these newly created canonical tags, and works with that user-created tag will appear when the canonical tag is selected.

In short, these changes only affect which tags appear in AO3’s auto-complete and filters. You can and should continue to tag your works however you prefer.

New Canonicals

The following concepts have been made new canonical tags:

• Biting Kink
• Co-Parenting
• Platonic Co-Parenting
• Fangs
• Fighting as Foreplay
• Forced Proximity
• Friends to Enemies to Lovers
• Lovers to Enemies
• Strangers to Friends
• Strangers to Friends to Lovers
• Incontinence
• Kabeshiri | Stuck in a Wall
• No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
• Praise
• Purring
• Phone Sex Operators
• Alternate Universe – Sex Cam Workers
• Sex Cam Workers
• Sexual Free Use
• Soft

Other Updates

While all these new tags have already been made canonical, we are still working on implementing changes and connecting relevant tags, so it’ll be some time before these updates are complete. We thank you in advance for your patience!

While we won’t be announcing every change we make to No Fandom canonical tags, you can expect similar updates in the future on the tags we believe will most affect users. If you’re interested in the changes we’ll be making, you can continue to check AO3 News or follow us on Bluesky @wranglers.archiveofourown.org or Tumblr @ao3org for future announcements.

You can also read previous updates on “No Fandom” tags as well as other wrangling updates, linked below:

• Past “No Fandom” Additional Tags Updates & 5 Things Said by Wrangling Volunteers
• Past Fandom-Specific and “No Fandom” Tag Wrangling Change Posts & Announcements

Got Questions?

For more information about AO3’s tag system, check out our Tags FAQ.

In addition to providing technical help, AO3 Support also handles requests related to how tags are sorted and connected.​ If you have questions about specific tags, which were first used over a month ago and are unrelated to any of the new canonical tags listed above, please contact Support instead of leaving a comment on this post.

Lastly, as mentioned above, we are still working on connecting relevant user-created tags to these new canonicals. If you have questions about specific tags which should be connected to these new canonicals, please refrain from contacting Support about them until at least two months from now.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/updates-to-no-fandom-additional-tags-august-2025/

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Posted by Caitlynne

https://www.transformativeworks.org/the-otw-is-recruiting-for-board-assistants-team-volunteers-development-membership-volunteers-and-development-membership-graphic-designers/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=266316

Are you a detail-oriented and highly organized individual interested in assisting the OTW Board of Directors with administrative and project management tasks? Do you have skills with graphic design, fundraising, or customer service? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!

We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for:

• Board Assistants Team Volunteer – closing 13 August 2025 at 23:59 UTC or after 60 applications
• Development & Membership Volunteer – closing 13 August 2025 at 23:59 UTC or after 30 applications
• Development & Membership Graphic Designer – closing 13 August 2025 at 23:59 UTC or after 30 applications

We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don’t see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.

All applications generate a confirmation page and an auto-reply to your e-mail address. We encourage you to read the confirmation page and to whitelist our email address in your e-mail client. If you do not receive the auto-reply within 24 hours, please check your spam filters and then contact us.

If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.

Board Assistants Team Volunteer

Are you detail-oriented, highly organized, and passionate about supporting meaningful work behind the scenes? The Board Assistants Team (BAT) is looking for volunteers to assist the OTW Board of Directors with essential administrative and project management tasks.

As a BAT Volunteer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth operations by:

• Moderating and coordinating Board meetings on Discord
• Editing and drafting Board communications, documentation, and public statements
• Supporting internal projects and cross-committee collaboration
• Offering valuable feedback to improve workflows and communications

We’re looking for volunteers who are proactive, driven, and committed to the OTW’s long-term success.

You must be 18+ in order to apply for this role. In addition to the initial application, you will be emailed a part two to help us understand how well you understand and can complete the committee’s tasks.

Applications are due 13 August 2025 or after 60 applications

Apply for Board Assistants Team Volunteer at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.

Development & Membership Volunteer

The Development & Membership committee (DevMem) coordinates the OTW’s fundraising and membership-building activities. Our primary responsibility is coordinating our biannual fund drives, although we are also responsible for communicating with donors, exploring new fundraising opportunities, and managing the voter roll for OTW elections. If you have skills or interests in fundraising, membership database management, creating promotional OTW graphics, eCommerce, or customer service, consider applying to join our committee!

Applications are due 13 August 2025 or after 30 applications

Apply for Development & Membership Volunteer at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.

Development & Membership Graphic Designer

The Development & Membership committee (DevMem) coordinates the OTW’s fundraising and membership-building activities. Our primary responsibility is coordinating our biannual fund drives, although we are also responsible for communicating with donors, exploring new fundraising opportunities, and managing the voter roll for OTW elections. If you have skills or interests in creating promotional OTW graphics for our fundraisers, membership gifts, and donor communications, consider applying to join our committee!

Applications are due 13 August 2025 or after 30 applications

Apply for Development & Membership Graphic Designer at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan-run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/the-otw-is-recruiting-for-board-assistants-team-volunteers-development-membership-volunteers-and-development-membership-graphic-designers/

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Posted by Elintiriel

https://www.transformativeworks.org/otw-guest-post-xena-warrior-podcast/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=266285

Every month the OTW hosts guest posts on our OTW News accounts to provide an outside perspective on the OTW or aspects of fandom. These posts express each individual’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy.

Vera Itkin (she/her) works in the corporate media world with her hands in production and post-production. She loves to contribute to fandom via transformative works such as fanvids, fanmixes, and fan… Opinion Having.

Katie Tocci (she/her) has a BFA in Cinema Studies from NYU, an MA in Media Studies from The New School, and a career in entertainment promotions strategy. You’re most likely to find her hiding her face behind a pillow, masking tears shed for tragic OTPs.

Livy Tarcov (she/her) works as a videographer and new media technician, but she loves old media too, especially when paperbound. She is currently querying an adult fantasy novel about flying people.

Today, Vera, Katie, and Livy talk about Xena: Warrior Podcast and how Xena’s fandom became essential to the show—and to their story.

How did you first find out about fandom and fanworks?

VERA: I was an impressionable freshman in the NYU film program, immersing myself in all things [Martin Scorsese voice] “CINEMA,” learning to edit film stock on an old Steenbeck table as well as digitally on a computer. In my spare time, I would search the internet for anything about my favorite show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. One day, I stumbled upon a site that was full of these edited clips of Buffy set to music. I clicked on one and my mind was forever blown… I had just discovered fanvids! Vids changed my life and became my art from then on.

KATIE: Fandom feels like it’s always been in my life. My first TV obsession was Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I was in the official Trek fan club and attending conventions by age six (it helps when your dad is also a nerd). However, I didn’t discover fanworks until I had access to the internet. Not to date myself, but it was with Buffy the Vampire Slayer message boards and fanfiction websites that I first found fic in junior high. Wild to think that I didn’t see my first fanvid until college!

LIVY: The Phantom Menace broke many fans’ spirits, but it ignited mine. I trawled TheForce.net’s message boards for Attack of the Clones spoilers, and when I ran out of movie news, I strayed onto the fanfiction sub-board and never looked back. Rich with ideas but profoundly flawed, The Phantom Menace had a delicious tension between execution and possibility that made it a perfect source for fanworks. The TF.net authors were inventive, welcoming, and relentlessly positive—truly a more civilized age before the dark times, before the Empire.

What made you decide to create Xena: Warrior Podcast?

Vera had watched Xena as a kid and tried for years to get Katie and Livy to watch it too. When the show hit its 20th anniversary and a new generation of fans discovered it on Netflix, Katie and Livy finally succumbed. And they loved it!!! Vera was so vindicated. Afterwards, we got to talking—because none of us could understand how such a daring, nuanced show was never included on any pop culture lists. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show we love, is constantly lauded as revolutionary. But much of what Buffy is credited for… Xena did it first! And that became our podcast’s mission statement. We wanted to showcase the brilliance of this syndicated ‘90s action hit, recontextualize it for the 21st century, and give it the credit it deserves.

The fandom’s presence is really felt throughout the podcast, much like in the show itself. What stands out to you about the interaction between fans and producers of Xena, and how did this influence your discussions of each episode?

The internet put Xena fans in direct contact with the producers—not a unique situation for the mid-90s, but still fairly new, with neither side carrying a lot of expectations or baggage. Xena‘s producers treated the fans with respect, incorporated their ideas into the show, and even hired a popular fanfic author, Missy Good, for the sixth season writers’ room. The show and its fandom became inextricable soulmates, and on our podcast, we couldn’t talk about one without the other. These days, most creators have a complicated, often fraught relationship with their fanbases, so it’s fascinating to see such a different dynamic with Xena.

What has been the most rewarding part of making this podcast?

Our listeners reached out to us early on, sharing their stories of how Xena changed their lives, how it was their gay awakening or helped them come out, and gave them community and acceptance. Understanding our listeners enriched our understanding of the show. As podcasters, we tried to make our analysis definitive and deep, joyful and fannish—true to the spirit of the show and the people who love it. We devoted so much of ourselves to the podcast that, at times, it seemed almost too daunting a task. But our listeners always saved us. We’ve received messages from folks all over the world who found the podcast just when they needed it most. They told us how it helped them through their darkest days and hardest journeys and, at times, literally saved their lives. There is no greater reward than that.

How did you hear about the OTW and what do you see its role as?

In the late 2000s, we started attending VividCon—a fan-run convention about fanvids and vidding. Vidders at the time were especially interested in the topics of copyright and fair use of DVDs as a higher-quality source for vidding. So it was big news at the 2012 VividCon when Francesca Coppa, Rebecca Tushnet, and Tisha Turk testified before the Library of Congress in a continuing effort that ensured vidders the right to make our art freely. We’re forever grateful for the hard work and sleepless nights that still go into fighting the good fight on behalf of everyone in fandom.

What fandom things have inspired you the most?

VERA: The VividCon vidders of the late 2000s are my artistic foundations. Two names that immediately spring to mind are obsessive24 and Bradcpu. Their vids are so skillfully crafted that they’ve pushed my creativity beyond the limit for years. They made me a better vidder.

KATIE: It was really Vera getting into vidding that inspired me most, as without that influence and encouragement, I probably wouldn’t have started editing on my own. Attending VividCon showed me how I could use this art form to express my own feelings, ideas, and critical interpretations of all my favorite stories and relationships.

LIVY: My foundational fics are “The Penitent” by FernWithy, Jedi Skysong, & BelleBayard; “The Very Secret Diary” by Arabella; and “Doctor Who Season 4” by Aria. For fanvids, “The Glass” by thingswithwings; “Starships” by bironic; and “I Swear” by dualbunny, greensilver, & sweetestdrain. Watch that last one immediately—you won’t be sorry.

We encourage suggestions from fans for future guest posts, so contact us if you have someone in mind! Or you can visit our Pinboard account to catch up on earlier guest posts.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/otw-guest-post-xena-warrior-podcast/

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