Michele Theil

Freelance Journalist

Michele Theil is a freelance journalist who writes about race, politics, culture, the internet, and the LGBTQ+ community, and has had bylines in VICE, gal-dem, Insider, Glamour, and more.

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NOT A FAN

Fanfiction’s Meant to Be Free. So Why Are People Selling It?

Writers of popular stories based on “Harry Potter” are pulling their work offline after discovering readers selling them on Etsy. It could kill the community entirely.

Michele Theil