SF Fandom was closely intertwined with a number of Freddie’s other passions, including anarchism, Bay Area tech people / critics, and polyamory / queer / kink circles. (Indeed, as an example of the overlapping of these circles, Freddie credited her introduction to anarchism to Neil Rest, “anarchist bon vivant and science fiction rogue,” in “20 Questions“.) Freddie was closely related to a number of specific communities, and did collages for years for Potlatch & the Tiptree Award. These collages were printed on t-shirts, posters, & programs, and often used as a source of fundraising.

For her work within fandom, Freddie was nominated twice for the Hugo for Fan Artist of the Year. Freddie also received a Fairy Godmother Award to enable her to go to the Hugos in Australia.

Key communities include:

• Tiptree Award (now the “Otherwise Award”) (frequently but not always awarded at WisCon)
• Potlatch. Freddie created t-shirts for many Potlatches, including the first (JaneCon). Freddie was also a frequent attendee at this Pacific northwest con, that rotated between the Bay Area and points north.
• STWTTF (Star Trek Women’s Terrorist Task Force, an online group)
• WisCon – Freddie was a frequent attendee
• ReaderCon – Freddie attended this at least once – see cover of ReaderCon Program Book
• Science Fiction Eye – frequent illustrator
• Numerous zines, chapbooks, small press works, & other books, including Decoding Gender in Science Fiction and Women of Other Worlds

Fandoms — It would be difficult to list all the works that Freddie was excited about! We’ll list a few here. In common with all her passions, Freddie was encyclopedically knowledgeable about these works — directors, showrunners, actors, writers — long before this level of fannishness was common.

• Terry Gilliam’s films
• TV series
  • 1990s: Babylon 5 ….
  • 2000s: Lost ….
  • 2025: Silo, Andor, MurderBot