Shaping and influencing popular media. Self-expression and identity. A growing evolution where people show their admiration for a particular TV show, movie, individual, book, band, sport, or any other ...

Fans dominated internet discourse this year. As Hollywood executives continued to make decisions that perplexed audiences, it was the fans who worked to make their voices heard. Sports fandom grew ...

Fandom is fickle — and undergoing a profound shift. The recent consolidation of Creator Economy startups underscores the growing difficulties to not only capture the attention of fans but to translate ...

Fan culture and celebrity obsession has always been, in most instances, terrible. One could go all the way back to the days when Star Wars fans harassed the child actor Jake Lloyd for “ruining their ...

Everybody is a fan of something — from authors to singers to quarterbacks — but for some, the fandom becomes a second life. These fans are often considered “stans,” and as people have been forced ...

When Crave’s gay romance Heated Rivalry premiered as a scripted series in November, it didn’t just mark yet another ...

This is an exciting time of the year to be a sports fan. October baseball has already been incredible and football season has come into full stride just as basketball training camps are starting up.

Lifelong fangirls Jaslyne Tam and Allison Kuan come together to take stock of their time as K-pop fans, discussing true fanhood and how to balance the costs that come with being music fiends. Jaslyne ...

Like any subculture, geek culture has its own terminology. A lot of it is self-explanatory, but some of it requires some foreknowledge or insight to really understand. Naturally, most geeks reading ...

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