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Fandom
A fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of camaraderie with others who share a common interest. Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network with particular practices, differentiating fandom-affiliated people from those with only a casual interest.
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YOU're just what he'd have dreamed himself to be. You - he - had to write me long letters, full of corny humor, to my Rockettalk Department, and you called me Rocky, and you didn't like our covers because the monsters weren't horrible enough -'
He stopped. And again his mouth fell open.
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The multimodality and multivocality of Tumblr blur the lines between feminist and fannish communities on the site, producing a cultural formation in which feminist, or ‘social justice’, politics are increasingly, although not exclusively, central to the operation of media fandom on Tumblr ... This is central to the formation of what I call ‘feminist fandom’, and Tumblr has subsequently secured a reputation for its users’ in-depth analysis of representational politics and social issues ... It is
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― Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr
― Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr
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