Fandom

platform where 3rd wave feminism, and the social justice warrior community talk & share ideas. There is a function on Tumblr where people can comment on these hashtags. These hashtags act as miniature messaging boards within the Tumblr site. On Tumblr, fandoms (fans who express their passion and imagination on a subject, object, or piece of literature.) are most prevalent alongside with the tag called diversity. I can talk a lot about Tumblr, but I will be rambling while beating a dead horse…

1. Introduction Reality shows is a new form of television format latest rise in China’s entertainment industry. By integrating many new elements into the shows, it captured high audience ratings at high pace in China. Reality show originated from western countries, and then gradually spread to the world, until now has formed a new wave in the world. With the growing number of viewing audiences, the Chinese reality shows are facing the problem of how to find a balance between entertainment and…

African American gospel music and culture. African American artists had a genre that was born from their culture, and the message behind the music was relatable for them. Additionally, African Americans were just barely beginning to reach national fandom, but still had many barriers ahead. Artists such as Jimi Hendrix were breaking down barriers by playing primary in genres predominantly dominated by white people. This era was part of the first wave of African Americans celebrities, and Redding…

Sending cute asks, funny threads riddled with inside jokes, it was something I wanted to experience for myself. I finally had my chance a year later. My favorite youtubers, AmazingPhil and danisnotonfire, made a sim on their gaming channel, and the fandom went wild making blogs for different objects around its house. We had a big skype chat that eventually dwindled down to seven people, but those seven people were some of my closest friends. That Skype chat meant so much to me; it was my escape,…

old TV series with the same name. The old TV series, Dark Shadows (1966–1971), was a gothic horror series that had over 1248 episodes and was considered quite popular during its air time. It amassed a significant fan base and even has its own wikia fandom dedicated to finding anything related to the series. The series also obtained a 7.6/10 rating which is impressive, considering it was a soap opera ("Dark Shadows (TV Series 1966–1971)."). The 2012 movie version had quite an amazing starting…

slightly altered from frame to frame then ran together to create a seamless line of movement for animation, which leads the public to believe his films are dark or creepy yet, most cultivate their own cult following creating notably classic films with fandoms (a large group of fans for a specific work, typically found throughout the internet) and multiple parody scenes found in the media. A running list of elements are synonymous with a Tim Burton film such as color schemes in a gray-scale, his…

Vampires are one of the most interesting monsters created. They were intriguing and terrifying when first created and have only become more popular over time. Vampires are a kind of monster that has gained and maintained audiences’ interest for centuries. This monster has had several different twists and perspectives on it while still being considered a vampire. Vampires are among the most adaptable monsters. They are altered to please and excite modern audiences based on the society and culture…

Poetry is the abundance of life and the most incarnate of languages we use, expressing ourselves in a free and unrestricted form — this is what Ezra Pound means by “Make It New.” However, to create something fresh and unique, we need to look back into the past in order to know what rules and conventions to smash. Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden along with many others are the pioneers of the Modernist era, innovating free verse, intellectual statements, and universal human significance. In this…

Theodore Adorno and Walter Benjamin were both theorists associated with the Frankfurt School of Social Research. They proposed the idea of mass cultural marketing in the modern era but differed on the purpose of the culture industry. Adorno believed that culture had developed into a consumer good where profit was made and Benjamin saw culture, specifically artistic creativity such as music, to play a role in political ideology. Although differing views on the function of culture separated the…

“Goin’ Back to Hogwarts”: Fans and Redemption of Antagonists in Harry Potter’s Fanfiction Harry Potter is a literary series that has swept the world with its unique magic filled universe, and as such its fans refuse to let the world created by J.K Rowling be something found only in the pages of the original books, or in our TV screen, so they have take it upon themselves to expand or reshape Harry Potter in many interesting ways. The Harry Potter universe has become a fanfiction phenomenon, its…