Furry fandom

A Netflix original series, boasting only eight episodes. Four child actors huddled around a ten-hour marathon of Dungeons & Dragons. A mother communicating with her lost son via Christmas lights, purchased on layaway. An unlikely friendship between the smart, pretty young woman and the resident weirdo. A supernatural, mysterious young girl with an affinity for Eggo waffles. It might not sound like it works, but it does. While this summer’s Ghostbusters revival became the new punchline to every…

Gilmore Girls: A Fan Culture Fan cultures offer more engagement and interaction with a particular narrative. People within the fan cultures of television shows often participate in gatherings such as “watch party” rituals as well as acts of ostension that allow them to interact more deeply with the narrative. Fan culture members often have collections of memorabilia, participate in fan conventions, participate in discussions about their feelings involving the particular thing they are a fan of,…

Americans Have An Unhealthy Obsession over Celebrities Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity: [is] doing something over and over again and expecting a different result”(1). There are two types of celebrity obsessions: one type is the individual who has a healthy fascination towards a celebrity, perhaps for their generous personality or admirable talent; and then there is the insane individual who has a complete and involved relationship with a celebrity, they may even revolve the celebrity 's…

Celebrities on Social Media “Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are where stars go to be made and where dying stars go live again” (Allen). Since the Internet has appeared, the music industry has been majorly impacted. Celebrities are now able to gain exposure and fans, and can also use social media to connect with their fans and stay famous. They are able to get more exposure and promote themselves to help their careers. They also can use their fame for other purposes such as charities. The…

paragraph reflects my first encounter with Bronies as their new club advisor. The interactions I had with this group began to transform my own understandings of masculinity. Furthermore, those experiences made me curious about how this new and growing fandom might alter contemporary conceptions of masculinity within society. But one might wonder, as I did, why this mostly male group is earnestly enjoying a cartoon show often associated with little girls? Bronies present a conundrum to…

FANDOM Over the years since television came to the world shows came out after months and years, but over that years some shows got more attention than some others and that started the fandom on mainly shows that ”intrigued them” and that had started the fandom. Now I wonder how were they created and why they were, not just because they just like the show or movie. How were fandoms created and why do people hate them. From what I learned at first, Fandom is a word used to refer to a group…

The Great Depression was a time of hardship for all Americans. Many laws were passed in both state and federal government. Due to the shortages of food and money, laws were passed that put government regulations on food and prices. This issue was brought up in the Supreme Court Case of Nebbia v. New York in 1934. The case of Nebbia v. New York started with the passage of emergency legislation by the state of New York during the Great Depression. Due to the shortage of milk and the shortage of…

Introduction Geek culture is an arguably deviant subculture that originated from the term "geek," which was originally a pejorative term for a highly intellectual outcast. Nowadays geek culture refers to the subculture that surrounds activities such as collecting and reading comic books, participating in role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, dressing up as an animal or superhero, boys enjoying the children’s television show “My Little Pony," and even just being…

not the best at times, but in the comic you watch it grow and become absolutely astonishing at points to lazy doodles on Microsoft paint. The fans of Homestuck are extremely large, crazy devoted and, probably the legit weirdest fandom from the outside. When your in the fandom it’s still…

to prove that deviance is not relevant in a multicultural society. This report seeks to find the various outcomes when looking at various different Cultural Theoretical perspectives such as structural strain theory as well as subcultures such as furries. The society that will be researched is Australia, as it is culturally diverse and has many different subcultures within. It is evident that deviance is not relevant in a multicultural society such as Australia however it is still relevant in…