Jen’s daughter is nine years old, with shoulder-length brown hair and darting, fearful eyes. She’s anxious and withdrawn, and her mother says she doesn’t get asked to go on play dates very often. When ...

Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media landscape is getting weird — but Perkins thinks Fandom is poised to survive and thrive. Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media ...

“Fandom”—the participatory community that grows out of a piece of media—has come to dominate pop culture. Fandom is not simply being a fan of something. Fandom is performing being a fan by creating ...

One of the notable features of science fiction and fantasy fandom is that it exists around five to 10 years ahead of the curve when it comes to information technology. The 50% of the early world wide ...

Fan Service is a column by pop culture and fandom writer Stitch that looks at the highs and lows of fandom, and unpacks how what we do online, and for fun, connects back to the way we think about the ...

Fandom is not a new word, but people talk about it more often than ever before. Be it music or sports, the world has experienced how powerful fans’ hearts can be—not only in entertainment but also for ...

An article a few weeks ago in Salon was ominously titled “Let’s all stop ignoring The Fandom Menace. It’s real, and it’s winning.” The article contends that toxic factions have become a built-in ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Online safe spaces are becoming hostile territory. Sofía Viera is a queer freelance writer from Puerto Rico who currently resides in Brooklyn. She writes about anything in culture that catches her ...

VIP+ Analysis: Insights for marketers on U.S. entertainment franchise fans and how to reach them in a fragmented media landscape. In today’s media landscape, it’s more exciting than ever to be a fan ...

Infighting and backlash among Heated Rivalry fans is most pronounced on X—fueled in part by censorship-driven migration from platforms like Tumblr. “I was in my early twenties, I was trying to move to ...

One of the most powerful drivers of human experience is our need to belong. That can be a healthy impulse that motivates us to join sports teams, chess clubs or fandoms – or a drive that leaves us ...