Professional fangirl and writer Allegra Rosenberg joins Amanda & Amber for an academic conversation where they truly intellectualize fandom. They talk Tumblr, the origins of shipping/fanfic/fan vidding, finding fandom community, media vs. band fandom, and the book Allegra is currently writing on fandom history in the last 200 years FANDOM FOREVER (AND EVER).

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SHOUTOUTS

Allegra’s episode of Fansplaining:https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vQzckcmr0g8gkKW5g1xgh?si=5rTzhmi-RzuG77orMp_uyA

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 intro

02:02 how Amanda and Allegra met

03:29 Allegra’s fandom origins

06:44 Neil Gaiman song

09:12 Doctor Who

12:42 fangirl shame & Rookie Magazine chat

14:53 aesthetic vs fandom tumblr

18:11 Good Omens fangirl revival

18:54 Allegra’s Good Omens fanfics

20:49: origin of shipping

23:43 X-Files & 90s fandom

24:27 lurking vs community in fandom

26:47 fan community before the internet

29:09 marginalized outgroups & fandom

30:48 media consumption

36:25 The Terror & fan friend recommendations 

38:57 fandom is play & euphoric

41:43 fandom is for everyone!

43:02 are Bravo watchers a fandom?

46:05 surface level vs intense fandom

49:28 Homestuck as unique, gender diverse fandom

51:04 in person vs internet communities

ALLEGRA’S BOOK!

53:48 fandom through an academic lens

57:28 fanboys vs fangirls thru history

59:28 what counts as fandom? F1 chat

1:04:00 sports fandom is inherently social

1:06:00 trying to watch Classic Who

1:09:00 keeping up w/global fandom

1:10:00 fan vidding, zines, RPF (Real Person Fiction) in history

1:12:00 self-insert 1D fanfiction, RPF vs celeb culture

1:16:00 Omegaverse created by RPF shippers

1:20:00 crossover, fusion, self-insert / AU fanfics chat

1:22:00 media vs band fandom. 

1:27:00 “cool” vs “nerd” fandoms

1:33:00 When did Allegra decide she wanted to write this book?

1:37:00 historically white vs black fandom

1:39:00 “silencing the audience” & mania

1:44:00 elevated fan status in fandom

1:46:00 fan influencers

1:48:00 sharing space IRL

1:51:00 Allegra watched Sherlock live 

1:53:00 outro + shoutouts

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