{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63ff60e024a4200011de23ef/68dbbfb1597bc7d53f6cc1a5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What is Fandom?","description":"<p>The end of season three is probably the best time to finally confront an all important question: what actually is fandom? How do we define this strange thing? Is it even possible? We chat about the history of the word and idea, take a little side path down an explanation of cultural evolutionary anthropology, and end with a big 'ol question of whether we can actually ever get away from some of the problematic ideas we have.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Some stuff:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vivianasimos.com/taylor-swift-and-myth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vivian's Taylor Swift project</a></p><p>Holly briefly mentioned <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/incidentalmythology/p/how-we-perform-belief-in-pop-culture?r=2mx1rd&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vivian's pool analogy, so it's here if you're interested</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Our Socials</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vivianasimos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Vivian's Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lilistprince\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Holly's Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fanofthatpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Pod's Instagram</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Buy Our Books!</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Fans-and-Fandom-Hardback/p/49085\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Buy Holly's Book!</u></a></p><p><a href=\"https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/cosplay-and-the-dressing-of-identity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Buy Vivian's Book!</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fan Of That is now on Patreon!</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/fanofthatpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Go support us over there!</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>Music for this episode was Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLead Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0</p><p><br></p><p>Logo by Moira Daykin, <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mecha_moira/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>@mecha_moira</u></a> on instagram</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was produced by Vivian Asimos and Holly Swinyard</p>","author_name":"Vivian Asimos and Holly Swinyard"}