On today’s episode of The Xanadu Review, I’m joined by Monia Ali. We discuss fandom culture and modern consumerism. We get into stan culture vs fan culture, Monia’s experience getting exiled from fandom, fandom as religion, internet personality as art, the possibility of completely virtual musicians/pop stars, the difficulties new artists face, and the return to the local art scene.
An entertainment industry in which every performer and creative product is entirely artificial is one which I will never be a patron of.
The toxic fan thing coincides with something I was thinking about today, the trad bros in conservative Christianity. It's much the same mindset. "You apostate, you don't know real Christianity!" Dude, you watched a Candice Owens video and now you think you're a defender of the true faith (tm). As they say in the King James Bible, calmeth thy arse down. It's like they ran out of anime to bitch about.
An entertainment industry in which every performer and creative product is entirely artificial is one which I will never be a patron of.
The toxic fan thing coincides with something I was thinking about today, the trad bros in conservative Christianity. It's much the same mindset. "You apostate, you don't know real Christianity!" Dude, you watched a Candice Owens video and now you think you're a defender of the true faith (tm). As they say in the King James Bible, calmeth thy arse down. It's like they ran out of anime to bitch about.