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In Its Most Extreme Forms, “Stanning” Doesn’t Stray Far From Something More Sinister
If you're spending hours on end feeding your brain with toxic social media nonsense and doxxing people who disagree with your opinion, whose to say the malice stops there?
‘You Didn’t Deserve It’: Taylor Swift Fans Are Relentless
I met Taylor Swift and her fans were pissed. What's with all the madness.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Is Still Gayer Than Ever
How Tolkien’s epic fantasy helped me find gender euphoria and expression on my own terms.
These People Wait Hours To Buy Concert Tickets so You Don’t Have To
Securing concert tickets has never been this difficult. What if you could skip the queue?
How Being A Furry Helped Me Explore My Sexuality
“I put on the fursuit and suddenly I’m ten times more comfortable with the way I look. Honestly, that’s magical.”
Is the ‘Superstar’ Going Extinct in India and Does Gen Z Have Something To Do With It?
The latest Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Pathaan” has the country dancing in the streets. Gen Z tells us why he may be one of the last celebrities left in India who has the power to manifest this scale of frenzy.
RuPaul’s DragCon: Where Drag Queens and Fans Come to Slay
“Drag Race” took the subversive art form mainstream, starting with international fan conventions. But has something been lost along the way?
The Long Wait To Watch SEVENTEEN
I sweated buckets, got bitten by ants, waited hours to get out of the parking lot, and came out a fan.
The Beatles Slept Here
In the 1960s, my mom found their hotel but couldn’t go. Call it unfinished business, but I had to visit—and I brought a medium.
Fanfiction Enthusiasts Are Digitally Preserving Decades Worth of Zines
The Fanzine Scan Hosting Project is helping vintage LGBTQ zines find new audiences—and a home online.
‘Goncharov’: How Tumblr Invented a Martin Scorsese Movie That Doesn't Exist
We talked to the Tumblr fans who created “the greatest Mafia movie ever made” out of thin air.
The 6 Types of Football Fans You'll Meet During the World Cup 2022
From the Jack Grealish stan to the footy dinosaur who's more right wing than Mohamed Salah – they're all here.