Girl.

Girl.

What's going on with these fandoms?

Is it just like, fandoms are crazy because we're all going crazy?

You know what I mean?

I will say this.

I'm proud of us.

We were very leveled in our fandom around Miss Beyonce's Carter.

Now, we've come a long way. You and I have also come a long way. Let's own that. The work.

Therapy works. Well, I'm Salli Jones. And I'm Zach Stafford. And you are listening to Vibe Check. to vibe check.

Today, we are talking all about toxic fan culture.

And yes, for years, fandoms have always been a bit problematic.

You know, Saeed and I are millennials, which means we are part of the foundation of the Beehive and the Barbes.

Both are, I would say, some of the most powerful fandoms in pop culture outside the

Swifties.

And also, maybe two of the most problematic fandoms within Polity.

I would say Swifties are also problematic.

But they are, Swifties are the most in my mind.

The most.

I don't know.

I feel like Star Wars, you know, it's, but we've seen a lot.

And certainly I think through pop music, the concept of the stand, which of course we get from

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