Fangirling so hard rn: queering obsession & “parasocial relationships”
Update: 2025-05-13
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Is fandom culture a way to politically and ethically refuse normative attachments - a way to opt out of the mainstream? In this episode we neuroqueer the idea of ‘obsession’ and discuss what ‘parasocial’ relationships even are at a time in which algorithms are always already dis/organising social life. Inspired by the Japanese novel Idol, Burning by Rin Usami and a recent Black Mirror episode, this one (predictably) gets a bit existential…
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