Tag: Rule 34

• Categorizing Fractured Fandom

  

  Defining Fractured Fandom According to the discipline of fan studies, at this point in history, being a fan is considered a positive for any individual. Being a fan helps people discover their identities, and to determine what they like and do not like. Being a fan helps people find friends, establish communities, and develop a […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 12, 2015

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Digital Games, Fandom, Internet Studies

  antifans, anxiety, Avril Lavigne, blackface, bronies, canon, cosplay, creativity, cultural appropriation, DC, dialogue, Discourse, diversity, echo chambers, emasculation, empathy, fake geek girls, fanatics, fanboys, Fandom, fanon, fans, filter bubbles, fractured fandom, furries, GamerGate, gender, gender appropriateness, Gwen Stefani, hate-watching, hooligans, identity, ideology, insecurity, insularity, Julianne Hough, Katy Perry, legitimacy, love, Marvel, otaku, perspective-taking, privilege, producers, racism, reactionary, Respect, rivalries, Rule 34, sexism, sexualization, Shipping, Slash, snarking, sports, Star Trek, Star Wars, stereotypes, trolling, Twihards, Virtual Reality, yellowface

• Equestria Girls: Targeting Furries?

  This will definitely be receiving more academic treatment from me, as I do some side projects on the issues of gender and reception surrounding My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  This new movie turns the ponies into quasi-humans (they retain their pony colors but in human form).  Hasbro says they are trying to target teenage […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  May 12, 2013

  Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom

  bronies, Equestria Girls, fan activity, fetish, furries, Hasbro, Marketing, My Little Pony, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rule 34, sexualization