Bonus: The Buffy Fandom on Trial (feat. Ian Carlos Crawford)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer has rightfully garnered a sustained, international following of devoted fans. Within any such community, there can be a lot of love, as well as toxicity and harm. Is the Buffy fandom OK? It’s back-to-back trials as the Prophecy Girls weigh the evidence against the fandom itself. Ian Carlos Crawford of Slayerfest ’98 joins as a guest judge.

 

Hear us discuss…

• Origins of fandom
• Podcasts and participatory culture
• Conventions, screenings, and stalkers
• Internalized misogyny of the show and fans
• Bystander casualties of the shipping wars

 

Trigger warnings

Misogyny, stalking

 

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