My last post was about Avatar haters and the pleasures of their hate, but here’s a wonderful clip playing another type of anti-fandom, namely fraudulent anti-fandom:
Thanks for posting this–I hadn’t seen it yet. What really strikes me about the Twilight anti-fandom (and your example demonstrates it clearly) is the way derogatory references to gender and sexuality (particularly feminine and queer references) are used to denounce the books and movies.
Jonathan,
Thanks for posting this–I hadn’t seen it yet. What really strikes me about the Twilight anti-fandom (and your example demonstrates it clearly) is the way derogatory references to gender and sexuality (particularly feminine and queer references) are used to denounce the books and movies.