Candace Epps-Robertson, Bertha Chin, Lori Morimoto join finnagain to discuss transcultural fandoms and their joys and challenges from both personal and scholarly perspectives. This extended cut includes the comparison of transnational vs transcultural perspectives, transcultural challenges in fan studies, and appreciating geopolitical history through fandom.
In this extended cut of the Challenging Fandom Racism roundtable, fan studies scholars Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, and Dr. Samantha Close join finnagain to discuss transformative fandom’s cyclical struggle to recognise racism, the skepticism and harassment faced by fans and acafans who speaking out against racism, why the AO3 and the OTW need to change, and ways fans can practice anti-racism in our fannish lives and online communities.
The extended cut version of the Geek Interpreter panel aired in Episode 61: Emotional Context. Fan studies academics Dr. Joseph Brennan, Dr. Lori Morimoto, and Hannah Mueller join consulting fan finnagain to discuss the concept of queerbaiting, its relevance to transformative fandom, how it can come up in fan/creator interactions, and factors in and around the source media that affect that conversation.