elfpie@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoThe burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandomstaylorlorenz.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up168file-text
arrow-up168external-linkThe burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandomstaylorlorenz.substack.comelfpie@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoLet’s take that etymology one step further: “fan” comes from “fanatic”, so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.
Let’s take that etymology one step further: “fan” comes from “fanatic”, so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.