One of the best (but mainly worst – let’s be honest now) creations to come about from celebrity culture.<\/p>\n
SO WHAT ARE FANDOMS?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n![\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/michellerocks\/5207491998\"](\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shanicetaylor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/01\/beatlemania-300x223.jpg\")
Screaming fans. Adoring signs of love and worship. Not much has changed.<\/p><\/div>\n
Fandoms have been around as early as 1897 with detective Sherlock Holmes causing some of the very first fan fiction and art to be created and still distributed to this day.<\/p>\n
Then of course the era of ‘Beatlemania’<\/a> began in the 60s; an intense fan frenzy for the British band.<\/p>\nSocial media and online forums however have fuelled the formation of fan groups, groups whose sole purpose is to discuss the goings on of a particular celebrities entire personal life – sounds a bit wrong when it’s spelt out like that huh?<\/p>\n
However the people that are part of these groups possess such a deep rooted loyalty and they are truly devoted to whichever group or individual, that often they form what can only be described as armies. With just their laptop or iPhone to hand a fan can absolutely destroy the life of a complete stranger all because they said they didn’t like Justin Bieber’s new album. When Beyonce released her song ‘Sorry’<\/a> with the lyric “Becky with the good hair” a worldwide internet hunt was conducted to find out if Jay Z was cheating and with whom.<\/p>\nThe power that fandoms have is both terrifying, yet enthralling as too how digital communication has brewed these concoctions of people to such hysteria.<\/p>\n
So whether you’re part of \u00a0The\u00a0‘Beyhive’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beyonc\u00e9_discography\"](\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shanicetaylor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/12\/beyonce-249x300.jpg\")
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The ‘Cumberb*tches’<\/span><\/a> \u00a0(who even thought up that name?)<\/p>\n![\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/honeyfitz\/6148755796\"](\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shanicetaylor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/12\/benedict-cumberbatch-300x225.jpg\")
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The ‘Sheerios’<\/span><\/a> (getting a bit silly now…)<\/p>\n![\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evarinaldiphotography\/8507680539\"](\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shanicetaylor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/12\/Ed_Sheeran-200x300.jpg\")
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or ‘Team Drizzy’\u00a0<\/span><\/a> it’s more than likely you have a type of gushing adoration for these individuals which many wouldn’t understand.<\/p>\n![\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Drake_and_Future_2016_Summer_Sixteen_Tour.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shanicetaylor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/01\/drake--300x288.jpg\")
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“CELEBRITY IS NOT CONSENT”<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\nTisha Mae Eaton’s article highlights how celebrities are treated like toys that fans can play with and treat however they wish. People forget that they are normal people who just happen to have a talent which they share with the general public.<\/p>\n
“Celebrities put their pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us.”<\/em><\/p>\nCelebrities are not there to serve. They don’t owe their fans or their audience anything except enjoyment and a performance from whichever\u00a0industry they belong to. This is the thing they offer to the public. The concept that they willingly wish for people to take pleasure from.<\/p>\n
However…<\/p>\n
Groping. Kissing. Hugging. Cameras shoved in faces. Or any other inappropriate action that happens to them (trust me there are some shockers!) is not what they owe us at all.<\/p>\n
With celebrity culture becoming a part of typical daily life and the scrolling through their Instagram, Twitter and various other social media accounts from morning to night becoming the norm, societal manners and cues are binned and basic human decency is forgotten. In this day and age, celebrities are placed on a pedestal, they are people of awe and wonder that fans can only view from their screens and connect with through the internet.<\/p>\n
WHEN FANDOMS AND THE INTERNET COLLIDE<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\nNow of course fandoms existed way before the internet arrived, except when an obsessed fan developed a crush on Elvis Presley in the 60s they couldn’t then post endless collages of ‘I heart Presley’ and proceed to send threatening tweets and messages to any other person who dared go near him.<\/p>\n
The internet has seriously accelerated the notion of fandoms and fan groups to the point where explicit content posted by supposed devotees leads celebrities to have to delete their social media accounts just to escape it.<\/p>\n
Screaming fans. Adoring signs of love and worship. Not much has changed.<\/p><\/div>\n
Fandoms have been around as early as 1897 with detective Sherlock Holmes causing some of the very first fan fiction and art to be created and still distributed to this day.<\/p>\n
Then of course the era of ‘Beatlemania’<\/a> began in the 60s; an intense fan frenzy for the British band.<\/p>\n Social media and online forums however have fuelled the formation of fan groups, groups whose sole purpose is to discuss the goings on of a particular celebrities entire personal life – sounds a bit wrong when it’s spelt out like that huh?<\/p>\n However the people that are part of these groups possess such a deep rooted loyalty and they are truly devoted to whichever group or individual, that often they form what can only be described as armies. With just their laptop or iPhone to hand a fan can absolutely destroy the life of a complete stranger all because they said they didn’t like Justin Bieber’s new album. When Beyonce released her song ‘Sorry’<\/a> with the lyric “Becky with the good hair” a worldwide internet hunt was conducted to find out if Jay Z was cheating and with whom.<\/p>\n The power that fandoms have is both terrifying, yet enthralling as too how digital communication has brewed these concoctions of people to such hysteria.<\/p>\n So whether you’re part of \u00a0The\u00a0‘Beyhive’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The ‘Cumberb*tches’<\/span><\/a> \u00a0(who even thought up that name?)<\/p>\n The ‘Sheerios’<\/span><\/a> (getting a bit silly now…)<\/p>\n or ‘Team Drizzy’\u00a0<\/span><\/a> it’s more than likely you have a type of gushing adoration for these individuals which many wouldn’t understand.<\/p>\n Tisha Mae Eaton’s article highlights how celebrities are treated like toys that fans can play with and treat however they wish. People forget that they are normal people who just happen to have a talent which they share with the general public.<\/p>\n “Celebrities put their pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us.”<\/em><\/p>\n Celebrities are not there to serve. They don’t owe their fans or their audience anything except enjoyment and a performance from whichever\u00a0industry they belong to. This is the thing they offer to the public. The concept that they willingly wish for people to take pleasure from.<\/p>\n However…<\/p>\n Groping. Kissing. Hugging. Cameras shoved in faces. Or any other inappropriate action that happens to them (trust me there are some shockers!) is not what they owe us at all.<\/p>\n With celebrity culture becoming a part of typical daily life and the scrolling through their Instagram, Twitter and various other social media accounts from morning to night becoming the norm, societal manners and cues are binned and basic human decency is forgotten. In this day and age, celebrities are placed on a pedestal, they are people of awe and wonder that fans can only view from their screens and connect with through the internet.<\/p>\n Now of course fandoms existed way before the internet arrived, except when an obsessed fan developed a crush on Elvis Presley in the 60s they couldn’t then post endless collages of ‘I heart Presley’ and proceed to send threatening tweets and messages to any other person who dared go near him.<\/p>\n The internet has seriously accelerated the notion of fandoms and fan groups to the point where explicit content posted by supposed devotees leads celebrities to have to delete their social media accounts just to escape it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n“CELEBRITY IS NOT CONSENT”<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n
WHEN FANDOMS AND THE INTERNET COLLIDE<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n