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  • Cosplay Is A Business And It Is Suffering

    Cosplay Is A Business And It Is Suffering

    Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is at home prepping her next shipment of washable masks to help people prevent the spread of covid-19.


  • The Decade Fandom Went Corporate

    The Decade Fandom Went Corporate

    In the last twenty years, fandom and mass culture have basically merged. Fans and fandom spent the 2000s fighting for legitimacy and proving their combined worth. And corporations? Well, they spent the 2010s learning how to co-opt fandom to silence critics, manipulate press, and make even more money.