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Imagination: Invented Memories, Suspense, and Made Up Languages

Fantasy and Fandom

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Fandom vs. The Canon: Why Pop Culture Belongs in School

From Tolstoy to Taylor Swift

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Unpopular Opinions in Fandom: Why Dissenting Voices Make Fan Communities Better

Hot takes lead to great conversations

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The Rewatch Effect: How Returning to Stories Again and Again Make us More Curious

Fifth or fiftieth rewatch? Understandable.

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What Plot Holes Reveal About How Deeply We Love Fiction

Why narrative inconsistencies can annoy, delight, or mystify fans

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Curiosity in Fandom: Plot Holes, Unpopular Opinions, Rewatches, and Academia

For fans who love to ask questions

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The Evangelist's Dilemma: Can One Be A Fan Without a Fandom Community?

The experience of loving something alone

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The Beautiful Agony of Waiting: How Fandom Turned Anticipation Into an Art Form

Nothing beats that sweet expectation

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The Fan Festival Boom: Why Fandom Is Moving Off Social Media and Into Real Life

From online to IRL

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Book vs. Movie: Why We Think the Book Was Better (And What That Really Means)

Or was it?

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The Fun of Fanfare: Book-to-Movie Excitement, Fan Festivals, Anticipation, and Fanatics

Gather ‘round, die-hards! The celebration is on!

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Did We Kill Taste? How the Streaming Era Gives Us More Choices but Fewer Surprises

Finding what we like in pop culture today

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Tropes and Pop Culture: How Archetypes Shape Taste and Identity

It’s giving Main Character Energy

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Why Your Pop Culture Taste Isn't Random: It's a Map of Your Identity

What we like changes with who we are

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A Matter of Taste: Personal Identity, Aesthetics in Pop Culture, Affects of Streaming, and Guilty Pleasures

March is for mixing it up!

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Author Matt Browning Talks Books, Business, and His Love for Gilmore Girls

An exclusive interview with a pop culture references expert!

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The Social Power of Play: How We Communicate Through Games

Play is a dialogue between players and audiences

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