When Fandom Is the Problem
by Katharine Trendacosta on io9, shared by Tom Ley to from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4J2DP)
"Fandom"-the participatory community that grows out of a piece of media-has come to dominate pop culture. Fandom is not simply being a fan of something. Fandom is performing being a fan by creating transformative works, collecting knowledge, cosplaying, attending conventions, and, ever-increasingly, being vocal"