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traegorn.bsky.social
Fandom spaces are adult spaces. #fandom #fandomhistory
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
traegorn.bsky.social
So called #proshippers built your fandom spaces #fandom #fandomhistory
January 13, 2026 at 5:28 PM
traegorn.bsky.social
Squick was a very useful fandom term and we need to bring it back. #fandom #fandomhistory #squick #booktok #nerdstuff
September 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
transformartive.com
There is less than a week to vote for the @ursamajorawards.org so get out and vote for your favorite anthropomorphic works of 2025!

ursamajorawards.org/voting2025/

#ursamajorawards #fursuit #fandomhistory
March 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
clottedscream.bsky.social
my oft forgotten wife who pioneered tumblr sexypeople gijinkification even though her fuckass clock husband always gets all the credit
#dhmis #fandomhistory
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
danielcavicchi.bsky.social
“Naming Historical Fans” summarizes my research on the range of English-language terms used to describe an avid person before “fan” emerged in the 1880s.
#FanStudies #FandomHistory

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
May 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
doronjosama.bsky.social
Y'ALL. I sure hope these still work, since my previous abode didn't have A/C for like 8-9 years. 😅 #animefan #conlife #fandomhistory #vhs #holyshit
An assortment of VHS tapes, labeled with 90's & early 00's anime & comic con names, featuring cosplay contests, etc.
August 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
traegorn.bsky.social
No, 12 year olds shouldn't be left unattended in fandom spaces. 😆 #fandom #fandomhistory
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
doronjosama.bsky.social
It's Cosplay #ThrowbackThursday! This week, we visit Pittcon aka WorldCon 1960! Dick & Pat Lupoff as Captain & Mary Marvel, from the collection of Mike Resnick. Photo by Charles N. Brown. #cosplay #tbt #CosplayHistory #60sCosplay #WorldCon1960 #dicklupoff #patlupoff #charlesnbrown #FandomHistory
Dick and Pat Lupoff dressed as Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel, at WorldCon 1960.
April 19, 2024 at 3:53 AM
doronjosama.bsky.social
It's Cosplay #ThrowbackThursday! This week, catching up on some more A-Kon 29 cosplay photos! Super cute kimono Sailor Moon group! #cosplay #tbt #CosplayIsForEveryone #CosplayHistory #FandomHistory #sailormoon #ConLife #conventions #akon29 #akon2018 #CosplayLife #HallCosplay #TexasCosplay #MyPhotos
From left to right: Sailor Mars in yellow floral kimono, Sailor Jupiter in green floral kimono, Sailor Moon in pink floral kimono, Sailor Mercury in blue floral kimono and Sailor Mars in red floral kimono. All the girls are smiling and very cute.
December 20, 2024 at 6:02 AM
queerasfact.bsky.social
Absolutely incredible find at the op shop today! I can't
believe we just happened to come across these while
Jasmine is working on a Star Trek episode - if only
research were always this easy.
#startrek #fandomhistory
Stack of 1970s Star Trek books featuring 'Meaning in Star Trek'; 'I am not Spock'; copies of 'The Best of Trek' and others
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
notchesblog.bsky.social
New on NOTCHES: “Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era” by Diana W. Anselmo.

Link: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4UE

#FandomHistory #Herstory #QueerHistory #QueerFandom #HeatedRivalry
May 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
doctorsbeardpod.bsky.social
December 11, 1985 - Looking to find this episode of The Enthusiasts from Radio 4 in 1985 where Doctor Who fandom was observed.
#DoctorWho #Radio4 #TheEnthusiasts #1985 #FandomHistory #Nostalgia #ClassicTelevision #WhoFans
March 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
doronjosama.bsky.social
For Day 1 of #29DaysofBlackCosplay2024, it's Cosplay #ThrowbackThursday! LA Con IV aka WorldCon 2006! A lovely unidentified lady cosplayed as Guinan. Photo by Kay Shapero. #cosplay #tbt #28daysofblackcosplay #CosplayIsForEveryone #CosplayHistory #WorldCon2006 #startrekcosplay #lacon4 #FandomHistory
February 1, 2024 at 5:11 PM
danielcavicchi.bsky.social
In “The Search for a Deep Time of Theatrical Fandom,” Peter W. Marx explores the historical implications of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century theater’s recirculation of older forms adoration and veneration.

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

#FanStudies #FandomHistory
May 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
traegorn.bsky.social
The problem is that we've gone too virtual with fandom #fandom #fandomhistory #realhumanconnectionisgood
January 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
traegorn.bsky.social
Most of the problems in fandom today are because we've moved virtual I think... #fandom #fandomhistory
January 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
doctorsbeardpod.bsky.social
November 20, 1986 - Peterborough Standard - A profile of a young 12 year old founder of a local chapter of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. #DoctorWho
#DoctorWhoAppreciationSociety
#Whovian
#Peterborough
#1986
#YoungFounder
#FanSociety
#SciFiHistory
#DoctorWhoFans
#FandomHistory
April 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
doronjosama.bsky.social
It's Cosplay #ThrowbackThursday! This week, we visit Seacon aka WorldCon 1961! Ellie Turner & Karen Anderson. Photo by Ben Jason. #cosplay #tbt #CosplayIsForEveryone #CosplayHistory #60sCosplay #WorldCon1961 #seacon #scifi #sff #FandomHistory #WorldCon #sexycosplaywasalwaysathing
Ellie Turner and Karen Anderson in sci-fi babe cosplay at WorldCon 1961. They are standing in a rather dull hotel function room with wood paneling and floor, one is wearing a green gauze and sequins belly dancer-esque ensemble and the other is in a purple vest and loincloth over a flesh-colored leotard.
January 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
danielcavicchi.bsky.social
In “’Long Live Mrs. Heiberg!’: Fame, Theater and the Birth of Fan Culture in Nineteenth-Century Copenhagen,” Clement Räthel explores fannish audience reactions to Danish theater celebrity Johanne Luise Heiberg.
#FanStudies #FandomHistory

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
June 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
danielcavicchi.bsky.social
Stephan Michael Schröder’s “Possessing Actors and Actresses: Theater Stars and Early Film Stars on Postcards in Comparison” analyzes why fans collected postcard images of stars, across late-19th-C. theater and early-20th-C. cinema. #FanStudies #FandomHistory

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
June 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
doctorsbeardpod.bsky.social
February 28, 1985 - It's crazy how the press reported the resting of Doctor Who and how quickly fandom came together to protest.
#DoctorWho #WhoFans #FandomHistory #1980sTV #SciFiLegacy #TimeLordTribute #FanPower
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
morgandawn.bsky.social
A few months back, I  participated in an interview about the media fandom oral history project by the OTW journal, Fanhackers. It was released today

fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2023/11/22/a...

#FandomHistory
#OralHistory
#Archives
#OrganizationForTransformativeWorks
#OTW
#FanHackers
The media fandom oral history project an interview with founders Morgan Dawn and Francesca Dickson
November 23, 2023 at 5:14 PM
danielcavicchi.bsky.social
NEW BOOK: Admirers, Fanciers and Devotees: The Early History of Fandom.

E-book version released today: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#FanStudies #FandomHistory
Cover of Admirers, Fanciers and Devotees, with the top third featuring a black & white illustration of four women in a theater balcony peering through opera glasses; the second third featuring the author and title information (Daniel Cavicchi/Stephan Michael Schröder (Eds.), Admirers, Fanciers and Devotees: The Early History of Fandom) in white print on a dark red background; and the bottom third featuring the imprint logo (J.B. Metzler), in white print on a lighter red background. Screenshot of Contents page: ‘A Dear Child With Many Names’: An Introduction to Expanding the History of Fandom, Daniel Cavicchi and Stephan Michael Schröder / Naming Historical Fans, Daniel Cavicchi / The Search for a Deep Time of Theatrical Fandom, Peter W. Marx / ‘His God Is Rossini’: Enthusiastic Opera Audiences in Restoration Paris, Lindsay A. Weaver / ‘Long Live Mrs Heiberg!’: Fame, Theater and the Birth of Fan Culture in Nineteenth-Century Copenhagen, Clemens Räthel / Celebrities and Confectionary: The Edible History of Theater Fandom, Agata Łuksza / Possessing Actors and Actresses: Theater Stars and Early Film Stars on Postcards in Comparison, Stephan Michael Schröder.
May 11, 2026 at 1:21 PM