Look What Google Made Taylor Swift Do

Why her AI videos should alarm us all.

Oct 8 • 

Monia Ali

29

We need a framework to treat fandom trauma

Well, online trauma in general.

Oct 6 • 

Monia Ali

18

6

September 2025

Manufacturing Cougar Bait

Positioning teen boys for adult desire: from Bieber to One Direction and beyond

Sep 10 • 

Monia Ali

50

12

August 2025

SXSW 2025 Promises That Fandom is the Future

Non-entertainment brands have gone mask-off in their pursuit of fans.

Aug 30 • 

Monia Ali

14

Personal Update: Open to Work

Heading for unemployment.

Aug 25 • 

Monia Ali

24

Fandom Trauma, Revisited

Op-Ed from exiledfan.

Aug 19 • 

Monia Ali

26

14

July 2025

The Parasocial Limerence Phenomenon

The logical end result of affect mining.

Jul 31 • 

Monia Ali

34

2

The Celebrity Relationship Industrial Complex

Every celebrity relationship is calculated (even the real ones)

Jul 9 • 

Monia Ali

26

10

June 2025

Fan Loyalty or Stockholm Syndrome?

The human cost of fan labour.

Jun 3 • 

Monia Ali

30

23

May 2025

Creating a Fans First Concert Industry

Can the concert/ticketing industry be disrupted in a way that benefits fans?

May 20 • 

Monia Ali

22

6

April 2025

Introducing Forensic Fandom

Not transformational or affirmational fandom, but a secret, third thing.

Apr 28 • 

Monia Ali

29

11

This Is What the Zizians Actually Believe

+ the erosion of fandom's gift economy, thought digest 03.20.2025

Published on default.blog • Apr 9