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Thea Wood's avatar

Great and fairly disturbing read. You’ve done much more research on this than I have, but thought I’d share two articles I wrote on Stan culture focusing on female celebs.

https://www.herizonmusic.com/p/music-stalkers-stans-fans-part-1

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Monia Ali's avatar

Thank you for sharing!

You know, you're reminding me of Kate Bush... she had multiple stalker experiences but ALSO had an academic stalk her and publish a biography on her using what he learned. I kind of can't believe it got published, but it's another reminder of how this type of behaviour is excused or even embraced if it's for "the right reason"!

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Monia Ali's avatar

Agreed! Imaginary social worlds are still incredibly impactful and affect us profoundly, and with the online infrastructure we use we're all sitting ducks.

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Monia Ali's avatar

Touché-- it's more that the relationships are asymmetrical and based on very different things.

I would love to hear more about what was happening in tennis, if you feel like elaborating!

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