The latest issue of The New Yorker knows how to grab your attention. The headline promises, "How Superfans Captured the Culture," and warns, "One afternoon, Wanna Thompson, a Nicki Minaj fan, wrote a mildly critical tweet about her idol. Hours later, she had received hundreds of threatening messages — including one from Minaj's own account — and been fired from her internship. Michael Shulman reports on the rise of extreme fandom."
If you're wondering how critical Thompson was, she merely wrote, "You know how dope it would be if Nicki put out mature content? No silly [stuff]. Just reflecting on past relationships, being a boss, hardships, etc. She's touching 40 soon, a new direction is needed." Not exactly a scathing reproach, but apparently one that hundreds of people believed must be rebuked with a response of pure rage.
Extreme fandom, toxic fandom — The New Yorker article argues, "fans are more powerful than ever." Is this something new, though? How different is this from young women getting into screaming ...
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