A Study in Fanthropology,
A More Robust Spread
Welcome to The Unconventional Digest.
What you’ll see here is over eight years of continuous toil, for no compensation other than “it needed doing”. Professional journalism and academic integrity have been laughably discarded. Late-stage capitalism has warped the stories and communities that filled us all with wonder, in stupefying directions. Addressing this requires integrity and empirical facts, given dystopian revivals of neofascism, anti-intellectualism, and fifth columnists within corporate interests and echo-chambers.
It’s high time these fan subcultures were treated as cultures, with their own history, and, dare we say, fanthropology. Explore the genesis of this endeavor…