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How Swifties will take over sourdough

Ashlie D. Stevens

"Kpop Demon Hunters": Jeoseung saja Jinu just wants a bit of your soul that's all (Netflix)

The K-pop obsession with your soul

Tegan Quin and Sara Quin on "Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara" (Hulu/Disney)

Tegan and Sara catfishing doc bombshells

A portrait of Liam Payne is seen placed on a tree outside Casa Sur Hotel on October 17, 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Marcos Brindicci/Getty Images)

The tragedy of pop star Liam Payne

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Seven-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift took the European leg of her blockbuster The RED Tour show to Berlin's, O2 World playing to a capacity crowd of more than 10,700 fans on February 7, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for TAS)

Swifties should let go of policing Swift

Chappell Roan attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Chappell Roan affirms her boundaries

Manny Jacinto as The Stranger in "Star Wars: The Acolyte" (Lucasfilm Ltd.)

The Acolyte: Sex appeal & the dark side

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)

When fans mourn a celebrity breakup

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Lizzo attends the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Can fans accept the reality of Lizzo?

Melanie McFarland

Stephanie Hsu as Kat, Sherry Cola as Lolo, Ashley Park as Audrey and Sabrina Wu as Deadeye in "Joy Ride" (Ed Araquel/Lionsgate)

Joy Ride: Nudity representation matters

P!NK performs at BST Hyde Park Festival 2023 at Hyde Park on June 24, 2023 in London, England. (Burak Cingi/Redferns/Getty Images)

Why concert fans hurl stuff at artists

Gabriella Ferrigine

Woman making heart shape with hands at music event (Getty Images/Antonio Suarez Vega)

Can "stanning” be a form of recovery?

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry on September 16, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (ACMA2020/Getty Images for ACM)

What Taylor Swift demands of her fandom

Kanye West (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The year we were done with Kanye West

Melanie McFarland

England fans react as they watch England's victory over Norway in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-finals on the West Holts stage during day two of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 27, 2019 in Glastonbury, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The perks of being a sports fan

Ben Valenta, David Sikorjak

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Minneapolis Police Union head Bob Kroll on stage during a campaign rally at the Target Center on October 10, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The rally follows a week of a contentious back and forth between President Trump and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Flaming the fans

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com

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Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (Warner Bros.)

"Harry Potter" & the problematic creator

Ashlie D. Stevens

Kelly Marie Tran and John Boyega in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (Disney/LucasFilms)

Star Wars fandom goes to the dark side

Kelly Marie Tran (AP/Jordan Strauss)

The ugly side of "Star Wars" fandom

Princess Weekes - The Mary Sue

Superboy #78 (Superman family TM & © DC Comics)

The gay appeal of superheroes

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Brony love is good love (Yay)

Jim Morrison (Wikimedia)

You can admit you've moved on

Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

H.P. Lovecraft (Wikimedia)

Don't deny Lovecraft's racism

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