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In our newest piece, Michael Boyle writes about divisions in the Scream fandom nearly a year after star Melissa Barrera was fired for pro-Palestinian posts—and how some fans weaponize "toxic fan" framings to oppose a boycott. Read or listen to an audio version: www.fansplaining.com/articles/the...

Screenshot of text reading: It’s a tone that would’ve been in line for a typical Scream fandom disagreement before Barrera’s firing. As the new films embraced a new cast, it was common throughout 2022-23 for older fans to defend their OG favorites from the younger fans who didn’t share the same nostalgia for them. Older fans bragging about having seen the original movies in theaters, or about how they’ve been quoting Gale Weathers since before newer fans were even born, used to be harmless, if a little annoying. To do the same sort of bragging in this political context, however, feels a lot darker and more disingenuous. Laughing about “flop Barrera stans” getting owned by Neve Campbell’s return takes on a different tone when many of Barrera’s supporters are motivated by a far more serious issue; it certainly comes across as more ghoulish than they perhaps intended.
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The podcast—and publication!—by, for, and about fandom. Reporting and analysis on fan culture published once a month, with more than 250 episodes of the podcast (currently on hiatus) in our back catalog! fansplaining.com // patreon.com/fansplaining
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