17. celeb culture & parasocial relationships (w/amanda & amber)
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In truly the rawest episode yet, Amanda & Amber are talking reality tv, celebrity culture, the DANGER of parasocial relationships, their sister dynamic, and how fangirling has truly helped them heal from childhood. GET INTO IT!
HOSTS: Amanda (@amandalaynemiller) + Amber Miller (@amberlmiller)
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 1D could’ve been Nickelodeon kids & Niall was a Justin Bieber fangirl
4:44 the stank bitches we went to school with & healing from it as fangirls
8:12 our audience is so cool
8:52 our CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN screening & fan community
10:45 reclaiming “drama queen” as fangirls
14:46 REALITY TV
- JERSEY SHORE: an oral history of “the note”
- toxic cast member dynamics
- the ethics of being a reality tv fangirl
- LOVE ISLAND & dating shows need racism sniffers!!!
- reality tv could be art
29:09 this podcast is healing us as fangirls & sisters
- growing from sisters to friends
- what we admire about each other
37:50 fangirling healed Amanda from being scared to be seen as a “nerd” (hidden DOCTOR WHO obsession)
- the need to be “cool”
- being a nerd IS cool
44:16 concert season (renaissance, jonas brothers, eras)
46:40 I can only have so many hyperfixations at once
47:40 I am in recovery from the One Direction fandom
49:24 PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS: A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT CELEBRITY CULTURE
- “We don’t know him! We just know how the art makes us feel!”
- parasocial relationships make fandom worse
- beware the cult-like followship of stan culture
1:04:21 THE DAY I DIDN’T MEET ONE DIRECTION - REFLECTION (we’re speaking to ourselves)
1:09:27 confronting the reality of meeting our fav celebs
1:14:09 feeling intense joy from ART
1:23:54 our custom Funko Pops from Pizza Hut #pizzahutpartner
1:25:04 good omens/David Tennant update
1:27:11 COMING SOON: the rise in queer content (GOS2, OFMD, RWRB, etc.)
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