Aja Romano writes about pop culture, media, and ethics. Before joining Vox in 2016, they were a staff reporter at the Daily Dot. A 2019 fellow of the National Critics Institute, they’re ...

This trend, though, was always bound to happen when cinema collided with the world of pop fandom. This is not to single out ...

At Fan Expo Philadelphia, Chuck Creekmur explores the unsettling reality of celebrity worship, racial bias, and how fandom ...

Fandom drama isn't a new dilemma on the internet, and many fandoms receive their fair share of criticism for their actions. But it isn't often that a fandom is indirectly called out by its creator.

In 2025, fandom is complicated. Music is at nearly everyone's fingertips. Concert ticket prices are through the roof. Some fans take devotion to new extremes. What do we owe to the artists we love?

Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge. Portia is just a young woman ...

To address the problem, some government departments have carried out many special campaigns and a number of athletes have issued statements or disbanded their fan groups on Weibo, China's leading ...