17. celeb culture & parasocial relationships (w/amanda & amber)

Fangirl Central

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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