PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne
Sascha Tanuja Samlal is a PhD candidate at The University of Melbourne in Cultural Studies. Her research project titled, Shame and the Figure of the Fangirl: Reconfiguring Shame in Popular Music Fandom, commenced in 2023. Her research spans fandom studies, social media studies, critical femininity studies, and feminist and queer theory. She is an advocate for attending to questions of femininity and queer lived experiences in research.
Shame, intimacy, and community: fangirls are mocked, but it is more complex than you might think
Feb 20, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
With Taylor Swift pulling in over half-a-million audience members on her Australian tour, weve been thinking a lot about fans. In this series, our academics dive into fan cultures: how they developed, how they operate, and...