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Mar 2021
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Fanthropology (FANDOM) with Meredith Lev...

ALIE WARD
About this episode

Why does some music give us butterflies? Why do we loooove certain comic books, social media accounts or TV characters? What story does your toothpaste tell? Legit professional Fanthropologist Meredith Levine is a fount of fandom knowledge and we chat all about everything from cosplay to K-Pop, Star Wars, Frasier, Trekkies, fan-fic, how influencer culture works, the algorithms, and how loving what we love is a form of self-care. WHO KNEW? Meredith did.

Follow Meredith Levine at Twitter.com/meredithgene or @MeredithGene on Clubhouse.

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