Talk:Graying of Fandom

Twitter & Fandom: the union of the old and the new

Hi æthel there was a little Twitter thread recently that led me to remember this page in question. Your update of course made my mind much more connected to this fact. Well... for some reason some users started to complain about people between 26 and 30 years old who read fanfics, saying that they should be at home washing dishes and taking care of their children, complaining that the fandom was no place for these women (forgetting also about the men and non-binary people who are in these groups). Clearly this was seen as bullying, machismo and sexism. Besides, of course, ageism. A subject that has permeated that bubble that is the social network a lot. People from a young side, who haven't lived through fandom censorship, excluded sites and who have no idea what it's like to be persecuted for liking and consuming certain content against people adults who just want to enjoy their pleasures now that they have the financial conditions to What I'm trying to say is that the ageism, machismo and sexism of fandom are slowly making a comeback in some young people online. While states like Iowa tax works with Black Lives Matter, Indian Reservations, and Young Adult content as pornography, countries censor LGBTQIAP+ (QUEER) content, teenagers from 15/16 year olds are complaining that people over 30 are still in the fandom. On the one hand we have aging fandoms while on the other hand we have those who expel their elders. As I recall, it all started because a 26/28 year old girl commented that she had a job, children and still shipping Larry (which led to many antis making attacks that in the end reached the most young people in this and other fandoms, who would band together to spread their thoughts against people they see as old people who couldn't be fans) -- Ellakbhesse (talk) 18:52, 23 January 2022 (UTC)