The Psychology of Stan Culture
Added 2024-05-16 15:04:00 +0000 UTCCrying, screaming, throwing up! Mother is feeding us! If my faves break up, I'll stop believing in love!
For a while now I've wanted to look into stan culture and see what research and psych speculation is around it! So join for me this episode where we break down what a stan is, the types of stans that exist, which standoms are the craziest, and why stan culture is so ripe in 2024 - at the perfect crossroads of social media, a loneliness epidemic, and more.
2:12 Definition of Stan and doxxing
9:01 Parasocial relationships
20:45 Who is drawn to Stan culture?
23:10 History of celebrity worship (a fun peek into the gladiators)
28:00 How social media changed everything for celebrities
35:35 The definition of loneliness
42:50 Who is most targeted by Stans?
47:45 Stans “must be blind and damn near delusional”
51:50 Do celebrities like their Stans?
59:10 What physically happens to Stans when they see their fave
1:00:25 Why Stan culture is rising
Comments
Sometimes I feel like the super vicious comments from Stans are from people who aren’t native English speakers… So I give them the benefit of the doubt or I think they’re young? Idk. Aren’t a ton of Selena fans from Brazil?
Chloe
2024-07-11 21:35:26 +0000 UTCOmg me
Kris Lynn
2024-05-22 16:04:51 +0000 UTCRandom question about Taylor swift and her tour schedule. I noticed in Europe she has about 5 days in between shows/countries she is performing in. It basically is like that from now through August. That is an awkward amount of time between shows. Does this mean that she quickly flies back to New York and then back to Europe again in between? Even with her private jet that seems like a whole lot of time to be flying. On the flip side just staying continuously in Europe for 4 months seems excessive and not like something she would do.
Davis
2024-05-20 21:30:01 +0000 UTCDULA PEEP!
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-19 20:18:41 +0000 UTCOo interesting! Sad to hear it turned out that way. I haven’t been able to see it for like a month I think I need to message a mod for access?
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-19 20:18:27 +0000 UTCI kinda disagree about Swiftyneutral . I think the sub is triggering for people who like to lick Taylor’s asshole up and down which is a good chunk of her stans. don’t get me wrong, There are definitely some mean posts here and there, but for the most part, it was people just not kissing her ass , which I don’t think there’s anything wrong with. They actually ended up having to private their subreddit because the swifties were coming in and infiltrating it and going to literal war over Taylor anytime someone would post something. so it kinda created a toxic environment of people fighting each other. took the fun out of it though
Tochi ❤️
2024-05-19 00:14:21 +0000 UTCI would love to know the crossover of the most intense stans and geminis (speaking as a Gemini). We really know how to take things a little too far to make sure we have ALL of the info on literally anything 😅
Alyssa Tringale
2024-05-18 03:56:56 +0000 UTCI guess i was kind of a harry potter stan? Does that count? Have chilled out since my teen years
Hannahsbananass
2024-05-18 03:35:19 +0000 UTCOmg same! It gets so bad sometimes
Hannahsbananass
2024-05-18 03:34:27 +0000 UTCProud Dula Peep Stan! We exist 🥰
Alexa O
2024-05-17 23:15:19 +0000 UTCId say politicians too have some of the most insane stans
Chelsea Johnston
2024-05-17 20:45:45 +0000 UTCLoved this episode, totally agree about the loneliness but also the feeling seen/heard with music - I was def a stan in high school and it brought me a lot of joy but thankfully (I think) I never got too crazy with it
Lauren V
2024-05-17 19:53:02 +0000 UTCFAB IDEA
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-17 16:51:07 +0000 UTCWILD
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-17 16:51:00 +0000 UTCOmg there would never be! Kelli and I are for lifers
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-17 16:50:51 +0000 UTCOmg I know it’s gone so viral I wasn’t expecting that 😭😭
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-17 16:50:31 +0000 UTCshannon im crying cause I be constantly hitting the 15 second rewind button bc my brain is automatically always maladaptive daydreaming
Sophia M
2024-05-17 15:46:36 +0000 UTC👑👑👑
Laura
2024-05-17 11:13:43 +0000 UTCAlso I feel like in addition to musicians and podcasters a lot of YouTubers got standoms. The parasocial relationships for YouTubers used to be so crazy, hell they probably still are! Especially vloggers where even if they were showing small snippets of their day it could feel like their entire life to the audience.
RJ
2024-05-17 10:07:31 +0000 UTCAlso! I feel like two parts of why swifties feel so connected to Taylor are that she’s made a huge part of her celebrity the speculation, whether it be album drop dates, who the lyrics are about.. etc, as well as the I’m just like you!! Narrative she loves. I think btb has really helped me separate celebrities from their public images. It’s what they want us to see. Plus sooooo many headlines are quotes taken out of context!!
RJ
2024-05-17 10:05:01 +0000 UTCUnrelated… since the season finale is next week, could we get a survivor episode/deep dive? 👀
RJ
2024-05-17 10:01:59 +0000 UTCthere’s a phoebe bridgers quote that’s like “people with my picture as their Twitter picture, who claim to like my music, fucking bullied me at the airport on the way to my father’s funeral this year.” just goes to show how insane stans can be when they turn on someone
Alex
2024-05-17 09:18:49 +0000 UTC“what’s the stan name for beyond the blinds fans” the answer is.. The Gays
Alex
2024-05-17 09:09:42 +0000 UTCI love the beyond the blinds mentions- was worried you guys hadn’t engaged in a while that there was beef!!!!!! Love them sm
Victoria Walker
2024-05-17 07:24:18 +0000 UTCAlso Shannon! You are going viral on Twitter for your comment on Harrison Butker LMAO I love it!!!
Andrea Garcia
2024-05-17 02:29:39 +0000 UTCDamn this was a good episode!! So much insightful information about our generation and human nature.
Jacqueline
2024-05-16 21:57:20 +0000 UTCI hate the phrase "mother". People need to retire it. OVER it. Also love how the term originated from Eminems song as the music video is not far off how some swifties act
Bippity Boop
2024-05-16 21:05:22 +0000 UTCYes, its from eminems song stan so its really meant to be in reference to psycho fans
Bippity Boop
2024-05-16 21:04:14 +0000 UTCThe phrase COMES from the song Stan by Eminem
Bippity Boop
2024-05-16 21:03:36 +0000 UTCIly
India
2024-05-16 19:04:42 +0000 UTCLoved this episode! I think stan culture is fascinating and scary. There are a couple of famous people, mostly musicians, that I really love, but I can’t stand how stans never want to have nuanced and critical conversations about their faves. It’s so boring and very hive minded. You can dislike a song someone puts out and still be a fan, you know.
Mary
2024-05-16 16:48:12 +0000 UTCAnd Eminem mad a song about it!
SOL88
2024-05-16 15:56:34 +0000 UTCIt definitely can. Unhealthy or unhinged obsession can lead to it.
SOL88
2024-05-16 15:56:08 +0000 UTCSo I always figured “stan” was a stalker fan. 🤷🏻♂️😅 Makes sense, no? 😂
Juan Rivera
2024-05-16 15:45:23 +0000 UTCHAHA
Shannon McNamara
2024-05-16 15:20:09 +0000 UTCNot me thinking “mother is feeding us” as you post this LMFAOOOO 😭😭😭 then I read the caption
Andrea Garcia
2024-05-16 15:14:26 +0000 UTC
