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The Psychology of Stan Culture

Crying, 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

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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

Omg me

Kris Lynn

Random 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

DULA PEEP!

Shannon McNamara

Oo 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

I 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 ❤️

I 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

I guess i was kind of a harry potter stan? Does that count? Have chilled out since my teen years

Hannahsbananass

Omg same! It gets so bad sometimes

Hannahsbananass

Proud Dula Peep Stan! We exist 🥰

Alexa O

Id say politicians too have some of the most insane stans

Chelsea Johnston

Loved 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

FAB IDEA

Shannon McNamara

WILD

Shannon McNamara

Omg there would never be! Kelli and I are for lifers

Shannon McNamara

Omg I know it’s gone so viral I wasn’t expecting that 😭😭

Shannon McNamara

shannon im crying cause I be constantly hitting the 15 second rewind button bc my brain is automatically always maladaptive daydreaming

Sophia M

👑👑👑

Laura

Also 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

Also! 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

Unrelated… since the season finale is next week, could we get a survivor episode/deep dive? 👀

RJ

there’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

“what’s the stan name for beyond the blinds fans” the answer is.. The Gays

Alex

I 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

Also Shannon! You are going viral on Twitter for your comment on Harrison Butker LMAO I love it!!!

Andrea Garcia

Damn this was a good episode!! So much insightful information about our generation and human nature.

Jacqueline

I 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

Yes, its from eminems song stan so its really meant to be in reference to psycho fans

Bippity Boop

The phrase COMES from the song Stan by Eminem

Bippity Boop

Ily

India

Loved 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

And Eminem mad a song about it!

SOL88

It definitely can. Unhealthy or unhinged obsession can lead to it.

SOL88

So I always figured “stan” was a stalker fan. 🤷🏻‍♂️😅 Makes sense, no? 😂

Juan Rivera

HAHA

Shannon McNamara

Not me thinking “mother is feeding us” as you post this LMFAOOOO 😭😭😭 then I read the caption

Andrea Garcia


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