SEASON 4 EPISODE 10: FAME
We’re at the end of our Fangirl journey and we can’t quite believe it! It has been so good to spend time with this text and unpick our own beliefs about identity, and fandom, over the last ten weeks. To wrap things up, we stretch ourselves to look at chapters 37-38 throught the theme of fame–Cath finally begins writing her story. They finish the year the same way it began, with Levi in her dorm room, being obnoxiously charming. Cath reads the final Simon Snow book out loud to Levi.
This episode was recorded on 11 September 2021.
Show notes
Oldest modern poetry! Here is the article Jenn D mentions, and here is the translated poem:
“they say / what they like / let them say it / i don’t care / go on, love me / it does you good”
You can read more about the All Blacks’ 2015 Rugby World Cup win here. An example of the fan reaction:
Anne Marie, UK pop singer.
Authors who are known fanfic writers:
Fun fact: Naomi Novik co-founded Archive of Our Own (A03).
And of course, Half-Blood Prince.
Also we recorded this on a very special day - Jenn D’s brother–in-law’s birthday and Jen V’s friend Emily’s birthday! Happy birthday, guys!
And that’s it! Next week we’re watching Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet for our next one shot, looking at it through the themes of folly and passion. Oh, the drama!
Then, for our next series, we’ll be reading The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater through the foundational theme of connection! We love this book (and series) and we can’t wait to dive in with you!
Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.
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