Ep. 7 Don't Feed The Stans

Today’s episode is getting into modern standom, how artists have to walk a very delicate line because fans feel so entitled to them, the addictive nature of attention, and how it’s become shockingly easy to just completely erase the lines of traditional human boundaries when it comes to celebrities.Come for the standom analysis, stay for my random tangents about MTV’s Teen Wolf! (Also plz know that when I talk about fanfic and the downsides I think that’s a tiny percentage of what’s happening but ignoring it is dangerous and part of why fandom can often feel like a runaway traaaaain!)Link It Up Baby, Link It UpHarry Styles Rolling Stone InterviewOne Direction Solo Time Standard Deviation TikToks (oh my god tiktoks are so hard to search for, plz know this took a full fifteen minutes to find and is so worth it!)Zayn + Liam - He’s only got two eyesLindsey Ellis Omegaverse LawsuitGetting this through the Substack and want to subscribe on the podcatcher of your choice? Let’s make that easy 🤠Apple PodcastStitcherSpotify Get full access to Smoke Show at smokeshow.substack.com/subscribe