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A Love Letter to Fandom for D23 (opens the original)
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D23—the biennial Disney fan convention—starts today in Anaheim. For the first time since 2019, I’m not there, so I wrote this love letter to fandom instead. Fandom is the texture of love without shame.For me, fandom started in Disneyland, just as philosophy begins in wonder, but that’s just my story. There are many fandoms.Fandom is the freedom to shout the lyrics.Fandom is hours, weeks, months of labor on cosplay, the stitches that give you back to yourself.To be sure, fandom can also be toxic,
Wait for Me (opens the original)
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“And I think about a teacup, suspended and half-served/and all the scholars know is that it’s perfectly preserved.”— Dar Williams, Pompeii“To know how it ends/and still begin to sing it again/as if might turn out this time”— Anais Mitchell, Hadestown (Road to Hell II)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qEt2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A
Singing Along (opens the original)
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If Disney is a religion, singing is one of its core rituals.Last week, Walt Disney World’s Carousel of Progress shut down for a long refurb. Lines were long for one “final” ride of the current version, a cult favorite among fans who love classic attractions. Then the fans who were gathered outside of the attraction had a giant group singalong of “There’s A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow.” Here, take a listen.<p class="cta-capt
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