The uncomfortable conversation about Fandom and consumerism

Fandoms bring people together over a shared interest or love for a person, a game, franchise, a sport, a music group, pretty much anything you can think of can have a fandom for it. You can find people like you, you can share your favorite aspects, discuss all sorts which you can't talk about with others and feel like you've found a community who understands you. But what about the issue when you have to buy into them to be considered to be a true fan, what happens when the industry creates pressure to buy multiple copies of merch, to stream the artists work on repeat, to constantly be updating your fan collection with we get into an uncomfortable conversation here, don't we? After all, if you're not spending all your time and money dedicated to the thing you you even count yourself as a true fan? Lets connect: IG: Business enquiries only: @ Timestamps: 00:00 Fandom'