About

Perfect Fandom is blog dedicated to the study of fans and fandom. In particular I am interested in the ways that fans pursue the subject of their fandom and the mechanisms behind that passion.  

I started writing about fandom in 2014 as part of class project which resulted in a 6,000 word article about the University of Iowa's science-fiction and fan-fiction collections. Part of that research was an interview with Peter Balestrieri, who is the Curator of Science Fiction and & Popular Culture at the University of Iowa, who defined a fans as, anyone who create things like costumes, props, or writings, participates events, is active in a specific community, or engages in any other activity that goes beyond simple consumption.

After the article was finished I started seeing examples of fans and their fandoms everywhere and felt compelled to write about them as well. So far I have written about tribute bands, drivers who prefer standard over automatic transmissions, and am currently working on a story about reenactments. I am always on the look out for the lesser known places that fans congregate. 

This blog has several goals:
1. It's a way for me to organize and share the fandom related articles, blog posts, books, pictures, and videos that I find in the course of my research.

2. Posting tidbits about the research that I am doing about a particular subject or current projects.

3. Publishing my thoughts and observations about the human mechanisms that makes fandom work.

4. Finally, connecting with fans from every fandom.

Please feel free to contact me by email at fansoftheblog @ gmail (dot) com or leave a comment with the neat fanish things that you are up to.