Reactionary Fandom And The Myth Of The Snyder Cut, Chapter 3: The Joss Whedon’s Career Memorial Fund
Previously: Avengers assemble to defeat the critic menace. Since the fandomization of pop culture began, critics have protested the growing and widespread anti-intellectual hostility towards them a…
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