#6: Inside Fandom — The SRSLY Podcast

We get all weepy over Pixar's Inside Out, delve into the world of the Cumberfandom, and get acquainted with The Wicked and the Divine.

The Links

On Inside Out:

This is the trailer we feel really didn't represent the film:

Here's a piece making the case that Inside Out fails at body positivity.

And here is the piece where Peter Bradshaw compares the emotions to the Scooby Doo gang.

On Benedict Cumberbatch and fandom:

The man himself, asking people not to film him:

Here's Caroline's piece about the CumberHamlet, and here is her one from last summer about Martin Freeman's Richard III and the clap-shaming.

Here we are talking about the Shakespeare side of things with Helen Lewis on the NS podcast.

This is Elizabeth Minkel's piece about fanfiction and the imbalance of power between celebrities and fans.

On The Wicked and the Divine:

There's an introduction to the series here.

More info and notes from the creators are on their tumblr here.

Writer Kieron Gillan is on Twitter @kierongillen. Illustrator Jamie McKelvie is @McKelvie.

For next week, Caroline is watching the US TV series Broad City.

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See you next week!