Hi everyone! 😊

I need your help to figure out more about representation in the music industry!!
I'm Leo, a master's student at the University of Amsterdam. For my thesis, l'm conducting a study on people's connections with their favorite musicians and aspects of identity, and I'd love for you to participate.

It will take around 3 minutes! And it's fun, I swear.

 https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UVGirZskuwijiu

The answers will remain anonymous and confidential. If you have any questions, feel free to message me. I really appreciate your time and support. It means a lot! 😊
Best, Leo

how do you gain followers on ur fangirl tiktok account? like i told my friends to follow me but when i have 15 followers (new account obviously) i just don’t feel comfortable to post things knowing it’ll get 20 likes 😭

Sometimes I start thinking about someone I love so deeply then I come to the realization and snap back to reality that I will never know these people, they will never know me, be in love with me. Sometimes it feels like I can’t even attempt to find a partner because I know I won’t have the same attraction to them as I do to people I don’t even know and it’s ridiculous!! I know it’s so pathetic and honestly funny and I also know that I of course don’t know these people - they’re just like anyone else but it does feel kind of exhausting some times. I try my best to humanize them but sometimes struggle to. Does anyone else feel this way?

Sometimes I feel exhausted by my obsessing. I have so many different fascinations in art, cinema, television, literature, and music - and I want to consume content centered around all of them. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with how many passions are spinning around in my head and how many things I still want to take in. A very small part of me wishes I was less engulfed in fiction and media and more present in my real life.

Can anyone else relate to this sensation?

If I ever run into Justin Timberlake I will definitely be That girl acting a fool letting him know his performance in Popstar as Tyrus/ Mr. Fish should have gotten him an award🤣 He didnt even get credited for it

"It was meee"

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I cover music on my instagram as a hobby and tend to lean more towards post-hardcore and similar genres. Today, I posted an acoustic cover of Better by Makari and their lead singer, Andy Cizek, commented on my video. I could die rn and wanted to share my fangirl experience 🙊🙉❤ I didn't expect them to even see that I tagged them, like most bands.

hi everyone! i am seeing the 1975 in Glendale, AZ in october. i have pit tickets and absolutely need to be on the barricade. i was planning on camping for 30 hours.. is that long enough? should i camp longer than that? i’ve never done this before and i’m very excited:) if anyone who has camped before could help me, that would be amazing!! (please be nice)

Hi there! So for ages I've wanted a place to store/share all (or as many as possible) different helpful tutorials, extensions, userscripts, software, etc. that I've found and used for my own fannish purposes.

Inspired by the speech "Fan is a Tool Using Animal" by Maciej Cegłowski (watch it here; it's very interesting and entertaining!), I've created /r/ToolUsingAnimals, "a subreddit for fandom power users. A place to discover, teach, discuss software, extensions, userscripts, services, websites, etc. that are either explicitly for, or can be re-tooled for, fannish purposes."

I've submitted several of my favorite tools to the site already. Re: organization of the subreddit, I'm slowly developing link flairs and I intend to use Reddit's subreddit wiki extensively.

Please feel free to stop by and peruse the current posts. If you'd like to post and contribute to the subreddit (and that includes asking thoughtful questions about how to improve your fannish experience(s) online, questions are more than welcome!), please just modmail with a link or rough draft to whatever you'd like to submit and I'll make you an approved user.

Thanks!

I’m currently writing a YA Fantasy as the title suggests and wanted to get some direct feedback on what about books in the genre hook you into the story. Love interests? Super humans?

The more detail the better! This info is worth its weight in gold to me. :)

Hi! I'm a high school student conducting a survey for my neuroscience class about celebrity crushes and it would be great if some people could fill it out. Most questions are in short answer form, but responses DON'T have to be in full sentences or very detailed. Thank you so much!

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Hi guys! I'm currently conducting a research on love for media figures titled “Limerence: A Parasocial Perspective” and is really in need of people to help fill up a survey. Can you all help me by spending roughly 15 minutes to fill up a survey for me? :')

If you:

(a) Are aged between 18 to 35 years old AND

(b) Have a media figure (eg: celebrities, politicians, athletes etc.) whom you view as a romantic interest

Please help me by clicking into this link to fill up the survey: https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.…e/form/SV_0JOmyerrf6bJQGN

Your participation in this study will be anonymous. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions regarding this research.

If possible, please also help me to share it to your friends that you know who fit into the criteria. I've been collecting data for a while now but it's so hard to get people who fit into the criteria. T_T

Thank you so much for your help!!! I really really really appreciate it! <333

Welcome to Universal Grounds, a place to share writing opportunities in the Fanfiction community from all fandoms! 

The purpose of this blog is to share writing opportunities for writers spanning from drabble exchanges to themed fests to competitions to big bangs, reverse bangs, and mini bangs from any and all fandoms on the internet. 

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