Fandom and Wellness

Arkeida, Danielle, and Jenny reveal their favorite episodes of Fandom and Wellness, reflect on their achievements in 2019, and discuss their goals for 2020.

Answer the end-of-year review questions with us!

20 Enjoyable End-of-Year Review Questions from Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201812/20-enjoyable-end-year-review-questions

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Arkeida, Danielle, and Jenny discuss Elsa and Anna's character arcs, the powerful lyrics of "The Next Right Thing", and the portrayal of the Northuldra in Frozen 2.

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Jenny talks to authors Ashley Poston and C.B. Lee about their journeys to becoming authors, how fanfiction and fandom saved their lives, and how bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression affect their writing processes.  

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Arkeida, Danielle, and Jenny discuss the repercussions of Moana's dad's fear and overprotective nature, how Maui's actions reveal a lack of education around consent, and how Te Fiti's "monstrous" transformation into Te Ka parallels the experience of trauma survivors.

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Arkeida, Danielle, and Jenny discuss Aziraphale and Crowley's acts of love, how Aziraphale is coded as autistic, and the merits of saving humanity.

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Arkeida, Danielle, and Jenny revisit the Halloween/Christmas classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas. They discuss Jack Skellington’s depression, Sally and Dr. Finklestein's abusive relationship, and Oogie Boogie's problematic characterization and motifs.

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Danielle and Jenny talk to Cáel Keegan, author of Lana and Lilly Wachowski: Sensing Transgender, about how the trans experience resonates through the Matrix trilogy through its exploration of Neo's rejection of reality, Morpheus' therapist-like role, the studio's removal of Switch's transness, the symbolism of the mirror, and much more.

Cáel Keegan is an Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies at Grand Valley State University. You can find him at caelkeegan.com and on twitter at @caelkeegan.

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Music by: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Danielle and Jenny talk to Taylor Deatherage about how she uses her social work background as a geeky business owner and how they perform healthy escapism through media, fanfiction, and conventions.

Trigger Warning: Discussion of suicidal ideation between 49:05-56-08.

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Arkeida, Danielle, and Jenny discuss the positive and negative effects of cartoons on children's mental and social development, reminisce about the childhood cartoons that shaped them, and celebrate the modern cartoons that teach empathy and inclusiveness.

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma

Arkeida talks to cosplayers Geisha Vi and Rachel Parker about performing self-care during cosplay builds, advice for new cosplayers, and dealing with non-consensual photography/touching and other stressful situations at conventions. 

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Intro & Outro Music: Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma