{"name":"STAN","short_name":"STAN","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"<p>You think you could be besties with Hailey Bieber? Cute. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>We explore obsessive celebrity worship, parasocial relationships and digital intimacy. Each episode centres on a cultural icon or phenomenon—ranging from <em>The Hunger Games</em>, erotic fiction, 2010s YouTubers and (of course) Taylor Swift—to unpack how the media we consumed, particularly during our formative years, shaped our desires, ideals, and sense of self.</p>\n<p>Tangents Include: </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why we expect celebrities to be moral compasses, activists and entrepreneurs</li>\n<li>The deification and subsequent ‘dethroning’ of women in media (e.g. Blake Lively)</li>\n<li>The constant access to celebrities through social media, and our sense of ‘ownership’ over them (i.e. we made you what you are, therefore you owe us)</li>\n<li>How our early media diets reflected and influenced what we value, what we want, and who we are</li>\n<li>The evolution of fandom in an age where access is constant and attention is monetised</li>\n</ul>","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/21419337/watermark_copy8fo3r_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}