Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

<p>Kira Deshler was the assistant newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. Kira received a Master&#8217;s in Media Studies from UT Austin and has previously written for sites like Slash Film and Looper. She runs her own Substack newsletter, Paging Dr. Lesbian, and is a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.</p>


Kira Deshler

David Tennant with celebratory background

fans-celebrate-david-tennant

Fans celebrate David Tennant’s takedown of TERFs, Tories

Megan Thee Stallion with abstract background

megan-thee-stallion-anime

Fans feel seen by new anime-inspired Megan Thee Stallion song

Charli XCX and Lorde

Charli XCX and Lorde made the internet go wild

tv-television.jpeg

Peacock’s Pride collection paints a compelling picture of queer fandom

Amandla Stenberg stars in “The Acolyte.”

amanda-stenberg-the-acolyte

‘The Acolyte’ hate proves the ‘Star Wars’ fandom is just as toxic as ever

Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi as Captain Blackbeard in Our Flag means death with hashtags "#DontStreamOnMax" "#WelcomeToMax" and "#DontGetAttached" written over it

our-flag-means-death-max-cancellation

Behind ‘Our Flag Means Death’ fans’ strategic campaigns to hold Max accountable for cancellations

jenny-nicholson-star-wars-hotel-review

Jenny Nicholson’s ‘Star Wars’ hotel video essay has fans cheering on her Disney takedown

Colleen Hoover and Taylor Swift over abstract background

colleen-hoover-taylor-swift

‘It Ends With Us’ trailer divides Swifties, Colleen Hoover fans

Our Flag Means Death cast(l), David Zaslov(r)

our-flag-means-death-david-zaslov

‘Our Flag Means Death’ fans launch #DontStreamOnMax campaign, want David Zaslav fired

ncis-hawaii-representation

Despite cancellation, ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ fans still believe in representation

Fandom

Fans celebrate David Tennant’s takedown of TERFs, Tories

Fans feel seen by new anime-inspired Megan Thee Stallion song

Charli XCX and Lorde made the internet go wild

Peacock’s Pride collection paints a compelling picture of queer fandom

‘The Acolyte’ hate proves the ‘Star Wars’ fandom is just as toxic as ever

Behind ‘Our Flag Means Death’ fans’ strategic campaigns to hold Max accountable for cancellations

Jenny Nicholson’s ‘Star Wars’ hotel video essay has fans cheering on her Disney takedown

‘It Ends With Us’ trailer divides Swifties, Colleen Hoover fans

‘Our Flag Means Death’ fans launch #DontStreamOnMax campaign, want David Zaslav fired

Despite cancellation, ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ fans still believe in representation

After her latest album, the Swifties are trying to gatekeep Taylor Swift

Can WNBA fans make the league profitable?

‘Fallout’ TV series appeases most fans, though long-standing rifts persist

KatyCats want #JusticeForKatyPerry

SuperCorp fans create new ship with Melissa Benoist, Katie McGrath characters