Welcome soft, sad freaks! Once a month, writer and longtime Tumblr user Lauren Shippen and longtime user-slash-Tumblr-employee Cher McAnelly dive deep into our favorite fandom site. We talk trending topics, share our new ships, and forecast upcoming fandoms. If you’ve ever gone feral over a fic or bonkers about one of your blorbos, this podcast is for you!
And remember: the password to the secret clubhouse is “shoelaces”.
This podcast is not produced by, nor officially affiliated with Tumblr in any way, beyond the fact that we told them about it and they said "rad!" and high fived us before skating away on their wheelies. We love you, Tumblr.
It all began with a listener email. A simple question. What Tumblr fandom would be best to study for a school project? It should have had a simple answer. But dozens of data points, a 20-fandom bracket, and many vibe checks later, and the answer turned out to not be so simple. In order to help a listener, Cher and Lauren look at the top 20 fandoms on Tumblr and try to scientifically and unscientifically determine the most interesting one for scholarship. Is it the enormous BTS? The long-standing Supernatural? The wild card Sims 4? The answer may-- well, actually, the answer probably won't surprise you, but the journey will be fun. We promise.
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Dashboard Diaries is a production of Atypical Artists, hosted by Lauren Shippen and Cher McAnelly. Our theme was composed by Lauren Shippen and mixed by Brandon Grugle. Art by Shae McMullin. Transcription (which can be found on our Tumblr) by Laudable.
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