scraps
Fandom and obsessive hobbies are very interesting to me, mainly because I don’t particularly view myself an ardent fan of anything. I enjoy certain people, art, activities etc. immensely but I never quite get that glint in my eye. So this piece on scapbookers in the LA Times was a a great read. Who knew these ladies could be so vicious? If I were a PhD student I would be seriously considering writing a long treatment on how scrapbooking (and perhaps other crafting) might be parallel to the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement, in that scrapbooking exposes sexual repression and/or other lack of freedom to express oneself. Or something like that. I am sure many would disagree, but I am enjoying my Freudian explanation right now.
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