Home Cultural Studies 12. Like Gnats to a Forklift Foot
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

12. Like Gnats to a Forklift Foot

TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and the Conservative Undercurrent of Ambivalent Fan Laughter
  • Whitney Phillips
View more publications by New York University Press
To Publisher Page
Anti-Fandom
This chapter is in the book Anti-Fandom
© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Theorizing Anti-Fandom
  5. 1. How Do I Dislike Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 25
  6. 2. Hating 3.0 42
  7. 3. Hatewatch with Me 62
  8. 4. Dissatisfaction and Glee 81
  9. 5. Anti- Fandom Meets Ante- Fandom 102
  10. Part II: Anti- Fandom and Identities
  11. 6. The Politics of Against 125
  12. 7. Hating Skyler White 147
  13. 8. Why All the Hate? 166
  14. 9. Just Sexual Games and Twenty- Four- Hour Parties? 184
  15. 10. “I Just Hate It Now” 205
  16. Part III: Anti- Fandom in Real Life
  17. 11. A Game of Moans 227
  18. 12. Like Gnats to a Forklift Foot 249
  19. 13. “If Even One Person Gets Hurt Because of Those Books, That’s Too Many” 271
  20. 14. When Hated Characters Talk Back 291
  21. 15. “Putting the Show out of Its Misery” 315
  22. Acknowledgments 333
  23. About the Contributors 335
  24. Index 339
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479866625.003.0015

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Theorizing Anti-Fandom
  5. 1. How Do I Dislike Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 25
  6. 2. Hating 3.0 42
  7. 3. Hatewatch with Me 62
  8. 4. Dissatisfaction and Glee 81
  9. 5. Anti- Fandom Meets Ante- Fandom 102
  10. Part II: Anti- Fandom and Identities
  11. 6. The Politics of Against 125
  12. 7. Hating Skyler White 147
  13. 8. Why All the Hate? 166
  14. 9. Just Sexual Games and Twenty- Four- Hour Parties? 184
  15. 10. “I Just Hate It Now” 205
  16. Part III: Anti- Fandom in Real Life
  17. 11. A Game of Moans 227
  18. 12. Like Gnats to a Forklift Foot 249
  19. 13. “If Even One Person Gets Hurt Because of Those Books, That’s Too Many” 271
  20. 14. When Hated Characters Talk Back 291
  21. 15. “Putting the Show out of Its Misery” 315
  22. Acknowledgments 333
  23. About the Contributors 335
  24. Index 339
Sign up now to receive a 20% welcome discount
Institutional Access
How does access work?
Have an idea on how to improve our website?
Please write us.
© 2025 De Gruyter Brill
Downloaded on 21.9.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.18574/nyu/9781479866625.003.0015/html
Scroll to top button