What is the Your Biggest Fangirl Podcast?
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Fangirl pros Victoria and Kristen discuss all things fandom, taking you behind the scenes of the sources of your squee!
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Fangirl pros Victoria and Kristen discuss all things fandom, taking you behind the scenes of the sources of your squee! We create meaningful, entertaining dialogues with other fans, creators, and scholars, celebrating what it means to be a female fan.
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Your Biggest Fangirl is a bicoastal operation in which hosts Victoria and Kristen create meaningful and entertaining dialogue with fans, creators, and scholars to celebrate what it means to be a female fan and take listeners behind the scenes of their favorite media. They provide practical expertise drawing from their professions – Victoria on the ground in Hollywood and Kristen at a major university – as well as personal anecdotes to empower fangirls to have their own epic fan experiences and reduce shame within the fangirl community.
Where to find us:
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Who are the hosts?
Longer bios for both Victoria & Kristen can be found at the About page – but we’ll keep it short and sweet for now!
Victoria Male
victoria@yourbiggestfangirl.com
For Victoria, she believes that fandom is all about allowing inspiration to consume you and celebrating one’s passion. She works in the film industry at an A-list production company for a director/producer at the helm of a fan-favorite franchise. Some of her fangirling highlights in the City of Angels include helping Stan Lee buy a pair of jeans, getting jazzy with Jeff Goldblum, and meeting many a celebrity crush without being tackled by security. These experiences in addition to her occupation make her the perfect person to take fangirls behind the scenes of their favorite media; she’s been on both sides of the proverbial barricade and is intent on sharing her tips and tricks to help fangirls have epic fan experiences of their own. She fangirls the hardest over the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Smallville, Harry Potter, musical theater, plus anything and everything British.
Kristen Chavez
kristen@yourbiggestfangirl.com
Kristen thinks that being a fan is about accepting every strong emotion that comes with the things you love. She has cried over nearly every form of media. To the people that know her, this surprises no one. As a multimedia specialist in higher education, Kristen complements Victoria’s practical fangirl knowledge with her academic insights that creates the thoughtful discussion on the podcast. She blends her immersion in academic environment with her experience interning in Los Angeles as well to offer perspective to fangirls beyond conventions and binge-watching. Her current fandoms include Star Wars, the CW “Arrowverse”, Harry Potter, Supernatural, Hamilton, and Sailor Moon. A fangirling highlight for Kristen is when she grabbed one of the very first photos with Henry Winchester and John Winchester from Supernatural, in flower crowns no less!
Notable Guests
Director, producer, and writer Peyton Reed is best known for helming the Ant-Man films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Peyton discussed his process crafting movies within the MCU, bringing lesser known characters to the big screen, and shared how he has navigated a fandom so deep, vast, and enthusiastic as Marvel.
Listen to a clip below or to Peyton’s full episode HERE.
Ashley Eckstein is the founder of Her Universe and voice actor best known for her role originating Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In a compilation of shortened interviews of female artists and entrepreneurs at Wonder Con 2018, Ashley reflects on how far fangirling has come, particularly in the way there are more strong female characters front and center, and inspiring young fangirls to be proud of the things they love.
Listen to a clip below or to Ashley’s full episode HERE.
Seanan McGuire is a bestselling science fiction author whose urban fantasies include October Daye, Incryptid, and the Wayward Children series. Seanan joined us to unpack a brilliant tweet thread she wrote exploring the shame and stigma surrounding female fanfic writers opposed to men who pen transformative works, embracing the training the fanfic community can provide for female professional authors, and writing well-rounded female characters in sci-fi that challenge “The Default” hero trope.
Listen to a clip below or to Seanan’s full episode HERE.
Sasha Rolon Pereira — Episode 23
Sasha Rolon Pereira is the director of the Hamilton Education Project and Associate Director of Education at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Sasha shared how the program sends thousands of students to see the hit musical on Broadway and in tour cities around the country, as well as the ways students engage with this important piece of popular culture to reflect and connect with American history. We also explored Hamilton’s intersection between fandom and academia and the unique qualities the show possesses that makes it culturally significant beyond Broadway and a fan-favorite.
Listen to a clip below or to Sasha’s full episode HERE.
Statistics & Demographics
Current Monthly Listens: 1,064
Monthly Unique RSS Feed Views – 15,463
Unique RSS Feed Views – Aug. 2018- Aug. 2019: 135,947
LISTENER DEMOGRAPHICS
60% Women
39% 35-24 / 21% 18-24 / 20% 35-44
Collaborations & Clippings
Brand Collaborations:
- Victoria and Kristen have modeled for geek clothing brands Elhoffer Design and Prophecy Girl Clothing
- Your Biggest Fangirl has partnered with nerdy bath bomb company Pin Bomb to promote their products.
As Guests on other Podcasts:
Victoria was a guest on the largely popular podcast Geek History Lesson 
Kristen and Victoria are frequent contributors to the Temple of Geek podcast. 
Victoria is a recurring guest co-host on Always Hold On to Smallville.
Victoria was a guest on Episode 247 the largely popular podcast Geek History Lesson to discuss a Captain Marvel comic as part of their Book Club Series.
Kristen and Victoria are frequent contributors to the Temple of Geek podcast.
- Kristen can be heard on Episode 139 and Episode 135 discussing Season 11 of Doctor Who.
- Victoria was a guest on Episode 136 to share Your Biggest Fangirl’s 10 Rules of Fangirling Like a Pro.
Victoria is a recurring guest co-host Smallville fan podcast Always Hold On to Smallville. So far, she’s reviewed the episodes “Magnetic“, “Devoted“, and “Unsafe“.
Kristen was a featured fan on the self-help podcast Harry Potter Saved My Life.
Victoria appeared on G33K OUT with Angie Fiedler Sutton to discuss the creation and mission of Your Biggest Fangirl.
Other Notable Appearances:
Kristen and Victoria were Her Universe’s Fangirls of the Day in March 2018.
Victoria has written about her journey as a podcaster and creating Your Biggest Fangirl with Kristen for IVY Magazine.
Victoria & Kristen were profiled on No Man’s Blog where they shared their fangirl philosophy and how they challenge stereotypes about geeky girls.
Kristen & Victoria curated a holiday gift guide – Shopping Small Geeky and Girly – for geek fashion blog Geekfold.
Kristen’s Run Like a Rebel blog post was featured on Trek.FM‘s Leisure section
Raves & Reviews
On the ‘10 Rules of Fangirling Like a Pro’ :
“It’s a good way to navigate in a world where you’re not fully accepted yet…. It had some good tips like how to dress geeky at work and still come out and be proud of your geek, but not to go overboard to the point where someone might ridicule you or make you feel bad or things like that.” – Monica, Podcast Co-Host & Contributor at Temple of Geek
Recent Reviews:
- “I highly encourage giving this a listen and subscribe. We need more female voices and these two ladies are a joy. Interesting, lively, and well versed.” – BlerdInTheCity
- “For as much as I love podcasts that revel in love of geeky things without substance, a podcast that combines nerd-love with thought-provoking information deserves a gold star.” -YourBrainOnFacts
- “…They know their stuff…from the inner workings of Hollywood to their particular fandoms. So excited to continue listening!” – Ashley C.
- “…These ladies own who they are and I love it! I knew nothing about fangirling and this is a fun, informative, and engaging podcast that covers so many areas of fangirling! They not only talk about tips and tricks on HOW to fangirl, but also the psychology behind being a fangirl, and the empowerment that can come with this identity.” – Izzy F.
- “..They truly understand the connection and the investment of millions fangirls & boys around the world have put into the people, characters, and stories they are passionate about. And in doing so, have created in their podcast a place where fans can feel open and free to discuss that love in an altogether fun, passionate, and intellectual way.” – Bella H.
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