Season 2 Episode 3: Female Fandom (with Bea Martinez-Gatell)

Episode 3 • November 30, 2025 • 00:52:05
Season 2 Episode 3: Female Fandom (with Bea Martinez-Gatell)
Beatle Blethers
Season 2 Episode 3: Female Fandom (with Bea Martinez-Gatell)

Nov 30 2025 | 00:52:05

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Hosted By

Alan McClure Gerry Hassan

Show Notes

Gerry and Alan chat with author Bea Martinez-Gatell about female fanhood through history, inspired by her book 'Swoon - Fangirls, Their Idols and the Counterculture of Female Lust - from Byron to the Beatles'.

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