Last week, I turned 36, and according to some, I’ve already overstayed my welcome in fandom by at least a decade.

Last week, I turned 36, and according to some, I’ve already overstayed my welcome in fandom by at least a decade. is a 2018 essay by fangirlunderground that was posited to Meta Monday.
The essay discusses ageism and fandom, the trend of denigrating and harassment of older fans on social media, and what "the recent trend on Tumblr in which some young people have embraced bizarrely conservative views about women and sexuality, with the Trumpian rhetoric to match."
NOTE: the essay does not have a official title. The title used here on Fanlore is a sentence from the essay, one that hopefully does a good job of describing the topic. 
==From the Essay==
==Collected Links==
* Adults in Fandom by @littlesystems (2018)
* Look i dont wanna sound like a Fandom Mom or whatever but what do you think women over 25 or so are supposed to do? (2018)
* Age and Experience in Fandom by @tppfandomstats (2017)
* Age Appropriate Activities by @telesilla (2017)
* Ageism in Fandom by @badtech-reblogs (2017)
* Ageism in Fandom: Too Old to Fangirl? by @ravenmorganleigh, @vulgarweed (2016)
* Fandom culture wouldn’t be where it is now if it wasn’t for Old Fandom by @thepalmtoptiger (2018)
* Getting older doesn’t actually feel like anything by @catchmewhispering (?)
* The idea that you will someday be ‘too old’ for the stuff you find fun by @freedom-of-fanfic (2017)
* If other people in fandom are older than you, by definition, they have been your age by @codenamecesare (?)
* I’m old as balls by @warlordenfilade (2015)
* I wish we’d stop telling each other - and ourselves - that there’s a point at which we’re too old for fandom by @vantasticmess​ (2017)
* “like, i’m not saying that adults don’t have a place in fandom.” by @porcupine-girl​, @melifair​, et al (2017)
* Older fans are crucial to the survival of fandoms by @muchymozzarella (2018)
* PSA by @bugsieplusone​ (2015)
* Reblog if Older Fans Are Welcome In Fandom by @cameoamalthea​ (?)
* tumblr’s disgust for older people in fandom by @bai-xue​, @awkward-smiley (2017)
* you are never too old for fandom by @hils79​ (2016)
* You are reinforcing a stereotype by @asocialjusticeleague​, @olderthannetfic​, et al (?)
* Now offline: Lmao 30-year-old women don’t belong in fandoms. Go knit or have kids or something. by @rainbowloliofjustice, @the-salt, et al. […] It’s the fact I don’t get what these people think happens when you turn 18 it’s not like the second you turn 18 you just immediately lose interest in everything you were interested in at 17 and from then on only like strictly ‘adult™’ things. A lot of people who were in fandoms as teenagers stay in fandoms as adulthood. Fandoms aren’t minor-only spaces and never have been and there’s literally nothing wrong with adults in fandom environments. The link to this blog says: "I Deactivated. This was a Voltron shipping discourse blog. I’m mainly just keeping the URL so people don’t steal it and pretend to be me. A fair few things said on this blog were a bit short sighted so I apologise for anything that was. I needed to get out of discourse." 
==Reactions/Responses==
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==References==
Category:2018 Meta
Category:Meta on Tumblr