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Pronounced "FEE-a-wall," "'''Fandom is a Way of Life'''" has become a motto of [[actifen]], used proudly, disgustedly, apologetically, or how you will, depending on the mood and attitude of the user. It contrasts to the [[insurgent]] counter, [[FIJAGH]], "Fandom is Just a Goddamn Hobby," the philosophy of dilettante [[fans]]. [[Fans]] have emblazoned "FIAWOL" on everything from [[interlineations]] to bumper stickers to vanity license plates.
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'''FIAWOL''' was a [[fannish]] [[newszine]] published by [[Joyce Katz|Joyce]] and [[Arnie Katz]] in [[New York]].  It called itself the "the [[fanzine]] of objective bias".
  
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  It was originated as the title of a tongue-in-cheek article by [[Don B. Thompson]] in [[FAPA]] in [[1943]], in which he pointed out some peculiar folkways in [[fandom]]. The idea [[fandom]] and [[fanac]] were serious business was endorsed during [[Fifth Fandom]] by such [[fans]] as [[Al Ashley]], [[Jack Speer]] and even [[Francis Towner Laney]], and scoffed at by [[Charles Burbee]] in scurrilous, smutty verse.
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Today, usually, "FIAWOL" is meant humorously; no one, after all, spends all their time at [[fanac]]. Do they?
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"[[Fandom]] as a way of life", originally; it was the title of a tongue in cheek article by [[D. B. Thompson]] in which ([[FAPA]], [[1943]]) he pointed out some peculiar folkways in [[Fandom]]. The notion that [[Fandom]] was a serious business -- a way of life or whatever you want to call it -- was taken quite seriously by [[Ashley]], [[Speer]], and even [[Laney]] about this time, tho even that early they saw the defects in the concept. Since the [[Insurgents]] began debunking it with such comments as the quoted one, it has become a slogan used proudly, disgustedly, apologetically, or how you will, depending on the mood and attitude of the user. Often heard is [[Burbee]]'s other counter-crack, Fandom Is Just A Goddamn Hobby ([[FIJAGH]]).
 
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Revision as of 12:04, 1 December 2019

(See Fiawol disambiguation for others.)

FIAWOL was a fannish newszine published by Joyce and Arnie Katz in New York. It called itself the "the fanzine of objective bias".

Issue Date Pages Notes
1 July 1972 4
2 August 1972 4
3 August 1972 4
4 December 1973
5 December 1973
6 December 1973 4
7 1974 4
8 1974 4

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