‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today without Camp Cope’: Forging feminist identities through music fandom.

This paper explores the real and lasting impact of the all-women, indie-rock trio, Camp Cope on their fans’ identity formation. In interviews, women, and gender-diverse fans of Camp Cope described strong emotional and experiential connections to the band that helped them to forge and activate feminist identities, define their morals, values, and goals, and heal from sexual harm. This study considers what it means to be a woman or gender-diverse fan of women musicians in an Australian music industry that not only privileges male tastes and talent, but often excludes women and gender-diverse people from full and free participation.