Citations:Xenite

English citations of Xenite

Noun: "(fandom slang) a fan of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess"

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• 1998, Hal Schuster, Xenaphile: The Unauthorized, Uncensored Guide for Fans of Xena and Hercules, page 134:

  The Xenu Flu struck Chicago Xenites during her "Planet Hollywood" appearance (8/14/96); […]

• 1999, Karen Kiss, letter printed in "Reader Forum", The Advocate, 30 March 1999, page 6:

  Thank you so much for the story on Xena. I'd read the article online (the Xenites had it transcribed in full before the ink was dry).

• 2002, AJW, "How Xena Changed My Life", in How Xena Changed Our Lives: True Stories by Fans for Fans (ed. Nikki Stafford), page 3:

  Each Xenite has his or her own tale of why this show meant so much, and it's something I truly believe Lucy or Renee will never understand.

• 2002, American Theatre, Volume 19, page 6:

  "Xenites" are ensuring Xena's continued pop-cultural presence.

• 2004, Walter Alesci, "Xena: Warrior Princess Out of the Closet?: A Melodramatic Reading of the Show by Latin American and Spanish Lesbian and Gay Fans", in Femme Fatalities: Representations of Strong Women in the Media (eds.Rikke Schubart & Anne Gjelsvik), page 209:

  Meanwhile, Jenny is a moderator of a Xenite site and has also her own site.

• 2007, Maria Wyne, Caesar: A Life in Western Culture, page 35:

  It also spawned a large fan base (the Xenites) who communicated with each other via the Internet, and inspired comic books, action figures, novels and magazines, even Xena club nights and cruises.

• 2016, Kaarina Nikunen, "Placing Fan Cultures: Xenites in the Transnational Spaces of Fandom", in The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures (eds. Linda Duits, Koos Zwaan, & Stijn Reijnders), page 253:

  Furthermore, fans from different cities have organized their own meetings, such as the Turku Xenites, composed mostly of female fans focusing on the subtext of the series.

• 2017, Liz Millward, Janice G. Dodd, & Irene Fubara-Manuel, Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television, page 141:

  […] she was in a Xena chatroom called The Pub when a Xenite in New York City invited her to come and visit.