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<\/p>\nPeople who have grown up with Disney and have carried that into their adult lives, or people who have discovered Disney as adults \u2014 grouped together into the subculture known as \u201cDisney Adults\u201d \u2014 are the subject of the new, debut book by Jamestown native AJ Wolfe.<\/p>\n
Born and raised in Jamestown, Wolfe graduated from Jamestown High School in 1986. These days she runs a media company called Cambrick Yard LLC, with several YouTube channels, social media channels, and websites with millions of followers. Her book, \u201cDisney Adults\u201d was just released with Simon and Schuster on Aug. 5. The book has spent two weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list so far.<\/p>\n
The \u201cDisney Adults\u201d book came about because Simon and Schuster reached out to Wolfe, she said, and that after talking options with her editor she decided to focus the book on the \u201cDisney Adult\u201d subculture.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisney Adults\u201d, Wolfe said, are people who have carried their love of Disney into adulthood and will go to Disney World without their kids or remain very passionate about things like Disney music and movies. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis subculture is somewhat maligned online and we wanted to do a deep dive into the subculture, taking a look at who these people are, how many of them are there and what kind of drives them and makes them tick,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cAlso, what does that mean for the Walt Disney company? If you have this huge, huge passionate audience for what you do, how does that affect what you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
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AJ Wolfe is pictured at the book launch of her book \u201cDisney Adults\u201d.
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Wolfe said her book is a journalistic deep dive and non-fiction, looking into this subculture that is massive but something she said is also maybe misunderstood. The goal of the \u201cDisney Adults\u201d book is not to defend the subculture, but rather better understand it. Wolfe added that the book looks to help people better understand this subculture in the context of the larger world of fandoms in general, something she said is moving more online now rather than in their neighborhoods, where people used to connect. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe book is written for two types of people,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cIt\u2019s written for \u2018Disney Adults\u2019, who are actually a part of the subculture who are interested in seeing themselves be represented in a book like this, but it\u2019s also for people who are looking at this particular subculture and going \u2018what in the world is this? Why are these people like this? Why do they love Disney so much?\u2019 Sort of, looking at it as something they genuinely don\u2019t understand and want to learn more about.\u201d<\/p>\n
The book provides somewhat of a cultural look into what humanity is moving into in regards to their tribes and people they connect to as well, Wolfe said. The book is overall for the group of \u201cDisney Adults\u201d who have grown up loving Disney or who have just recently found Disney as a hobby. <\/p>\n
The book is something that is important to her, Wolfe said, as she is a \u201cDisney Adult\u201d herself, growing up with Disney and also having it as something that connects her to her bond with her father. <\/p>\n
\u201cI used to go to Disney World once every couple of years with my family and I really bonded over the music at Disney World with my dad, John Fuchs, a lot of people in Jamestown will know him, who passed away about three years ago,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cThis book is dedicated to my dad, because it\u2019s an opportunity to sort of talk about how we evolve as \u2018Disney Adults\u2019 and how that connected us in a really special way as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wolfe\u2019s debut book, \u201cDisney Adults\u201d is available now. <\/p>\n
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