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There Are No Girls on the Internet

A trip down Myspace memory lane

There Are No Girls on the Internet

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Technology

4.1907 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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VOTE FOR US TO WIN A SHORTY AWARD: TANGOTI.COM/VOTE

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Bridget joined Main Accounts: A Myspace Podcast to reminisce about the role Myspace played in our digital lives.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. I am excited to announce that there are no girls on the internet. We'll be back with a

0:04.8

brand new season on May 16th. And, and even more exciting news, There Are No Girls on the

0:10.4

internet is a finalist for a Shorty Award for Best Technology and Science Podcast. And y'all, I am so

0:16.7

thrilled about it. So, can you do me a huge favor and vote for us to win? Just go to tangoody.com

0:22.7

slash vote or use the link in our show description. It only takes a moment, I promise, and you can vote

0:28.6

every day until April 26th. Just go to tangoity.com slash vote. That's t-a-ng-O-T-I-com

0:36.1

slash vote or use the link in our show description.

0:38.8

It would really mean a lot to me.

0:44.5

There are No Girls on the Internet as a production of I-HartRadio and UnBossed Creative.

0:52.6

I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:58.1

So if you've been listening to There Are No Girls on the Internet for a while,

1:01.2

then you probably know that I have been on the Internet for a very long time.

1:04.9

And I joined the podcast Main Accounts, the story of MySpace,

1:08.2

to talk about the early days of one of my favorite ever social

1:11.5

media platforms. You guessed it, MySpace, and why it was such a huge part of my online upbringing

1:17.2

in development. And it was really fun to take a nostalgic, sometimes cringy digital walk down

1:23.1

memory lane. So take a listen, and don't forget to vote for us to win a Shorty Award.

1:31.0

This Lane. So take a listen and don't forget to vote for us to win a Shorty Award. This is an Iheart original.

1:35.3

If the beginning of Tequila tequila being on my radar as this like, you know, MySpace

1:41.3

influencer for being a queer woman of color, if that was like the promise of the internet,

1:47.5

the day that I saw that image of her in my hometown in D.C. doing a Nazi salute at a restaurant

1:52.7

with a bunch of alt-right dirt bags, that was the nail in the coffin. And so I feel like

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