Fangirls rule the internet in 'Everything I Need, I Get From You'

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

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Fangirls often don't get taken seriously in pop culture. But in her new book, Everything I Need, I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It, culture reporter Kaitlyn Tiffany explores just how much fangirls have shaped online life. She talks with guest host B.A. Parker about how fans used Tumblr to transform internet culture, how being a One Direction fan enriched her own life and why fandom is more complicated than we might think.

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0:00.0	You're listening to it's been a minute from NPR,
0:02.9	NBA Parker.
0:04.8	I take great pride in being a fan girl on the internet.
0:08.3	To obsess over something with other nerds is the ultimately.
0:13.6	My very first fan girl obsession was this R&B boy band
0:16.8	called Immature.
0:18.2	They were three 13-year-old boys and flowy clothes
0:21.4	on a beach promising never to lie to me.
0:23.8	All while one was wearing a very fashionable eye patch,
0:32.9	the internet was still in its early form back then.
0:36.0	I couldn't really share that love online yet.
0:39.1	Later, when I fell in love with NSYNC,
0:41.8	I'd have to wait 30 minutes for a Geocities fan site to download.
0:46.0	But from there, online fans
0:53.7	only grew in size and fervor.
0:56.9	And fan girls, we shaped the internet itself.
1:01.0	Caitlin Tiffany's new book is all about that history and influence.
1:05.3	It's called Everything I Need I Get From You,
1:08.4	How Fan Girls Created the Internet As We Know It.
1:12.0	Caitlin's a fan girl too, of one direction.
1:15.1	You know, Harry, Liam, Nile, Lewis, and Zane.
1:18.9	The story of my life, I give a whole, I spend my life.
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