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brep23's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I ended up liking this more than I expected! The title does not do this book any favors— it gives the expectation that this is going to be a history of women in fandom on the Internet, when really it's a retrospective of a very specific place and time (the One Direction fandom in the early to mid 2010s) and how it affected our current mediascape, with some historical context and memoir-type anecdotes thrown in. Once you get on-board with the scope this book is actually trying to tackle, there are some fascinating anecdotes and revelations here, though as someone who was in fandom during this time period, I did have to shake my head a few times at how the author seemed to only have a basic understanding of the Internet culture she was supposed to be analyzing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Stalking, and Abortion
Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Pregnancy
isabelshep's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
some of the more memoir-ish parts didn’t really land for me, but I think some good insights about what it means to be a fan (socially, politically, etc.). Def want to dig more into some of the lit that was cited.
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Minor: Abortion
angleslist's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Abortion, and Pandemic/Epidemic
bootsmom3's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Vomit, Stalking, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Racism
eatingfiction's review against another edition
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3.0
Not sure I needed the deep dive on Larry 😭 but I surprisingly really enjoyed this book. If I had known it was exclusively about One Direction fandom (which it says its not not but IT IS) I may have never picked it up... but I don't regret reading it. It was morbidly fascinating to get an inside look at a fandom I saw only from the outside.
It's presented somewhat academically, but it's more of a semi-autobiographical book about the author's own experiences on stan twitter & tumblr, and it explores internet fandom at large exclusively through the lens of 1D. It's quite the journey. I don't know that it ever reached a solid conclusion (so what IS fandom? Why is fandom? Where do we go from here??) but I feel it gave me plenty to reflect on (as someone who spent a lot of time of tumblr lol).
I would recommend this to any One Direction fans seeking nostalgia, or anyone who is curious about their experience. Though honestly, you may get about the same results from scrolling through a tumblr archive. 🤷♀️
It's presented somewhat academically, but it's more of a semi-autobiographical book about the author's own experiences on stan twitter & tumblr, and it explores internet fandom at large exclusively through the lens of 1D. It's quite the journey. I don't know that it ever reached a solid conclusion (so what IS fandom? Why is fandom? Where do we go from here??) but I feel it gave me plenty to reflect on (as someone who spent a lot of time of tumblr lol).
I would recommend this to any One Direction fans seeking nostalgia, or anyone who is curious about their experience. Though honestly, you may get about the same results from scrolling through a tumblr archive. 🤷♀️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking and Abortion
Minor: Vomit
1414's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Abortion
lena_kellogg's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
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