Kate's Reviews > Everything I Need I Get from You

“One Direction made me care about the internet. Time will tell if that is the best or worst thing that ever happened to me”.

Whether u have ever participated in Stan culture or not, I would definitely recommend this book. Kaitlyn Tiffany describes how fandoms’ influenced the way we use the internet and social media today. For example, the ability to @ someone on Twitter and even the use of hashtags was a result of fans wanting to be able to communicate with their faves online.

Being a fan is associated with “feminine excess” and “people whose emotions are seen as out of control,” and this leads to mainstream culture discounting and underestimating the power and influence fandoms can have. Tiffany argues that fandoms are “incubator(s) for digital innovation, art and community,” and they “created the social internet we know today” through ingenuity and collaboration.

Also it was very fun to read a book about Larry Stylinson, and the weird ass world of 1D Twitter and tumblr. Very nostalgic. Made me think about being 15 in my room covered with posters (I had a separate wall specifically dedicated to Niall), screenshotting every picture I could find on Twitter, tweeting at them so chaotically, bawling my eyes out when they released “Little Things” and watching it on repeat at my dining room table and scaring my dad, lining up for 13 hours outside Much Music to see them. My parents had to enforce a rule where I had to not talk about one direction at the dinner table because I would not stop once I got started 😂. Anywayyy just reminded me how exhilarating it is to be that obsessed with something. Will I ever feel it again??