“The evidence available everywhere I look is that they become self-aware and creatively free.” In Kaitlyn Tiffany’s new book, Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet As We Know It, the author explores a subset of fans consisting of passionate women and girls known as “fangirls.” “The criticism of fangirls is that they become tragically selfless and one-track-minded,” Tiffany writes. They are responsible for our online vocabulary, the topics and news items that trend every day, and, most importantly, memes. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photos: Amelia Holowaty Kralesįans rule the internet.
