As someone who spent much of the early 2010s on Tumblr, including in the One Direction fandom, I was so excited to read this one. As I'd hoped, Tiffany's book is smart, hilarious, and full of emotion.

There's no shortage of 1D fandom stories, which made me laugh and also cringe. But Tiffany deftly incorporates scholarly work on fan culture alongside these stories, as well as personal anecdotes illustrating the power of what being a fan can do for someone. Like Tiffany, I was going through a tough time in my adolescence when I found 1D, and it transformed me in a lot of ways. Fandom is a compelling force. It's a community of smart, passionate people with the power to shift the cultural conversation, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse.

Tiffany's inclusion of the history of internet culture, including the huge impact Black Twitter has had on language (which has now gone beyond the internet to everyday use) was really well done. I learned a lot, even as someone who has been Very Online for years.

Fangirls are huge parts of the cultural conversation, and Tiffany gives them their due, along with the drawbacks and limitations of fan culture in a capitalist society. I can't recommend this book enough.