How One Direction prepared young women for the revolution

Abstract

The One Direction fandom demonstrates the ways in which the online networks common to fandom can play a critical role in the informal training and education of young women. This engagement in fan networks prepares fans to use networked cultures as a positive force, allowing them to agitate for feminist changes to the current political landscape.

Keywords

• decentralization
• fan community
• feminism
• mobilizing
• networked
• organizing
• social movements
• twitter