For the last few years, you could almost guarantee yourself a hit post on Twitter by nostalgia baiting audiences with a low-res clip of a 00s nu metal or garage band, and some caption along the lines of, "Why did the white boys stop making music like this? They need to stop rapping and making trap beats, and pick up their guitars." This reactionary position is typically rooted in the inrush of white artists and journalists who have pivoted toward hip-hop and streetwear over t

My teenage self was always under the impression that my generation had invented everything trendy within the last twenty years. From Trader Joe's to Goths—if you had told me these existed before 2003, I'd have laughed in your face. And as my grandmother would say, "You're new here." I’ve been involved in fandom since childhood—frequenting Club Penguin forums long before Disney's takeover in 2007 (which we were not happy about, by the way). Fandoms have made a print on celebri