“Remember a week ago when Tom Hiddleston could do no wrong?” Tumblr reactions to the loss of an Internet boyfriend

Authors

  • Daisy Pignetti University of Wisconsin-Stout

Keywords:

Blog, Hiddleswift, Taylor Swift, Celebrity relationships, Fandom, Hiddlestoners

Abstract

Tumblr's uniquely featured blogging platform provided the space Hiddleston fans needed to react and subsequently analyze his unexpected relationship with Taylor Swift.

Tumblr-blue image with symbols of various fandoms surrounding a lowercase t in Tumblr's font. Text underneath reads "Ubi invenimus in domos nostras" (Here we found our homes).

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Published

2017-08-30

Issue

Vol. 27 (2018): Tumblr and Fandom

Section

Symposium

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