3 I’m (Not) Okay: To Retreat and Return

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xi
3. PREFACE 1
4. 1 An Animal within an Animal: A Brief Fangirl History 7
5. 2 The Waiting Game 29
6. 3 I’m (Not) Okay: To Retreat and Return 49
7. 4 Lady Gaga Will See You Now 71
8. 5 Sex & iPhones & Rock & Roll 91
9. 6 ‘We Are the Media’: Inside the Hive Mind 127
10. 7 Harry’s Girls, Long-Distance Love and Global Fangirling 147
11. 8 Dangerous Women and Political Fun 173
12. 9 Our Tears Dry on Their Own: Amy, Grief and British Female Fans 195
13. 10 Witches Always Live Through This: Courtney Love’s Older Fangirls 215
14. AFTERWORD 231
15. BEYOND ‘FANGIRLS: SCENES FROM MODERN MUSIC CULTURE’ 237
16. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 239