a note from the head stan in charge
soooo...ya’lll.....stan culture sucks. it feels more and more at odds with my personal values even though - YES - i am the original head stan in charge.
i started this blog because i wanted to document and archive the rise of one of the most talented and riveting politicians of my lifetime. i noticed that no one else was doing it and stepped up. i knew she was going to be special. and 1100 fellow stans later, i am proud of what we’ve built. but i can’t help but feel less wedded to the ideology of being a ‘stan’. if AOC start fucking up, i will be the first to call it out. if she turns on her ocasio 2018 values, i will write angry treatises. i will demand accountability and, if it comes to it, delete this account. & that ain’t stan culture.
we will need a new name. that will come in 2020 i suspect.
but for now, in light of my slowwww move away from stanning, idolatry, and turning very real humans into gods to be worshiped, the new URL is ocasio2018.tumblr.com
carry on.