Patreon Teaser: The Cultural Impact of tumblr

Listen to the full episode and get access to over 85 episodes when you join the Ready to Be Petty Patreon. For $5 USD/month, you get weekly episodes on trending topics and pop culture deep dives and entry to the Discord to chat with other listeners. Public episodes of Ready to Be Petty are on hiatus until September 2024. You can also check out Torry’s other podcast, Ready to Be Romanced, which recaps and reviews romance novels and their tv/movie adaptations wherever you find podcasts. Full Episode Description: On this patreon exclusive, Torry (she/her) and Katja (she/her) from Mood for Feud discuss trending pop culture stories including Ariana Maddix being sued by Chef Penny and Tom Sandoval and twenty years of Autobiography, Ashlee Simpson’s debut album. Then they dive into tumblr’s start and why it became so popular. They discuss tumblr users who got famous. They discuss fandom content and ships, some of the pitfalls of the website, and finally how celebs have used the site and other iconic pop culture moments. Buy official merch or an RTBP keychain on Etsy. Follow RTBP on Instagram, Tiktok, and Twitter. Photo by Mariah Burchell.