Blueprint of fandom: Emma Chamberlain, the anti-influencer who influenced everything

The original VSCO girl? Bianca Mirica PO ’29 answers this with her weekly fandom column. In this issue, she discusses Emma Chamberlain’s rise to fame, continued longevity and lasting success as a cultural icon. For Mirica, Chamberlain became –– and stayed –– famous because she presented reality, not some false narrative. Her earliest vlogs in her teenage years revealed to millions that it was perfectly acceptable to be a teenage girl who didn’t have their life figured out.

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