In recent years, I’ve watched a very dear friend of mine undergo the experience of being someone no one knew to being someone Talked About Online, especially in feminist and political circles. She had been working as a writer for over a decade, slowly gaining an audience and finding her voice as a writer in the political sphere, when a well-known writer became one of her cheerleaders. It seemed like overnight, her star rose and famous people I followed on twitter were retweeting her […]