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Essay reflects on The Hold Steady and fandom identity
Original: On “You Can Make Him Like You” and being a Hold Steady girl
Paste has published a personal essay centered on "You Can Make Him Like You," a track by Brooklyn rock band The Hold Steady, exploring what it means to be a devoted female fan of the group. The piece connects the song's lyrics to the writer's own experiences of fandom, identity, and belonging, adding to a wider wave of writing that treats long-running indie bands as markers of personal history.
Why now: The band's enduring cult following keeps personal essays about their songs resonating with longtime fans.
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- On “You Can Make Him Like You” and being a Hold Steady girl · Paste Magazine
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