How Tumblr Changed My Life - gotagirlcrush
Who knows how we originally started following each other on Tumblr (I remember Andrea posting awesome mixes and music recommendations). We were reblogging each other’s posts a lot when one day we decided to start an email conversation and eventually became internet pen pals! We didn’t actually hang out in real life until March 2010 when Andrea was visiting NYC. After corresponding over the internet and ultimately running a blog together for a year or two before meeting in real life, it wasn’t that odd to finally meet and everything came easy. Then, a few months later, Meg went to visit SF and we got to hang out again. We went from not meeting each other for a few years, to hanging out twice in one year! So, we’re pretty lucky considering we live on opposite sides of the country (Meg in Brooklyn, Andrea in San Fran).
Got a Girl Crush was born out of g-chat conversation with Andrea (andreainspired.tumblr.com) while I (totes.tumblr.com) was on a red-eye flight from LA to NYC in 2009. It just seemed to make sense to start a tumblr together since we had the same tastes and admirations. Initially it was just a mutual catch-all blog. We never imagined it’d reach the status it has now (a blog and now a bi-annual print magazine—issue 2 coming out in June 2012!). We love having a place to showcase women we admire and spread some of those positive vibes.
Having an “internet friend” used to be almost some sort of dirty secret 10 years ago, but now I couldn’t imagine not having the blog, zine, or west coast taste twin.
