Selena and the Internet

Anything For Selena

WBUR & Futuro Studios

Maria Garcia, Wbur, Selena, Futuro, Society & Culture, Quintanilla

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A quarter century after her death, Selena is breaking the internet. Online, Selena’s image and music have taken on new life on social media and platforms that weren’t even imaginable when she was still alive. Selena devotees of all ages have turned to Instagram, TikTok and Youtube to restore and remix Selena’s memory. In this episode, Maria explores how the internet has become a place where fans celebrate and remember Selena, as well as grapple with the void she left behind.

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0:00.0	Heard about Magpie, the vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from Gold Daddy.
0:03.4	One day the owners are like,
0:04.8	this business hasn't reached this potential.
0:07.2	And the other one goes,
0:08.2	we need a bigger piece of the pie.
0:09.9	And then it hits her.
0:11.1	We need Gold Daddy.
0:12.1	Look, we can get it the main name and create an online store,
0:14.8	so we can sell to more customers.
0:16.8	Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies,
0:19.2	the flogging nationwide.
0:21.0	And now everyone's like,
0:22.3	vegan pies are the new thing around here.
0:25.0	Wait, no me!
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1:00.2	Oh no, the stars have gone out on planet tier.
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1:17.4	as well as six jumpy monsters
	...

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