Hot Girl Murder Club

Chapter 10. Isabel, the Rising Star

Only five years ago, many had given up on the idea of collective action, the hope that people might stand up for one another when times called for it.

Cultural critics said we were too online, too atomized, too passive and dependent on /DoorDash convenience.

But Our Ladies of the Dark got people off their couches and into the streets.

Why them, out of all who tried? Was it because, in this case, the action felt more like fandom? What about their story lit the match?

—Frances Vogel, “Our Ladies of the Dark: A History,” PhD dissertation presented to the UCLA Department of History