Ten Things I Do to Avoid Revealing That I’m a Tegan and Sara Superfan

Ten Things I Do to Avoid Revealing That I’m a Tegan and Sara Superfan


1. I’ve framed and displayed only the limited-edition Rorschach print Tegan and Sara made together, not the two signed posters I also have.

2. I resist tweeting at @teganandsara.

3. I didn’t write a post defending Tegan and Sara against Tyler the Creator when Tyler tweeted, in response to Sara’s criticism of his homophobia, “If Tegan And Sara Need Some Hard Dick, Hit Me Up!” But I felt guilty about it.

4. I say Tegan and Sara’s live show isn’t really that great. That’s a lie.

5. I write about how I actually listen to Bob Dylan almost twice as much as Tegan and Sara. Technically that’s true in terms of total Last.fm play counts, but Bob Dylan has 56 albums. Tegan and Sara have six, so since 2007 I’ve actually listened to the average Bob Dylan song about four times and the average Tegan and Sara song about 22 times.

6. I hide my giant Tegan and Sara album cover in the back of my closet.

7. I don’t put my Tegan and Sara books on my shelf next to the Tegan and Sara vinyl collection that I bought despite the fact that I don’t have a record player. I also don’t point out that I’m visible as a tiny head in a crowd photo in the book about the 2008 tour.

8. I pretend I can’t tell Tegan and Sara apart. That’s another lie.

9. I talk about how I got off on the wrong foot with Sara when I interviewed her for the Daily Planet. It’s true, my first question (about how reporters can’t tell the twins apart) was a little awkward, but by the end we were talking about how we’re both too forgiving in the wake of breakups and I think we totally bonded and it was pretty much the greatest thing ever.

10. I blog about being a Tegan and Sara superfan. Because ha ha, right? It’s funny, right? It’s not weird or anything…right?

Jay Gabler