kpop stans

  • Civility [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Cringe.

    Shitting on teenage girls for liking things is a) super harmful b) punching down and c) sexist and reactionary.

    K-Pop isn't significantly worse for the consumers or the artists than US Pop and anyone telling you it is is either coming from a place of sexism and xenophobia or has uncritically accepted talking points from people who are.

    Shitting on K-Pop stans has the same energy as shitting on 14 year olds whose bedrooms are plastered with posters of Justin Beiber.

    • GrouchoMarxist [comrade/them,use name]
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      4 years ago

      Both of you are making some sweeping assumptions about the K-pop fan base. That said, I agree it's normally not really different than people being obsessed with any other pop singers

      • Civility [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, regardless of the actual stats, I'd argue there's definitely a perception of K-Pop stans being teenage girls, but according to these demographics of what in December 2019 were the fanbases of the 8 most popular K-Pop groups, K-Pop stans are overwhelming female and disproportionately teenage.