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When you think of fangirls, what comes to mind: large swaths of fandom (usually for a boyband) whose feelings culminate in tears and joyful screams? Perhaps you grimace or roll your eyes at the thought. In this fun, lively talk, playwright Yve Blake asks us to reevaluate our reaction to the misunderstood passion and powerā¦
@Cymphonyquadnauau
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 pm
I appreciate your creativity. Each new video is a little treat.š¤¹ā¹ļøš«
@AnnieB-v8j
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 pm
Bot.
@NupeAtl
August 12, 2025 at 1:17 pm
Both can be trueā¦
@ewalichorowicz4614
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 pm
I like the use of humor š
@mathewpoole3589
August 13, 2025 at 5:23 am
Yeah, those hysterical psycho fangirls are just so crazy that they always make me laugh.
Good times š
@l01230123
August 13, 2025 at 2:55 pm
@@mathewpoole3589 Jeeesus dude we get it: youāre horribly unfunny and donāt like it when women have emotions. š
Sad times š¤·āāļø
@justinhale2584
August 12, 2025 at 1:22 pm
Donāt be so hormonally indecisive? Maybe that wonāt seem to be the case
@sjaneesh7066
August 12, 2025 at 1:27 pm
pure words ā¤
@giffardthegrandiloquent5180
August 12, 2025 at 1:39 pm
No girl or woman I know has ever punched a fridge. I know two men who have but women are the crazy ones. š¤·š»āāļø
@amandasnider2644
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 pm
Well let me introduce myself: When I was 13 my parents got a brand new stainless steel fridgeā¦a pristine fridge.
For some reason I wanted to prove to my younger brother that I had an abnormally hard head and that headbutting isnāt painful for meā¦I demonstrated by headbutting the brand new fridgeā¦
Thereās been a dent in the fridge for 15 years sinceā¦ššš
@PiotrKaszuba8403
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 pm
Not only punching a fridge is an agression or fault behaviour. There is a lot of differences between sexes how they are acting badly.
@liledevil
August 13, 2025 at 4:01 am
ā@PiotrKaszuba8403 < what he sad. How many women have had their car keyed by a crazy ex vs how many men have? Or false accusations being made, regardless of any legal consequences.
@sunshinewtwodollasigns100
August 13, 2025 at 9:35 am
Guys, if youāre out camping, you can still punch a cooler.
@PiotrKaszuba8403
August 13, 2025 at 9:46 am
ā@@sunshinewtwodollasigns100 What about ideas for girls? Donāt be misandristicš
@jonasp.3900
August 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm
Great talk! ā¤š
@PiotrKaszuba8403
August 12, 2025 at 2:10 pm
Itās not about the topic itself, whatever is Taylor Swift or football, anything else. Itās about being fanatic or not. Not about what, but more why and how.
@carsonhunt4642
August 12, 2025 at 3:44 pm
She ironically also contradicts her own statement within a minute lol. Social sayings exist to ācorrectā behavior to whatever structural norm is in place. Calling someone ācrazyā is a way to perhaps prevent that bad behavior.
@kangarookohai
August 12, 2025 at 8:47 pm
But thereās underlying misogyny that often devalues women and girlsā passion for things.
@PiotrKaszuba8403
August 12, 2025 at 9:10 pm
ā@@kangarookohai Sure, but only from a crooked point of view, so that point of view is the causality of it. What Iām interesting in is a core of it and from none bias perspective.
@timy9197
August 12, 2025 at 9:15 pm
Different fandoms are treated differently regardless of how theyāre expressed
@timy9197
August 12, 2025 at 9:18 pm
@@carsonhunt4642whatās the contradiction?
@its1979yall
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 pm
ā¦..Sheās absolutely rightā¦I agreeā¦ā¦Also, howeverā¦sheās absolutely wrongā¦ā¦.(a woman isnāt less capable etc etc)ā¦(nor is a man more fit etc etc)ā¦ā¦Everything is subjective all depending on whatever..etc etcā¦..(Neverthelessā¦.I get what sheās sayingš¤)ā¦ā¦.(šbut the same is applicable towards a male)ā¦..End of storyā¦
@kangarookohai
August 12, 2025 at 8:50 pm
She speaks with a lot of examples. Sheās outlining a lot of double standards.
@PiotrKaszuba8403
August 12, 2025 at 9:55 pm
ā@@kangarookohaiI agree, but it also creates new ones, as it is not touching the roots of the issues.
@Eric-lr3zj
August 12, 2025 at 3:19 pm
āIām obsessed with making myself out to be a victim because Iām a woman when white women are the most privileged people in modern society.ā š
@ThatIndividual72104
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 pm
I guess she has a pointā¦ but her initial example is a reachā¦..
@kangarookohai
August 12, 2025 at 8:50 pm
Not really.
@ThatIndividual72104
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 am
āā@@kangarookohaiit absolutely is a reach. Sure the two phenomenon are similar but i think engaging in the idolization of a stranger to the point of religous ecstasy is much more worthy of being made fun of than the cathardic activity of watching sports, which both men and women engage in btwā¦ both have there extremes, but base line idolizing of a stranger is still bad, just watching sports and wanting your team to win isnt. Ones a much needed release of emotion, the other is a practice is fantasy and insanity š in what way does a young girl benefit from fan girling over justin beiber? Or a young guy fan boying over drake?
@Trevor21230
August 12, 2025 at 11:30 pm
While I do agree, I donāt think a Justin Bieber concert was a great example. He was 15 and being blatantly sexualized and made into a object of romantic attraction by the songs he was being asked to sing. I donāt think girls crying from joy at the sight of child exploitation is the image she actually wanted to evoke.
Also, it is worth noting that crying about sports is absolutely not a universally accepted thing for boys.
Again, there is a double standard, but there is also nuance. One cannot be adequately addressed without the other.
@magneticmelancholy
August 14, 2025 at 3:43 am
You need evidence of a double standard which she has none. Her ādouble standardā is really just a biased opinion formed from her specific life experience.
@liledevil
August 13, 2025 at 3:57 am
Honestly, I do not think those āfanaticsā at soccer games are the most rational either. They are often the ones engaging in racist, misogynistic and straight down offensive chants under the guise of āfanatismā. I wouldnāt those make the important decisions in our society.
And yeah, I think the āfanaticsā at any boyband concert are the same. Though honestly, at least they often have their age as an excuse.
There is nothing wrong with being a fan or supporting a team/artist. Itās the crazy āfanatismā where ratio gets pushed aside by emotion that I am no fan off.
@dw1ght_k_schrute727
August 13, 2025 at 7:26 am
OK Karen š
@l01230123
August 13, 2025 at 2:59 pm
OK ignorance š
Nothing _cooler_ than a wanna-be cyber bully who doesnāt even get what a Karen isā¦
@sunshinewtwodollasigns100
August 13, 2025 at 9:32 am
The bodyguards at the Nicki concert said the football fans are worse than the Barbz.
@magneticmelancholy
August 14, 2025 at 2:56 am
A woman fallaciously arguing that women are just as capable as men in their ability to reason? Crazy š