If you’re lively on social media, particularly on Instagram and TikTok, you is perhaps seeing a bunch of movies made by and that includes ladies celebrating their love of Star Wars — all set to the identical audio of one other girl speaking for about 20 seconds about how we don’t want extra feminine characters in Star Wars as a result of “women don’t even watch Star Wars.”
If you’re puzzled over the hubbub — clearly ladies watch Star Wars — an X (previously Twitter) thread explains the scenario. (The thread already has over 2.5 million views as of this writing.) The kerfuffle took off after a preferred Star Wars YouTuber had a visitor on his channel who mentioned the above quote about ladies not watching Star Wars.
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When some distinguished ladies Star Wars followers pushed again towards these feedback, a few of them discovered a few of their social media accounts mass reported, and even in a couple of circumstances suspended or deleted altogether.
That in flip impressed feminine Star Wars obsessive from all walks of life to take the unique audio of the skilled claiming “women don’t even watch Star Wars” (her phrases, positively not ours!!!) and use it because the soundtrack of their very own movies, that includes stills and clips highlighting their very own love of Star Wars: Visiting Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland or Disney World, watching the exhibits, taking part in the video games, amassing the merchandise, or dressing as their favourite characters.
Here are simply a few the various, many examples:
It shouldn’t have to be mentioned, however perhaps it does: Everyone watches Star Wars. Young and previous, women and men, wookies and droids; all people. Anyone who says in any other case is improper. Absurdly so!
As at all times, comply with the primary rule of fandom: Enjoy what you get pleasure from, and go away others to get pleasure from what they get pleasure from as properly. If you don’t like a specific Star Wars film or present, that’s completely advantageous. But don’t blame others for that.
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