When 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 lady speaking for about 20 seconds about how we don’t want extra feminine characters in Star Wars as a result of “ladies don’t even watch Star Wars.”
When you’re puzzled over the hubbub — clearly ladies watch Star Wars — an X (previously Twitter) thread explains the state of affairs. (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 stated the above quote about ladies not watching Star Wars.
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When some outstanding 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 instances suspended or deleted altogether.
That in flip impressed feminine Star Wars obsessive from all walks of life to take the unique audio of the knowledgeable claiming “ladies don’t even watch Star Wars” (her phrases, undoubtedly 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, enjoying the video games, gathering the merchandise, or dressing as their favourite characters.
Listed below are simply a few the numerous, many examples:
It shouldn’t have to be stated, however possibly it does: Everybody watches Star Wars. Younger and outdated, women and men, wookies and droids; all people. Anybody who says in any other case is improper. Absurdly so!
As at all times, observe the primary rule of fandom: Get pleasure from what you get pleasure from, and go away others to get pleasure from what they get pleasure from as properly. When you don’t like a selected Star Wars film or present, that’s completely wonderful. However don’t blame others for that.
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