‘Barbie’: Ken Has Never Been Barbie’s Boyiend. He’s Her Gay BFF.

Contents:

• “STILL NOT AS GAY AS TWILIGHT”: POSTMORN AFFECT, NOSTALGIA & QUEER TWILIGHT RENAISSANCE DURG THE COVID-19 PANMIC
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• 'TWILIGHT' STAR ASHLEY GREENE SAYS THAT NEWER FANS TELL HER THAT ALICE CULLEN 'WAS THEIR GAY AWAKENG'
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• IS TWILIGHT STAR TAYLOR LTNER GAY?

“STILL NOT AS GAY AS TWILIGHT”: POSTMORN AFFECT, NOSTALGIA & QUEER TWILIGHT RENAISSANCE DURG THE COVID-19 PANMIC

As the Twilight novels and rpective film adaptatns were released om 2005 to 2012, however, the public receptn of the saga faced a homophobic backlash.

Although blatant heterosexualy is non Twilight, meang that heterosexual relatns are the official narrative the story, the saga generated a lossal moral panic and homophobic rhetoric. Die-hard fans of Twilight—or, Twihards—were met wh an extreme gree of unpopulary that was herently characterized by homophobic unrton (Bernard 2017; McFarland 2013a). Acrdg to “Know Your Meme, ” a webse that talogu viral ter mem, one of the most proment anti-Twilight mem was the “Still Not as Gay as Twilight” meme (2011).

This popularized unrstandg of gayns echoed homophobic nnotatns of “gay” beg crgey, shameful and, hence, unol (McFarland 2013a). Twilight was publicly brand as gay and Twihards were shamed by associatn.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Agast the backdrop of this mass homophobic shamg the early 2000s, there has been a rurgence of the Twilight fandom across social media spac, cludg Twter, Tumblr and Facebook.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Intertgly, spe years of homophobic vilifitn, the Twilight Renaissance has been particularly proment onle queer muni. Not only do a signifint portn of the Twilight Renaissance fans intify as a part of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, and others (LGBTQ+) muny, but many of the origal characters the seri have been d as queer by mass Twilight Renaissance members (Dishmon 2018; Silva 2019). Dpe Meyer’s (2005) aggrsive heteronormativy, there has been a rurgent tert ‘gayifyg’ Twilight as a re pillar of the onle Twilight Renaissance phenomenon.

I then nceptualize the Twilight Renaissance as an exemplar of Butt and Millner-Larsen’s (2018) “queer mons, ” where queer Twihards nstct a space or this se, fandom, an attempt to revive and repair a historilly homophobic narrative.

'TWILIGHT' STAR ASHLEY GREENE SAYS THAT NEWER FANS TELL HER THAT ALICE CULLEN 'WAS THEIR GAY AWAKENG'

Edward Cullen and, by associatn Robert Pattson, dispted and femized the tradnal vampire figure and was hence publicly seen as wimpy and gay. This homophobic anti-Twilight hatred flood ter culture and was predomantly dissemated through mem. One of the most memorable anti-Twilight mem is the “Still Not as Gay as Twilight” (2011) meme seri, which dismissed homoerotic imagery and same-sex activy as pable of ever beg as gay as Twilight.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

Collectn of “Still not as Gay as Twilight” Mem (2011). Wh a rehg twist, however, Twilight ref to be staked spe years of homophobic anti-Twilight shamg durg the early 2000s.

(twilightisgaynow 2018).

IS TWILIGHT STAR TAYLOR LTNER GAY?

Many queer fans wh the Twilight Renaissance are ‘gayifyg’ Twilight. In the early 2020s, Twilight is gay—but this time, a good way. What was once shamed for beg too soft and gay is now beg celebrated by untls queer Twilight fans.

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