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By Peyton Rhodes
When you open a group chat, you can usually expect to find a new joke you’ve somehow missed in three minutes of absence, some juicy bits of gossip, or a detailed outline of the drama that went down last night. What you don’t expect to find, however, are the plans for a music magazine, which is exactly what I found when I opened a group chat about two weeks ago.
It began with the most unlikely thing: an anonymous question to one of the members of the group chat. The simple question read, “Why obsess over members in bands?” Screenshots of the question were swiftly sent to the group chat, triggering a massive outcry from everyone, including myself. I have never seen such eloquent paragraphs on the importance of music produced so quickly.
Why would such a seemingly trivial question cause such an intense response? If you yourself are an avid fan of music, you probably already know. If you are not, allow me to explain. Consider the difference between grown male sports fans and young women who listen to bands. At the core, there is no difference. Both groups of people enjoy a certain kind of entertainment, and are often fanatically involved in supporting their choice subcategory of that entertainment, whether it be a preferred sports team or a favorite band. Both turn up in droves to see their team or band play or perform, and both tend to get rowdy during these live performances. Why, then, are male sports fans considered rational human beings with a valid interest in an important part of society, while young female fans of music are labelled as “crazy fangirls” and “obsessive?” As a young female fan, it gets eternally exhausting to be portrayed as an unstable little girl whose favorite band has only assumed that title because of the lead singer’s deep blue eyes. A shocking proposal: music is important because of the way it affects our lives for the better, not because of the facial features of the creators of the music. But I digress.
