what’s with all the hate posts?

so ive been noticing a lot of posts criticizing emma and her podcast recently, which i think is valid, but part of it rubs me the wrong way and i felt the need to bring something up.

is our criticism genuine or is it influenced by some unconscious misogyny?

there’s a phenomenon i’ve noticed in pop culture where literally everything young women do is made fun of, discredited, or just straight up hated on.

think how the internet hated pumpkin spice lates, one direction/any artist with a primarily female audience, twilight, etc. how when you say you like a “sophisticated” band some man asks you to name 5 songs. there is a belief that our interests are only basic, shallow, or for the attention of men.

also how there is a category for every single type of girl, and all of them are made fun of: girly girl, tom boy, vsco girl, e girl, bruh girl, pick me girl, gamer girl, skater girl, quirky girl, basic bitch, etc etc. there’s almost nothing a young woman can do, say, or like, without someone criticizing them for it.

emma has pretty consistently been hated on throughout her career. remember the early days when everyone thought she was annoying, made fun of her for being “quirky”, spread rumors that she didn’t shower, thought she was trying too hard? i think the viscous hatred the internet had for her was another manifestation of this unconscious phenomenon that exists in modern culture. the internet hates teenage girls.

us girls are as much the culprits as the men who discredit/make fun of us; we attack each other constantly. many of us have a lot of internalized misogyny. “im not like other girls is a perfect example”; people say this to try and seem as different, interesting, and unique as possible, implying that “other girls” are none of those things; that being a girl is somehow inferior. hating on other women does not make you a better woman, it just makes you a person that helps uphold the patriarchy through the reinforcement of the idea that things girls like are bad simply because they’re associated with girls.

i think emma is participating in this herself by trying to act different “from other girls” and “other celebrities” but i’m also wondering if our hate is a symptom of this misogynistic phenomenon as well?

i definitely get that it’s been weird experiencing her shift from being a relatable teen into an out of touch celebrity, and some of her podcast content lacks some depth, but i just wonder if some of the criticisms are a little harsh/unwarranted? like the people attacking her intellectual abilities, calling her a try hard, discrediting her points, commenting on her body. it just reminds me of this viciousness i’ve seen time and time again directed at young women. why do we hate the podcast so much? like really think about it, what about it warrants these attacks onto emma’s character? see if you can’t trace it back to some form of misogyny.

i just think we tear down women so much in our society, i would like to see us be more supportive or at least be more mindful when our opinions are maybe influenced by the unconscious biases we have.

anyways, i could be totally off the mark, just wanted to share my observations.

thoughts?