in which i live up to my name

[kaizoku]

I downloaded like... 20 cds worth of music tonight. *music hangover* And then I went and saw La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) which is lovely and heartbreaking and bilingual and you should all go see it at the theater if you can.

*Looking at bandom picspam* I'm really glad that people like and are interested in the girlfriends of the bandboys. But it bothers me when the justification for not hating one of them is "she makes him happy." I see this ALL OVER. I get where it's coming from, because yeah, of course your first allegiance was to the person in the band. But I don't like the implication that she's just there to make the boy happy, that that is her function. And it raises the question -- if they break up and she's not making him happy anymore, are you going to go back to hating her? I don't think most (sane) people would actually do that, but that's what we're setting ourselves up for here.

I have a longer rant about how white boy fandom feels like it's all-pervasive and how frustrated I'm getting with that but I'll spare you all for now.

Comments

[echelon-ga-l.livejournal.com]

I'm a jealous girl. Very jealous but I hide it and I don't annoy my boy with that. Of course I wouldn't bear if he slept with other girls but I wouldn't mind boys as long as he let me be aware of that and share the dirty little secrets (ah the joys of bisexual boyfriends !).

But I think you helped me understanding why I didn't like the band boys girlfriends : they always date some hollywood chicks and I can't stand that kind of girls. All the girls I had crushes on didn't look like Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, etc... For example I worshiped Manson for dating Dita Von Teese. She's totally my kind of girl ! :p

[kaizoku.livejournal.com]

they always date some hollywood chicks

Oh yeah, there's definitely some issues there. Bands with older guys like MCR seem to have more unconventionally beautiful partners... Of course then there's the fans calling Ryan Ross' girlfriend fat, ugh.