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  • Parasociality Killed the VTuber Star

    While many people can maintain a healthy relationship with them as entertainment personalities, others developed an unhealthy level of parasocial attachment, particularly to the female creators. These parasocial fans have caused incident after incident, making the space unsafe to VTubers and the audience alike, and are even suspected to have caused some of them to “graduate,” or retire from streaming. The most infamous of those incidents is the case of Kiryu Coco.

    Featureby LM Marie June 1, 20220 Comments

  • Idols Gone Viral: How Hololive VTubers both subvert and reinforce expectations of idol femininity

    Contemporary virtual YouTubers are often characterized by a mix of conventional femininity and “unladylike” behavior. Yet, while the most prominent creators are able to explore more varied and even subversive topics than traditional idols, they are in many ways still beholden to a set of rules and expectations for what an idol “should” be.

    Featureby Katie Gill May 19, 20210 Comments