Chappell Roan wants you to stop being creepy
+ Luce's hot takes from the DNC, and a very cutesy update on the creator of the demure and mindful trend 𓆩♡𓆪
Hi angels! OMG it’s been balls to the wall (ew sorry) here at SYSCA over the past few days as we’ve been prepping ourselves for our fucking BOOK TO LAUNCH. Sorry that I’ve been a lil MIA on here lately, feels like I’ve spent more time in my inbox than in the news and honestly, that is NOT how I like to structure my days.
I once heard that adulthood is just being in a constant stream of ‘I’ll get to that when things calm down’ and then things NEVER CALMING DOWN, and that’s what life feels a lil like atm. Anyway, looking forward to things calming down in like… December!
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A recap of the Democratic National Convention
Not sure if y’all have heard but there’s a low-key imp election coming up in the States… Anyway, we’ve just had two days of watching the DNC and I thought I’d give you some key takeaways, because that’s um, my job.
Biden spoke, and said choosing Harris as his running mate in 2020 was “the best decision I made my whole career.”
Hillary Clinton went full Girlboss by saying she’d put many cracks in the “highest, hardest glass ceiling,” and now Harris is “so close to breaking through once and for all.”
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside, calling for a ceasefire and arms embargo on Israel. “Dozens of protesters appeared to break through one security fence near the convention site and several demonstrators were handcuffed and detained.”
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow stepped onstage Monday night with a large prop: a book containing the conservative Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” agenda, so big that it barely fit on the podium:
Patti Labelle performed which just reminded me of THIS ICONIC VIDEO where she’s looking for her background singers (if you haven’t watched it, watch it)
The Obamas spoke! Barack said that the country wants to be better, not bitter, and led the crowd in a new version of his slogan ‘Yes we can” which he changed to “Yes she can!” Michelle, on the other hand, said that ‘hope’ was making a comeback, and to "consider this your official ask: Michele Obama is asking you - no, I'm telling y'all to do something.”
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An update on our favourite demure and mindful content creator
I spoke about the internet’s current obsesh Jools Lebron last week, but I would like to give an update that because of her viral videos, she has now made enough money to fund the rest of her gender reassignment surgery 🥺🥺🥺🥺
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Chappell Roan wants you to stop being creepy
The latest celebrity to clap back against the unhinged behaviour of their fans is his year’s biggest success story, Chappell Roan.
Chappell posted two TikTok videos on Monday night, calling out people for allegedly “stalking her and her family, bullying her online, shouting at her in the street and becoming abusive when she refused to pose for photos or give hugs.”
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Some quotes from the videos:
"I don't care that abuse and harassment is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous.”
"I don't care that it's normal. I don't care that this crazy type of behaviour comes along with the job, the career field I've chosen. That does not make it OK."
"It's weird how people think that you know a person just because you see them online and you listen to the art they make," she continues in her post.
"I'm allowed to say no to creepy behaviour.”
"[Being a singer] doesn't mean that I want it. It doesn't mean that I like it.”
"I don't [care] if you think it's selfish of me to say no for a photo or for your time or for a hug. That's not normal, that's weird.”
This type of response isn’t new - last year I actually wrote about what I call the end of ‘fandominance’ where artists/ creatives/ celebrities are simply getting fucking fed up with weird and unhinged behaviour:
This year alone there have been enough celebrities hit with things on stage to elicit BuzzFeed listicles, and I’ve seen more think pieces on concert etiquette than any normal person needs to read. This behaviour is unhinged, but of course we could try to explain it.
It could be the lack of control that fans feel in their real lives - like how the world is burning or their student loans are weighing on them (problems that they would argue the object of their affection doesn’t have to worry about) - and the little bit of control they might have is the ability to make a video of themselves throwing something at their fave go viral, or to upload a video to TikTok of them outside Taylor Swift’s studio for fifteen seconds of clout.
Maybe they’re hoping to traverse into ‘famous fan’ territory - be the next Lil Nas X who started his career as a Nicki Minaj fan, or Stalker Sarah who became ‘famous’ for taking photos with celebrities, or even an ‘Ashley Leechin’ (the Taylor Swift lookalike who just last week was spotted walking around LA with her own bodyguards, pretending to be Taylor.)
Maybe they feel like they are ‘owed’ things from their fave - as if the art their faves make isn’t enough to repay the countless hours they’ve devoted to them online (or irl.)
If you’re interested in these strange fan/ celeb dynamics you should read the full piece:
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I have so much respect for Chappell standing up for herself like she has, artists deserve private time and space to live their lives and for people to treat them like toys they can play with is awful. I hope she gets the privacy and respect she deserves and we don't loose someone who is so talented
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