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Girlies. I’ve read this twice and still have no idea.

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SnakesAndArrows · 27/07/2024 19:16

What the actual fuck is this? I have been trying to write some kind of erudite comment for some time but I can’t, so I have had some gin, which has not helped.

Girlies? And it goes downhill from there.

Vulnerable, messy and bratty: The pop girlies having a moment www.bbc.com/news/articles/c97d3v8vpl3o

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ahagwearsapointybonnet · 27/07/2024 22:00

Strathfan · 27/07/2024 21:47

It’s the title. “Girlies”. 🙄

There is some weird shit going on atm. Anyone do New York Times Connections? Anyone done it today?

Yes, and thought it rather odd, have we gone back to the eighties or is (at least some of) the US still stuck there, or what? (Trying not to spoil it for any fans, as far as possible!)

Omlettes · 27/07/2024 21:58

SnakesAndArrows · 27/07/2024 19:16

What the actual fuck is this? I have been trying to write some kind of erudite comment for some time but I can’t, so I have had some gin, which has not helped.

Girlies? And it goes downhill from there.

Vulnerable, messy and bratty: The pop girlies having a moment www.bbc.com/news/articles/c97d3v8vpl3o

By clicking on it it gives BBC reason to re employ the writer.
Its so depressing

Strathfan · 27/07/2024 21:47

It’s the title. “Girlies”. 🙄

There is some weird shit going on atm. Anyone do New York Times Connections? Anyone done it today?

tobee · 27/07/2024 21:42

Been expecting a thread on this all day!

Girlies. Ffs indeed

DuesToTheDirt · 27/07/2024 21:28

OP, it's not just you. I read that in disbelief. "Girlies" ffs.

SpicyMoth · 27/07/2024 21:19

Not a clue, and I'm arguably of the generation that should be able to understand that mess!
Absolutely not the foggiest at all...

BobbyBiscuits · 27/07/2024 21:19

Stop trying to make Charlie xcx happen. She's so fucking cringe. Ha.
The language in the article is nauseating though. Absolutely meaningless drivel.

Lellochip · 27/07/2024 21:13

SnakesAndArrows · 27/07/2024 19:24

I also don’t think many of the mentioned girlies are female.

What makes you say that?

Dumbo12 · 27/07/2024 21:12

I'm almost certain that is written in English, which I have been able to read for 60 years, I understood Wendy word on its own but I have no understanding of what they all mean together.

WarriorN · 27/07/2024 21:05

Glad it's not just me. 6:30 am this morning, this is what I was trying to work out.

And then Sabrina woman is barely mentioned in the rest of the article.

I have noticed that Charlie xcx was listed in the mercury prize shortlist last week (happened to be listening to 6 music when announced) and then suddenly she's being name dropped left right and centre by the bbc. This is the second article I've read about her since the shortlist came out.

I'd never heard of her so went to look her up and discovered she has featured a number of transwomen in her videos and is seen as an "ally."

Had to look Sabrina up too.

wtf is it all about re Kamala?!

biscuitandcake · 27/07/2024 20:43

It feels very AI

Clickbaity articles about new memes, or trending topics on Twix/Tiktok (often with the original humour/irony shooting over the journalist's head) are nothing new. Its much easier and cheaper in these days of constrained budgets to spend half an hour on Twix and knock out an article then hit the streets and do real journalism. The "Brat girl summer" is already being done to death.

But that article really feels like its not saying anything. The tone feels like those listicles written by AI

Also, I think most of the "girlies" are female. Chappel Roan is a female its just that her makeup and personna/style inspiration is drag queen and she's a "queer icon". Like Marge Simpson when she starts selling tupperware.

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SnakesAndArrows · 27/07/2024 19:24

I also don’t think many of the mentioned girlies are female.

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SnakesAndArrows · 27/07/2024 19:21

See, I knew it wasn’t just me.

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quockerwodger · 27/07/2024 19:20

Let.me translate..

Ahem:

EXTERNAL DAY
-BBC Enter Stage left

BBC, Shouting desperately - "YOUNG PEOPLE - PLEASE PAY YOUR LICENSE FEE, WE ARE RELEVANT... HONEST... YOU DONT NEED NETFLIX!"

Boiledbeetle · 27/07/2024 19:20

Huh?

Sorry, that's all I've got.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 27/07/2024 19:18

I have absolutely no idea what that page is supposed to be saying other than there being some singers who the writer likes more than Katy Perry.

Have they just had somebody in on their Y10 Work Experience?

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