in defense of the boy band

Use code MINA for $20 off your first SeatGeek order. PODCAST Spotify: Apple Podcasts: for extra content every Wednesday 😈 SUPPORT Newsletter: Donate: SOCIALS Instagram: TikTok: @gremlita Letterboxd: business email: MinaLeTeam@ Edited by Israh S. SOURCES The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity by Georgina Gregory Multiple damnations: deconstructing the critical response to boy band phenomena by Mark Duffett Unpacking K-pop in America: The Subversive Potential of Male K-pop Idols’ Soft Masculinity by Jeehyun Jenny Lee Parasocial Relationships with Musicians by Kate Szer Kurtin, Nina O’Brien, Deya Roy, and Linda Dam “At War for OPPA and Identity”: Competitive Performativity among Korean-Pop Fandoms by Brittany Tinaliga Beefing Up the Beefcake: Male Objectification, Boy Bands, and the Socialized Female Gaze by Dorie Bailey some boys and young,massages and openly propositioned them. 0:00 - intro 3:40 - history of the boy band 16:25 - boy band: manufactured 28:28 - the fandom