[Blogs] A Shwee’s Life on The Difficult Life of a Fan
The difficulties of being a Hello! Project fan
A Shwee’s Life is a personal blog, but there are entries dedicated to Hello!Project as well. Shwee even says that there are “unfinished blog posts and the majority of them are H!P related.” I encourage her to finish them.
In “The Difficulties of being a Hello! Project Fan,” Shwee addresses some the social stigmas attached to being a fan of H!P and idols. The entry presents a few ways that idol fans, both male and female, are labeled.
Some fans may be secure enough not to worry about how they are labeled. They may read this post and go, “So what? I don’t care what others say.” But not everyone has this level of self-confidence. I can see how being labeled – and it is the negative connotation that matters to me here, not that actual label being used – can be discouraging. It can be difficult to enjoy something when everything in your environment around you says that you shouldn’t.
I’m sure this post can be of interest to all IW readers. After all, it is not just fans of idols that get labeled; visual kei fans often deal with negativity. I’d like to see the different ways that IW bloggers – whether it be idol fans, VK or whatever - feel they get labeled.
As for Shwee, it seems that she has gotten over the hump and is fine with being a female H!P fan that is interested in Takahashi Ai photobooks. Perhaps this entry could encourage those who are weary of displaying their enjoyment in H!P and idols.
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