The ‘gal pal epidemic’

McBean, Sam

doi:10.1080/19392397.2016.1165005

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“…More recent contradictions include media coverage of queer female celebrities that still trivialises their sexual identity, such as misreporting of Kristen Stewart's female lovers as 'gal pals' (McBean, 2016). This contrasts with the ample attention paid to Miley Cyrus' identification as pansexual (Kimble, 2016) and the wide circulation of Ellen Page's coming out speech at the Human Rights Campaign's "Time to THRIVE" conference (Stern, 2014 …”

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“…32 Emi and Queenie, a couple, also tagged each other and added hashtags, such as #truelove and #cantwaittomarrythisbabe. Since same-sex female couples are often disregarded as just friends or 'gal pals' (McBean, 2016), these tags unambiguously indicated their relationship. Mïta added #pansexual to photos with her wife, "For a while, it was 'bisexual' but she wasn't really bisexual because like, she didn't know the term pansexual, basically, you know.…”

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