"As complaints of Kendall’s cultural appropriation piled on, the @KNJDaily group remained silent, continuing to post updates on her while, privately, discussing how they should respond, if at all. The pressure to stay silent was heightened by the fact that Kendall followed them, a coveted position on stan Twitter, where some of the most dedicated accounts will include the date they first met or were followed by their favorite celebrity in their profile, like a wedding anniversary or other memorial date...
Artists with young fanbases are often dismissed and deemed unserious. But that doesn’t negate the very real impacts they have on their young fans’ lives. And for young stans, the stars they worship become bigger than their personas. They are representatives of an important time in their lives when they most needed understanding and felt they got that from their idols...
Alia says she became a Kendall fan after she started watching
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
at 8 years old. She says she was in and out of the hospital at the time and struggling with depression from her medical problems. But she credits Kendall’s appearances on the show with keeping her spirits up... Williams and Alia both are fierce defenders of the stars they’ve dedicated themselves to, inspired by the first-hand experiences they believe have shown them their faves’ true colors and, perhaps more than that, made them feel seen. “She has proved herself as a person who really is interested in improving the greater good, I think I'll always be loyal to her. I know she has the world's best intentions in mind,” said Williams...
“Sometimes you have to realize that you may be the one that's problematic as well and it's like coming to terms with that and then figuring out what you want to do with it. Not a lot of people take the time to do that,” said Ashagre. “And especially if you spent a lot of time with a certain artist to the point where they mean something to you, like whatever they're doing genuinely helped you through a certain period of your life, it feels like a breakup to come to terms with that and then put that phase of your life behind you.""
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