why women are obsessed with heated rivalry

About this episode

The episode explores the phenomenon of women's fascination with the show 'Heated Rivalry' and its implications in media and fan culture.

GASP! I'm back for SEASON 4!!! Heated Rivalry truly has the girls, the gays, and especially the gay girls in a chokehold. But for everyone else who wasn't on fan fic tumblr in 2012, it might surprise you that by the finale, 2/3 of viewers were women. With big TV execs still confused at this phenomenon, I'm here to answer the questions: -Why do women like watching gay men? -What's so different about Heated Rivalry? -And why are some queer women pissed? Bonus episodes! Youtube! Merch!

People in this episode

Host: gasp! the pod

Topics covered

• women's interests
• LGBTQ+ representation
• media analysis
• fan culture
• television viewership

Keywords

• Heated Rivalry
• women
• gay men
• LGBTQ+
• fan culture
• television
• viewership
• queer women
• media analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Heated Rivalry

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