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> Why Must We Hate the Things Teen Girls Love? So what's something teen girls liked, and was hated, but shouldn't have been? Their example of the Beatles was

> Why Must We Hate the Things Teen Girls Love? So what's something teen girls liked, and was hated, but shouldn't have been? Their example of the Beatles was not the premise but rather disliking teens girls over-liking the Beetles. Then they list things teen girls like and others like, but that was because they were too male? A example of something kids liked but was hated was Barney the Dinosaur. In retrospect it was because it wasn't dual layer, it hit a nerve because it was only for kids. Although that still makes it bad for adults the hatred for it was misguided.

pbhjpbhj 6y ago
Was Barney hated? By whom? I'm not that familiar with it but it seems like the sort of show that is very popular with younger children. When children get older they mock such things as an outward show that they are maturing. They like it, but it's cool to mock it. Older children I know mock TV/games that the younger kids like - to 'show their maturity'. Now, there are plenty of shows/books/games my kids watch/read/play that I dislike. I don't dislike them for lack of high culture - I dislike them because they're trash, they're just distraction without any educational benefit (no learning, not even social), no challenge, no development. Part of this is that in the past lots of media was about real life, but now it's 'all' about fantasy universes, often animated. Low value shows with people in at least help you learn to read people's emotions, or whatever. Barney, from what I recall is relatively good on emotional learning. Often stuff 'for kids' is just about distraction, which is why adults don't like it: loads of kids shows (games, books etc.) have humour, plot, character development, mystery, drama. Loads of others are basically just minimal storylines with flashy images and sounds. If there's nothing to talk about afterwards then it's a bad show for any age IMO.
- aaron695 6y ago
  > Was Barney hated? By whom? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Barney_humor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Barney_humor There was no reason at the time to think it was better/worse for kids than other age appropriate programs. Adults just hated it. Twilight movies are garbage. Teen girls can do better. I can't remember if the books were hated. Emo culture however is an example of something hated that shouldn't have been. But the author of the article seems to rule this out for 'teen girls'.

pbhjpbhj 6y ago

Was Barney hated? By whom? I'm not that familiar with it but it seems like the sort of show that is very popular with younger children. When children get older they mock such things as an outward show that they are maturing. They like it, but it's cool to mock it. Older children I know mock TV/games that the younger kids like - to 'show their maturity'. Now, there are plenty of shows/books/games my kids watch/read/play that I dislike. I don't dislike them for lack of high culture - I dislike them because they're trash, they're just distraction without any educational benefit (no learning, not even social), no challenge, no development. Part of this is that in the past lots of media was about real life, but now it's 'all' about fantasy universes, often animated. Low value shows with people in at least help you learn to read people's emotions, or whatever. Barney, from what I recall is relatively good on emotional learning. Often stuff 'for kids' is just about distraction, which is why adults don't like it: loads of kids shows (games, books etc.) have humour, plot, character development, mystery, drama. Loads of others are basically just minimal storylines with flashy images and sounds. If there's nothing to talk about afterwards then it's a bad show for any age IMO.

aaron695 6y ago
> Was Barney hated? By whom? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Barney_humor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Barney_humor There was no reason at the time to think it was better/worse for kids than other age appropriate programs. Adults just hated it. Twilight movies are garbage. Teen girls can do better. I can't remember if the books were hated. Emo culture however is an example of something hated that shouldn't have been. But the author of the article seems to rule this out for 'teen girls'.