Reply Girls and Boys: Rampant Misogyny

So my son is a huge fan of the Yogscast and apparently there has recently been a huge kerfluffle about "Reply Girls."

This is the definition of a Reply Girl from knowyourmeme.com.

“Reply Girl”, often spelled “Replygirl”, is an Internet slang term used to identify female YouTubers who mainly upload videos as a “reply” to an already popular or trending video in an attempt to capitalize on the high view counts. They typically use sexually suggestive thumbnails, often with prominently exposed cleavage.

This particular kind of performative spam has unleashed a storm of backlash videos fueled by adolescent (regardless of the age of the dude) male hormones. This video represents a well-produced humorous satirical reply video by the Band Area 11 and their fans. Most of the Reply Boy videos are just adding their own performative spam into the toxic stew tube.

This is definitely going to be fuel for my next performance piece.