Very often, certain communities collectively hate the same celebrities. The tweet above in the screenshot 1.4 is making fun of an artist, which is very common on Twitter. Screenshot 1.4, the phrase ‘spill the tea’ is used in a context of telling someone that they agree with what they are saying. In the screenshot 1.2, the term ‘spilled expired milk’ is also a form of a disagreement and in the screenshots 1.3 and 1.9, ‘spilled liquid gold’ is used as an agreement. The term ‘spilled sewage water’ in the screenshot 1.1 signifies disagreement with their previous statement that says ‘I spilled’, which without addition of a word means agreement. In these tweets the term has been modified and used either as an agreement or disagreement with the use of elements. Although this term has been associated mostly with telling secrets and gossip (screenshot 1.8), in the screenshots 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.7 it is not the case. It is used as an encouragement to gossip and the use is very popular in media, especially the show RuPaul’s Drag Race (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2021). The term ‘spill the tea’ has its origins in drag culture, more specifically in black drag culture. This data collection also showcases some of the positive and negative sides of stan Twitter culture. These tweets showcase how a decent amount of language that originated from AAVE and drag slang has been used and modified in stan Twitter communities. All of these tweets include stan language that is frequently seen in communities on stan Twitter and is associated with African-American Vernacular English and drag slang. The following collection of data consists of 10 screenshots of tweets dating from May 2015 to April 2021. 313) shows that ‘three of our five common patterns of lexical innovation appear to be primarily associated with African American English, showing the inordinate influence of African American English on Twitter.’ 9), ‘Gay male and lesbian language use largely involves the appropriation of language associated with other groups, and the way in which appropriated forms are combined can enlighten local LGBT ideologies of gender and sexuality.’ Study by Grieve et al. This is not surprising as Lady Gaga is an LGBTQ rights advocate and is considered to be a gay icon. Research conducted by Carter (2018) based on Lady Gaga stans, that call themselves ‘Little Monsters’, shows that a decent amount of their language originated from language used by black gay men and drag queens. 1) refers to stan communities as a Community of Practice (CoP) and shows, ‘that members of K-pop Stan Twitter form interpersonal bonds, communicate regularly and create a close-knit community where everyone contributes in their own capacity.’ This study also states that these communities have their own humour and language (p. 4)Ī study conducted by Malik & Haidar (2020, p. In this form of participatory culture, as members become more familiar with the culture, they begin to mimic the language of other members. 3), ‘Affiliations express the interest-driven aspect of participatory cultures.’ When members produce, share and represent ideas, it is called expressions of fandoms. Jenkins states that there are four forms of participatory culture: fan affiliations, expressions of fandoms, collaborative problem-solving and circulations.
Participatory Culture, the opposite of Consumer Culture, is a ‘culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices’ (Jenkins, 2007, p. Twitter based online fandom communities, also known as stan communities, are what we know as Participatory Culture. I will be focusing on how members of these communities construct their identities within Participatory Culture through the use of language in order to interact, engage, feel included and form affiliation to those communities. In this essay, I will be discussing the use of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and drag slang within stan communities on the microblogging service Twitter.
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