Queerantine & Lesbian TikTok
April 26, 2021 5:08 PM Subscribe
“Once I was in quarantine, I was just stuck in my own head with my own thoughts and I had to face it.”
It’s not just pandemic-enforced introspection, of course; it’s also the TikTok algorithm. And, because three articles definitively make a trend, here’s additional pandemic + lesbian TikTok testimony.
Now, lesbian TikTok is hardly new; the NYTimes trend piece - traditionally a lagging indicator - is almost a year old. TikTok has a reputation as a Gen Z-only platform, but if that’s not your scene, check out the #over30lesbians (and #over40lesbians, and #over50lesbians, etc) tags. Just ask one Redditor on r/latebloomerlesbians - “Lesbian TikTok changed my life.”
It’s not just pandemic-enforced introspection, of course; it’s also the TikTok algorithm. And, because three articles definitively make a trend, here’s additional pandemic + lesbian TikTok testimony.
Now, lesbian TikTok is hardly new; the NYTimes trend piece - traditionally a lagging indicator - is almost a year old. TikTok has a reputation as a Gen Z-only platform, but if that’s not your scene, check out the #over30lesbians (and #over40lesbians, and #over50lesbians, etc) tags. Just ask one Redditor on r/latebloomerlesbians - “Lesbian TikTok changed my life.”
I've seen this very thing happen so much in the last year. Lesbian tik tok even played a role in a few of them!
It's become fashionable lately to say social media has no redeeming qualities at all for our lives, but one thing that's really powerful is that it's allowed people to see inside queer culture in a way that you don't usually get to unless you're already a part of a queer community. And sometimes it turns out you're looking into a mirror.
posted by lunasol at 11:29 PM on April 26, 2021 [7 favorites]
It's become fashionable lately to say social media has no redeeming qualities at all for our lives, but one thing that's really powerful is that it's allowed people to see inside queer culture in a way that you don't usually get to unless you're already a part of a queer community. And sometimes it turns out you're looking into a mirror.
posted by lunasol at 11:29 PM on April 26, 2021 [7 favorites]
I run a meetup group for LGBT+ women in Paris, and we've definitely had more signups over the last year. Pre pandemic we had tons of women joining who had realised they were queer in later life after a long hetero marriage, I'm glad to see these over 30s/40s/50s hashtags be so popular.
posted by ellieBOA at 1:47 AM on April 27, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by ellieBOA at 1:47 AM on April 27, 2021 [4 favorites]
SO WHOLESOME
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:30 AM on April 27, 2021
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:30 AM on April 27, 2021
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