Published 17:51 IST, August 20th 2020
Red Velvet's Joy's ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ T-shirt sparks online debate
Red Velvet's Joy who is the main singer, dancer in the group caught in a stir of controversy after donning ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ T-shirt. Read more about
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Girl group Red Velvet’s member Joy was caught in a stir of controversies after she posted a picture of her wearing a text T-shirt. The T-shirt that she was wearing had the words, “We Should All Be Feminists” written it. According to fan comments and reactions, some of the male fanbases of Red Velvet was furious over her wearing a T-shirt that supported feminism.
Red Velvet's Joy's t-shirt sparks online controversy
In the pictures, Red Velvet's Joy was wearing a pantsuit with grey and black stripes paired with a white text T. The K-pop idol shared several pictures in the look. In one such picture, which is a close-up of the idol, the partial test on the T-shirt can be seen.
According to reports in All K-pop media portal, the pictures were clicked before Joy and Seulgi were chosen as ambassadors for the 'Blue Sky For All' day. The event is going to take place on September 7, 2020. According to the same report, the event is to promote clean air and pollution-free air in the country. The two aforementioned idols will be the face of the campaign which is supposed to have lasting effects on the young population which forms the fan base of Red Velvet.
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Fans react to Red Velvet's Joy's t-shirt
Coming back to Joy's t-shirt, several fans resorted to social media accounts to call her ‘selfish’ for propagating her opinion which could possibly ‘harm the group’. Some fans spoke in favour of the K-idol. While the argument was between fans of Red Velvet who were pro-feminism and anti-feminism, some fans wrote that they respected her ‘opinions’ in all ways. Some fans speculated that Joy's t-shirt could have been sponsored content.
Some fans were quick to support the idol. Here is what they shared in favour of the look-
nothing brings me more joy than watching men break down over red velvet having feminist thoughts https://t.co/ceFi34bywv
— maggie 💙 (@abseulution) August 19, 2020
korean men getting angry that joy wore a feminist shirt and saying that rv is gonna lose fans but not realizing that most of red velvet's fanbase are females 😭
— Ye ACTRESS JISOO (@crunchy_gowon) August 19, 2020
fan boys of red velvet’s joy criticizes her for wearing a feminist tshirt. men irritate me. pic.twitter.com/1U6lU1fYRZ
— 봄꽃슙꾹⁷ (@flowerguukgi) August 20, 2020
It says so much about patriarchy that there are men in Korea more concerned over Joy wearing a feminist tshirt than they are about systemic violence and horrific abuse against women in society. Support for human rights should not be controversial. "We should all be feminists". 💚
— JOY 조이 Updates 💚 (@joysooyoungpics) August 20, 2020
This was not the first instance when Red Velvet's members sported a pro-feminist item-
annual red velvet men cleaning
— WENDY IS BACK ミ★🧊 (@reneseulgi) August 19, 2020
2018 - irene reads a feminist book
2019 - joy likes an ig post about feminism
2020 - joy wears a shirt that says “we should all be feminists”
On the other hand, Joy's T-shirt with ‘We should all be Feminist’ text is available on the Dior website for a whopping 860 USD. Check out the T-shirt and its price below-
💚 #JOY 200819 _imyour_joy Instagram Update
— Red Velvet 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐍 | 𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄 (@redvelvetoutfit) August 19, 2020
ㅡ DIOR 'We Should All Be Feminists' T-shirt ($860)#RedVelvet #레드벨벳 #조이 #박수영 #redvelvetoutfit_joy pic.twitter.com/sevZZZIPEF
17:51 IST, August 20th 2020