"When fans come up to me and Vanessa, they're really sweet and ask for autographs - but once they see the guys, the girls tend to scream"
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Fame, in Ashley Tisdale's telling, has a volume knob - and it gets cranked the moment male co-stars enter the frame. The line lands because it captures a hierarchy of attention that’s both flattering and faintly deflating: she and Vanessa are “really sweet” autograph material, approachable and polite; “the guys” trigger the primal response, the scream. It’s a neat snapshot of how teen-pop celebrity culture sorts people into roles even when they’re standing in the same photo.
The intent feels conversational, almost shruggy, but the subtext is sharper. Tisdale is describing a gendered economy of fandom where young women are permitted two modes: respectful devotion toward female stars, ecstatic desire toward male ones. Autographs are about access and proof; screaming is about release, performance, the communal rush of wanting. She’s not condemning it so much as noting the script everyone seems to know by heart.
Context matters: mid-2000s Disney fame was a machine built on proximity and chastity at once - stars marketed as attainable friends, with just enough distance to stay mythic. Tisdale and Vanessa represent identification: the fan can be them. The “guys” represent fantasy: the fan wants them. The quote’s quiet sting is that even inside a carefully curated ensemble brand, attention still tilts toward heterosexual spectacle, leaving the women to absorb the politeness while the men collect the noise.
The intent feels conversational, almost shruggy, but the subtext is sharper. Tisdale is describing a gendered economy of fandom where young women are permitted two modes: respectful devotion toward female stars, ecstatic desire toward male ones. Autographs are about access and proof; screaming is about release, performance, the communal rush of wanting. She’s not condemning it so much as noting the script everyone seems to know by heart.
Context matters: mid-2000s Disney fame was a machine built on proximity and chastity at once - stars marketed as attainable friends, with just enough distance to stay mythic. Tisdale and Vanessa represent identification: the fan can be them. The “guys” represent fantasy: the fan wants them. The quote’s quiet sting is that even inside a carefully curated ensemble brand, attention still tilts toward heterosexual spectacle, leaving the women to absorb the politeness while the men collect the noise.
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| Topic | Excitement |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
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