Big Time Rush and Boy Band Culture
2Because I am unhinged, I did academic research in order to argue at you for 50 minutes that boy band and former Nickelodeon stars Big Time Rush are redefining boy band culture, primarily in terms of its presentations of authenticity and masculine gender expression. In other words, I have no life
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