":Agreed. I think strictly speaking, the term 'fangirl' really just means a female fan. Negative connotations arise from stereotyping. There are quite a few sweeping statements in that paragraph about fangirls, like ""fangirls tend to be more devoted to emotional and romantic aspects of their fandom, especially shipping"" and ""[the term] is most often used in a derogatory sense to describe a girl's obsession with something"".   

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