I need another reality/perspective check. I tend to be the "relative who gets blocked on Facebook because he corrects/mocks family members' spelling and/or grammar," so in this situation my reputation sort of precedes me. However, a younger, female, teenage relative has been at home sick this week, during which her Twitter feed has consisted solely of re-tweets like the following:
[17:37:26] RT @ItsAGirIThing: The worst way to miss someone, is to have them sitting right next to you & you know you can never have them.
[14:08:32] RT @WeThinkForGirls: Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.
[14:08:44] RT @CauseWereGirls: I don't care what they say or what they think, I'm in love with you and that is all that matters to me.
[14:09:33] RT @ReIatable: That one best friend that turned into a stranger.
[14:10:16] RT @LovePhrase: Whatever you dream of doing one day, don't give up on that dream because you never know where it can take you. ♥
[14:11:07] RT @LovePhrase: There’s always that one special person that no matter what they’ve done to you, you still just can’t let them go.
If one goes far enough back in my own feed, or my prior forum activity, or really anything I've ever said on the Internet, you'll likely find examples of intense emotionalism akin to the above. However, my concern here is the undercurrent of thoughtless, insulting anti-feminist schlock that seems to outpour from these accounts (as well as passed along by my cousin).
I am perhaps not as well informed with the plight of the privileged, upper-middle class white teenage girl, but I can't decide if my cousin is doing this ironically/humorously, or if she truly buys in to this dependency fetishism. She provides no commentary to indicate either way, and my only other information to go off of is she is a die-hard fan of the Twilight series, and that she's a senior in high school.
As one of the "non-crazies" in my family, I feel I owe them an honest opinion, but I have no confidence that such a thing would be well received. Also, coming from a creepy, awkward, single male cousin, and not a parent, gives my message (though well-intended) less credence.
Any thoughts?