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I'll take it as a real question... I think it speaks to the niche culture we live in now. In previous decades, media was very expensive to produce and distribute. That's why we had three TV networks and a hundred or so magazines with huge distribution numbers in the millions, competing and comparing to set an apparent "norm."
With cheaper technology now, it seems anyone with a little cash can open a cable TV network and break even with a couple hundred thousand regular viewers, and with targeted distribution a magazine can survive with just 50,000 subscribers.
And, obviously, the internet has moved the emphasis of success from creating the highest quality, lowest common denominator content, whether it's porn or editorial opinion in the form of blogs and vlogs, to marketing. GFY is full of people who are confident in their creations, but who just want more traffic.
Fashion is fragmented now to the consumer's taste; the hard part is connecting the consumer to the producer. Not everyone likes BBW, not everyone likes gay dad & son, not everyone like women with big hair and make-up. But enough do to support anyone who wants to supply it - if only we can find those consumers.
You're asking, I think, on a more personal level, so I'll wrap it up by asking, why are you asking? If it's to find universal celebration, dream on. There are no more Huxtables. If it's to find more accepting people in your life, stop looking in the wrong places. Find your niche audience.
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