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According to a Complex article about Gamer Girl Bath Water published earlier this year, Delphine is “well-known for her imitation of ahegao-an exaggerated, eyes-rolled-back expression that signifies an orgasm in “adult-oriented anime.” According to Metro UK’s breakdown of Delphine’s use of “ahegao,” the word first appeared in anime in the 1990s and is defined by women “shown with their eyes rolling back, tongue hanging out, and blushing or panting. As someone who has little-to-no relationship with anime or gaming culture, I was unfamiliar with the word. As you’d expect, the vehement comments she received were sexist in nature, an obvious recall of the early days of “egirl” language.)Īfter some digging, I started to notice that Delphine frequently poses with a face very similar to that of other egirls-tongue out, eyes open and rolled back-and she often posts such images on Instagram with the hashtag #ahegao. (The abridged version: in July, Delphine announced that she was going to sell her bath water for $30 a jar-normal, kinky internet stuff from Delphine, also a brilliant troll-but as our friends at Kotaku pointed out, labeling her product “Gamer Girl” was enough to inspire online outrage. One of the most public-facing egirls is UK ‘net personality Belle Delphine-though she herself is much more of a gamer/cosplayer than an egirl in its current iteration-better known as the woman behind the “Gamer Girl Bath Water” saga of summer 2019. Unlike, say, VSCO girls, who have a celebrity hero in YouTuber Emma Chamberlain, egirls don’t have many icons. Sometimes, there’s a hand gesture, delicate fingers ever-so slightly pulling the face back. E… people? pull from “skate culture, hip-hop, anime, cosplay, BDSM, and goth.” They also pose for pictures in an almost uniform-like fashion: eyes open, crossed and rolled back, with their tongue exposed. Eboys are somewhat similar, most notably wearing their hair parted down the middle. As Vox put it, an egirl wears colorfully dyed hair, thrifted clothes, winged eyeliner, anime-inspired makeup (hearts under the eyes, rosy blush on the cheeks and nose), hair clips and chains. That, my friend, is a trend worth interrogating.Įgirls and eboys-the current teen generation’s counterculture, something like the goth, emo, or MySpace scene queen-like alternative kid alternative to VSCO girls and Instagram influencers’ perfectly edited worlds-have a very specific aesthetic which I will now flatten for the sake of this blog. Or perhaps you’re like me, an avid YouTube and TikTok fiend who has noticed a very specific picture pose in dozens of social media posts, instituted only by a very specific modern day subculture. It is meant to contextualize an image you might’ve encountered online, whether from a friend’s kid or a meme account you not-so-secretly follow on Instagram.

Illustration: Elena Scotti (Photos: YouTube)Īllow me to begin this special Gen Z edition of Jezebel Investigates with a disclaimer: the following unhinged exploration into Internet culture is not meant to overwhelm your senses with frivolous nonsense.

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