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200114 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.200114 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-05 74 pages Brown, Kaylie Carrasco, Clare Takada, Emy Barrett, The Honors College Department of Management and Entrepreneurship School of Music, Dance and Theatre Celebrity political advocacy has been occurring for decades, but since the rise in popularity of social media, the landscape of celebrity political advocacy has changed. Research on parasocial relationships describes how celebrities interact with fans on social media, but there is a gap in the literature when it comes to how fans interact with celebrities' statements on social and political issues. This paper compiles posts from the social media platform Twitter (now known as X) to gather fan reactions to the advocacy of two white female pop artists, Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan, regarding three different social issues: the war in Palestine, the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and each artist's history of LGBTQ+ advocacy. Conclusions from this study find that there is a fan expectation for white female artists to speak on sensitive political issues because fans feel a moral obligation to support white female artists who prove that they are a good example of ethical behavior, and use their privilege to advocate for others. Parasocial relationships are the root cause, and underscore the ways in which advocacy has shifted from a top-down process to a bottom-up one. Palestine Presidents Pride Parasocial Parasocial relationships Social Media Political Advocacy Taylor Swift Chappell Roan Endorsements Celebrity Politics Stan Culture Palestine, Presidents, and Pride: Parasocial Relationships in the Age of Social Media and the Political Advocacy of Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan