“We’ve made that a terrible thing” - Pokimane condemns usage of the word ‘simp’ and claims it reinforces misogyny

sportskeeda.com:

Twitch sensation Imane "Pokimane" took the opportunity to discuss a rather serious subject during her recent livestream and condemned the use of the word "simp."

Imane was reviewing viewer unban forms and came across a fan who had been banned from her channel for spamming the same word on several occasions.

After providing her rationale for not unbanning the viewer, the Moroccan-Canadian content creator spent a few minutes talking about the negative implications the word simp carried and stated:

The Twitch star spiced up her recent four-hour long broadcast by carrying out a fan-favorite activity - going over unban requests in the first half of her stream.

After spending 20 minutes reviewing forms submitted by some of the banned viewers, the OfflineTV co-founder had to provide her decision on the viewer named BowenAU's fate.

(Timestamp: 00:54:37)

BowenAU was banned two years ago after they went on a spamming spree in the streamer's Twitch chat and provided the following reason for their antics:

The viewer's message and sentiments did not sit well with the Legacy Award winner and she provided a lengthy reason for not unbanning them. After a while, the streamer decided to address the situation and started talking about the ill-effects the word "simp" has attracted over the course of time:

Pokimane highlighted how the derogatory word has been reinforcing "low-key mysogystic" views. She shed some light on the impact it has had on her male friends and how they were afraid to defend her in certain scenarios:

Imane soon stopped conversing about the subject matter and continued checking more appeals for the next hour.

Fans and viewers present in the streamer's Twitch chat room agreed with her sentiments.

The 26-year-old gamer does not shy