Girl Defined

Girl Defined

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About

Girl Defined refers to sister Christian YouTubers and authors Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal who've gained notoriety for their advice videos aimed at young Christian women. In 2018, popular YouTuber Cody Ko released Girl Defined centered video in which they criticize the sister's ideology which led to TikTok memes following suit.

Online History

On March 21st, 2014, Girl Defined joined YouTube and uploaded their first video "Street Interview: What is the Purpose of Being a Girl?" on April 10th, 2014 (shown below, left). The video garnered over 53,300 views in five years. The two sisters continued to upload videos about being more God-ly women to their channel as well as release a book and regularly blog on their website.[1][2] On April 18th, 2017, Girl Defined uploaded their most popular video "6 Things Every Christian Girl Needs to Know Before Getting Married" which advocates for acquiring a more self-less personality and domestic skills (Shown below, right). The video accumulated over 823,400 views in two years.



On March 28th, 2018, Cody Ko uploaded a video titled, "THAT'S CRINGE: Girl Defined Edition" in which they react to a Girl Defined video (shown below, left). The video gained over 15.5 million views in a year. On October 26th, Ko released a part two to "THAT'S CRINGE: Girl Defined" which garnered over10.6 million views in a year.



Reputation

As of October 2019, Girls Defined have over 152,000 subscribers on YouTube, 47,000 followers on Instagram,[3] 32,200 followers on Facebook[4] and 3,900 followers on Twitter.[5] Although the sisters have a solid Christian following, many internet users have criticized their values on same-sex marriage, gender-roles and modesty. On February 4th, 2019, YouTuber Rachel Oates uploaded a video titled, "Girl Defined Call Assault Victims 'Broken'" which accumulated over 236,600 views in eight months.



In August 2019, many TikTok user began referring to the Cody Ko Girl Defined reaction videos in their own videos. On August 12th, 2019, TikTok users @bucketphiller and @katzpajamaz uploaded videos referring to the sister (shown below, left). The video received over 29,800 likes and 10,4000 likes respectively in two months. On August 31, 2019, TikTok user @conor.mp4 uploaded a video which commented on Bethany's u-turn comment in Cody Ko's first Girl defined video (shown below, right). The video gained over 1,800 likes and 100 shares in a month.


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6724151274444557574
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6724298303372053766
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6731370442520644869

Personal Life

As of October 2019, the sisters are both married and living in Texas. They have continually referred to their own life experiences in their advice videos. On June 26th, 2019, Girl Defined uploaded "Answering Your Assumptions about Us" which garnered over 69,400 views and 1,600 likes in four months.



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External References

[1] Christian Book – Defined Radical Design

[2] Girl Defined – Home

[3] Instagram – Girl Defined

[4] Facebook – Girl Defined

[5] Twitter – Girl Defined

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