“You have to understand, the people who use such hateful rhetoric now used to love Zendaya.”
this reminds me a lot of the Jennifer Lawrence Effect™️, of how people used to LOVE her authenticity and thought it was hilarious that she fell on her way to accept her academy award, but when she fell on the red carpet the following year everyone called her a “try-hard”.
which is also why margot robbie has said that she wants to take a little break from acting after her massive exposure during the barbie boom last year. she doesn’t want people to get sick of her face, which on the surface feels ridiculous, but that feeling stops when you think a little hard about the it girls of the last decade.
and to top all that, zendaya is black. even if she’s light-skinned, being a woman online is already hard, so being a black woman is insanely worse (as your article exemplifies). on top of the blatant racism, people love to talk shit about women after they get tired of their pretty face and charisma.
exactly. also not that you were implying anything, but I just want to clarify regardless - i didn’t mean to undermine the racism thrown at Zendaya by making the distinction that she is light-skinned, just that there is an added layer of hostility directed at Francesca
agreed!! also, francesca has it a bit worse off than zendaya because she's ugly. like people are only fine with dark skinned women only when they look like lupita nyong'o. they are being so unforgiving to this poor girl. pretty privilege is so real.
“You have to understand, the people who use such hateful rhetoric now used to love Zendaya.”
this reminds me a lot of the Jennifer Lawrence Effect™️, of how people used to LOVE her authenticity and thought it was hilarious that she fell on her way to accept her academy award, but when she fell on the red carpet the following year everyone called her a “try-hard”.
which is also why margot robbie has said that she wants to take a little break from acting after her massive exposure during the barbie boom last year. she doesn’t want people to get sick of her face, which on the surface feels ridiculous, but that feeling stops when you think a little hard about the it girls of the last decade.
and to top all that, zendaya is black. even if she’s light-skinned, being a woman online is already hard, so being a black woman is insanely worse (as your article exemplifies). on top of the blatant racism, people love to talk shit about women after they get tired of their pretty face and charisma.
oh wow, who would’ve thought?
exactly. also not that you were implying anything, but I just want to clarify regardless - i didn’t mean to undermine the racism thrown at Zendaya by making the distinction that she is light-skinned, just that there is an added layer of hostility directed at Francesca
If someone is being weird about Zendaya online, I immediately dislike them. No extra information matters, that’s all I need to know!
agreed!! also, francesca has it a bit worse off than zendaya because she's ugly. like people are only fine with dark skinned women only when they look like lupita nyong'o. they are being so unforgiving to this poor girl. pretty privilege is so real.