2024-03-13 20:03:59
Published13. March 2024, 9:03 p.m
US actress: Did Sydney Sweeney “kill Wokeness”?
Because she is conventionally attractive, a right-wing commentator thinks Sydney Sweeney has ended the “wokeness” movement. The actress gets support.
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Since her appearance on SNL, Sydney Sweeney has been accused of “killing wokeness.”
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This is because she makes use of her stereotypical attractiveness.
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However, the 26-year-old receives a lot of popularity online.
Ever since her appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” actress Sydney Sweeney (26) has been confronted with criticism from conservative corners that she has killed the era of “wokeness.”
The author of the book “The Origin of Wokeness” and right-wing commentator Richard Hanania initiated the debate on In his opinion, Sweeney ended the “wokeness” movement with her choice of outfit, a dress with a neckline.
This is because she made use of her stereotypical beauty, or rather her décolleté, when performing. The “wokeness” movement and with it the success of people who are not conventionally attractive are over.
According to the Gabler Lexicon, the term means the attitude and movement of alertness and vigilance. You follow what is happening in the world closely and want to remove anti-Semitism, racism, sexism, violence, environmental destruction, factory farming and other evils from it by raising your voice, in the mass media and on social media, on the streets and in squares Schools, universities and companies. In English, “to be woke” means “to be vigilant” against injustices of all kinds; “Woke” is the first past tense of “to wake up”. In German, “woke” is used as an adjective (“I am woke.”) or noun (in the sense of the woke movement or culture).
Emily Ratajkowski has already defended herself against sexism
Sydney Sweeney herself has not commented on her appearance or the debate. Nevertheless, her appearance was politicized. But Sweeney is far from the only conventionally attractive woman in Hollywood. Emily Ratajkowski (32), who is an open feminist, is also considered a stereotypically attractive woman. The model has repeatedly commented in the past that it is misogynistic to say that women cannot be sexy and feminists.
Sydney Sweeney gets support
On X there is also a hail of support for Sydney’s performance. «Wokeness is supposed to be dead because Sydney Sweeney showed a segment on SNL? The term has lost its meaning,” said one user.
“The right claims that ‘wokeness’ is dead because Sydney Sweeney got a big audience on SNL, as if traditional beauty standards ever disappeared and as if anyone ever said you can’t like traditionally attractive women,” writes another.
One thing is certain: Hollywood is more diverse than ever before. The Hollywood Diversity Report shows that the industry no longer only makes white people who conform to a standardized ideal of beauty prominent. The number of ethnically diverse people or people with disabilities has been increasing for several years.
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