Vox Declares Jacob Elordi Hollywood’s Number One Babygirl
Jacob Elordi is the number one babygirl https://t.co/57MgsyAOqL
- Vox (@voxdotcom) November 16, 2023
Vox journalist Alex Abad-Santos writes a long article about how Jacob Elordi became Hollywood's no. 1 Babygirl.
He writes, "Success in Hollywood today means swerving away from the way male stars have traditionally positioned themselves in the recent past. He has to be known, but not oversaturated - if Elordi were to do a Marvel movie already, we’d get sick of him. He has to be sexy, but can’t be sexy in a way that reminds us of how awful some sexy men can be. He has to reject toxic masculinity, but he can’t be too direct about it, lest he come off as a kind of latter-day Matt McGorry. He has to be a good guy, but he can’t be bland."
"To do this, he’s leaned into his own babygirlification," he added.
"Babygirl, as a term of endearment, has existed long before Elordi and will outlive him," he continues. "The word has taken on a new meaning in the last couple years, bubbling up in stan/fandom culture as a way of softening male actors and characters into cute, harmless, if not quirky creatures. The process of babygirling infantilizes characters like Kendall Roy from Succession, Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer from Oppenheimer, and Breaking Bad’s meth-dealing protagonists, men who do not remotely present as baby or girl. The greater the gulf of contrast between a man, real or fake, and his inner babygirl, the more ironic and funnier the transformation becomes."
The term “babygirl” has been repurposed by fans online to label their favorite men
Some have used the word to describe a man they perceive as vulnerable and submissive, while others use it to describe brooding, surly men. https://t.co/zMgfPSjMX8
- NBC News (@NBCNews) April 24, 2023
I tried writing a tl:dr / paraphrasing this better, but I didn't even know where to begin. Read the full article at the source, because believe it or not there's a lot more. I know just how much ONTD loves to read!
ONTD, is Jacob Elordi babygirl?
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