![]() ![]() The TikTok creators who identify as bimbos have made it clear they're putting on the costume not to appeal to men, but to make fun of them. Diving headfirst into the hyperfeminine should not be equated to giving in to the male gaze. Syrena added that she herself had to unlearn her own "inner male gaze" in the process of identifying as a bimbo. The people who believe it's anti-feminist are those who believe bimbos are who they are for the male gaze, which is completely untrue." "I think all-inclusive feminism includes boss babes, sluts, bimbos, PhD holders, single moms, and just ALL women in general. "I think we don't have to 'be' anything to be taken seriously, as women should be taken seriously in all spaces regardless of how they look," Syrena said over Instagram DM. "I think all-inclusive feminism includes boss babes, sluts, bimbos, PhD holders, single moms, and just ALL women in general." As a woman in a rigorous educational program, Syrena rejects the expectation that to be taken seriously in professional or academic settings she has to distance herself from hyperfemininity. Syrena, the 21-year-old diagnosing her followers as New Age bimbos, is a college student studying health science. Spoiler alert: It's the same reason femininity has been belittled and dismissed for centuries. When viral discourse over the term brought the word back to TikTok, young women asked why the word "bimbo" wasn't met with the same affection. Himbos are known for being traditionally masculine men - the himbo is hot and dumb, but above all, he respects women. Personally, I began jokingly calling myself a bimbo earlier this year when the term "himbo" started trending. The meme format made a comeback in late November following Harry Styles' Vogue cover, which features the musician in a Gucci ball gown. The image took on a life of its own, and inspired memes, spin-offs, and even fanfiction (opens in a new tab) that imagined the various versions of the woman as a queer book club. In a (opens in a new tab) Deviantart blog post (opens in a new tab), the artist apologized for offending people, and wrote that the image was meant to satisfy a client's kink, not make a statement. Though the artist insisted that it was fetish art, not an anti-feminist condemnation of sexually confident women, the internet was outraged over the implication that women could be either hot or intelligent. The phrase "bimbofication" gained notoriety in 2017, when an illustration of a buxom woman in a minidress picking up a book and transforming into someone more conservatively dressed went viral. ![]() The tags #bimbotiktok and #bimbofication have 8.9 million views and 5.8 million views, respectively. The bimbo's resurgence is especially popular on TikTok, where, as (opens in a new tab) Rolling Stone (opens in a new tab) put it, bimbos are something of an "aspirational figure." The tag #bimbo has just over 81 million views. It’s my diagnosis, treatment is juicy couture and pink glitter ♬ original sound - □princess□ (opens in a new tab) The prognosis: pink glitter and Juicy Couture velour (opens in a new tab) "I'm no doctor, but I think you may be a New Age bimbo!" ![]() "Do you not care about society's elitist view on academic intelligence? Do you support all women regardless of their job title and if they have plastic surgery or body modifications?" Syrena asks her followers in a singsong lilt, before asking if they also dream of owning dozens of shoes and idolize the late model Anna Nicole Smith. Syrena, a 21-year-old self-proclaimed "intelligent bimbo" who goes by the handle fauxrich, offered a diagnosis in a recent viral TikTok. The modern bimbo takes the male gaze that's been unavoidable since birth and creates a caricature of it by performing vanity and cluelessness.ĭespite the derogatory origins of the word "bimbo," used to dismiss beautiful women as unintelligent, Gen Z is leading the effort to reclaim the word. Above all, the modern bimbo isn't necessarily uneducated or unintelligent, but their personality doesn't revolve around their degrees and resúmé. The modern bimbo is hyperfeminine, embraces their hotness, and rejects the capitalist mentality that they must showcase marketable skills.īimbofication isn't exclusively for cis women - everyone who aligns themselves with femininity and finds joy in being ditzy can identify as a bimbo. The bimbo is back and Gen Z is reclaiming it with a leftist flair.
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