"Bimbofication" Is Taking Over TikTok

"Bimbofication" Is Taking Over TikTok

Ask 10 different people on the internet to define “bimbo” and you’ll probably get 10 different answers. The word’s resurgence might’ve begun as the reclaiming of an age-old insult (embracing hyper-feminity in a world that often ridicules it), but in a piece for Baffler, Happy Hour author Marlowe Granados argues that “the essence of the bimbo in cinema has always been subversive.” (Think Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.) Regardless of your personal feelings on the word, one thing’s for sure, bimboism has become a new subculture online, complete with its own visual aesthetic, inside jokes, and political ideologies. Here’s your complete guide to BimboTok. Read More

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