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What’s with the weird conservative obsession with Sydney Sweeney?

The discourse about Sweeney’s SNL episode shows that rightwingers are still obsessed with a toxic ideal of womanhood

After the actor Sydney Sweeney’s appearance last weekend on Saturday Night Live, some conservatives online launched a senseless and downright misogynistic conversation about femininity. As Phetasy writes: “For anyone under the age of 25, they’ve likely never seen it in their lifetime – as the giggling blonde with an amazing rack has been stamped out of existence, a creature shamed to the brink of extinction.” What conservatives actually want is the version of white womanhood that they saw on Sunday’s SNL episode – sexy, problematic yet unashamed, and seemingly happy to play the role society has assigned her when necessary.

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