Can someone explain this to me? I’m out of the loop when it comes to mainstream social media, and I suspect that’s what this is about…
Ariana Grande: The Last Racebender
Submitted 2 weeks ago by violet08@lemmy.today to [deleted]
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DandomRude@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
violet08@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Ariana is infamous for blackfishing. When she played pretend as a black person it was profitable for her to be a “baddie” + rap/trap infused pop music was in (see a pic of her from 2018). When she was casted for Wicked she decided that to be taken seriously as a “prestige” actress she had to transition back to being a white person (see pics of her from 2025).
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn. Beginning to think race might be some kind of socio-economic construct used to mystify material conditions of the proletariat.
DandomRude@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Thank you very much for the explanation :)
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Makes me uncomfortable looking at her. She needs to eat.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kalothar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I forgave her when I realized she is a method actress. Whenever she becomes an entirely different person for a period of time, it’s simply what she’s always done. She’s an artist, she lives & breathes & becomes whatever role she’s currently in. She’s not confused or having an identity crisis, she is doing what millions of girls would love to do if we had enough time & money & freedom to experiment so wildly with our appearance & identity.
Most kids have to muddle through public School being told that if we do everything we’re told, then all our dreams will come true and we’ll be successful. Only to discover long after graduation that it was all a lie, all we can do is get a job to eke out survival, our hopes & dreams never see the light of day.
Now imagine being Ariana grande, deciding at age four you want to be a singer dancer and actress and by the age of eight you’re starring in the lead role of a local community theater play, and by age 13 you’re on Broadway, and through your teenage years you’re starring on an international cable tv show and then you become a pop star and the world can’t get enough of you. Ariana casually mentioned once that she’s literally a witch, and her brother has mentioned their family is into cannibalism, except for Ariana, because she’s vegan, 🤔 so yeah there’s a wild rabbit hole we could go down.
Please excuse my way-too-many-paragraphs in response to this lighthearted meme. I’m going through some stuff right now.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
could you maybe expand on pretty much every single sentence you wrote
I’d love to read it
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And I just learned through more rabbit hole stuff that Ariana’s mom is CEO of a company that makes gadgets for the Navy so Ariana was born into wealth, and wealth (+ talent + excitement about one’s passion & art) certainly helped catapult Ariana to world goddess status.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Here are some fun links to expound on some things I said ☺️
youtube.com/shorts/ypSvnEtZenE
The one where she says she’s a literal witch, time stamp 27:13 youtu.be/dEp1T8GKWaI but you won’t find it satisfying because she included no context and she did not explain anything. Her interview goes on for a total of 90 minutes and she never really says much of anything, non-stop talking without saying much of anything at all. you know how celebrities are.
Okay I’m tired now. it took me forever to find that timestamp, and I just worked a full day at work and have to work again all day tomorrow so 😴
Oh one more thing before I 😴, regarding being a method actress, one of her idols is Jim Carrey, he is a method actor too. That’s all I’ve got but just observe her over the years in all of her projects, she is a method actress.
The cannibal quote from her brother, I’m sure you could find it as easily as I could, I’ll find it next time, but it also reminds me she said once if she could have lunch with any person living or dead, she sweetly said “Jeffrey Dahmer.”
Kalothar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I can’t excuse it, in fact I need more information about this, let’s pick back up around the witch part and expand from there
Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
What happened?
Oh she stopped using lip filler edition.cnn.com/2023/09/13/style/…/index.html
Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You gotta teach me some of your shitposting skills
violet08@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
it’s like being a museum curator. i have thousands of posts saved. i skim through them and choose the one i like best in the moment.
kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The heat of the moment is real
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
… I guess you’ve found a new folder after the horny posting spree, hahah!
realitista@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
I always thought she looked kind of off. Now I know it’s the bleached skin.
violet08@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m sorry, I’m going to steal this and post it to !roughromanmemes@piefed.social
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I see you did not even mention Carthage, as is tradition.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I haven’t laughed this hard in awhile, thank you everyone for contributing.
violet08@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
“Asian. Black. Hispanic. White. Long ago, the four races lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the White Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four races, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, a White Girl named Ariana. And although her singing skills are great, she has a lot to learn before she’s ready to save anyone. But I believe Ariana can save the world.”
lath@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Aryana*
violet08@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
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stan_stanminson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Can someone tell me the difference between Hispanic and White? I’m not American
Darkmuch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The USA was mostly colonized by Germans, Irish, and English. So skin tones are usually much lighter.
Central and South America had a larger indigenous population, and the Spanish/Portuguese colonizers had a bit darker skin, with much more frequent inter racial relationships.
However, the region in question is fucking huge. Don’t expect Mexicans, Columbians, Argentinians to all look the same.
Really Hispanic is more of a cultural category for all things with Spanish Legacy.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hispanic people are from Hispanic countries, white people look white. This is literally as far as the distinction goes and is exactly why dividing people up based on skin color is useless.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Hispanic are like Spanish but poor.
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Concisely? No.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hispanic refers to a person with a mix of native American and Spanish heritage created when the Spaniards conquered Latin America.
White generally just refers to a caucasian-looking person.
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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yabai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is top tier right here. High quality dank memes made fresh to order. I think the meme economy went bust, but I almost want to invest.