TikTok content writer @strangek3vin went viral recently for nailing the feminine gaze. His upward push to status quickly became to notoriety — here's why.
We are so happy that the boys in any case remember that those shirtless selfies aren't for us girlies. Honestly, it's more or less a red flag. Now a person enjoying the piano and preserving puppies? Green flag. A man conserving a fish? Red flag. A person cooking the fish? Green flag. And it's all thanks to TikTok.
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One of the numerous the explanation why we love TikTok is that it has after all taught the fellas what the "female gaze" is. And we idea we found a man who understood the task in creator @strangek3vin. But we have been flawed. Very fallacious.
First off, what is the "female gaze" and the way does it relate to Strange Kevin?
The "female gaze" was firstly a time period coined by feminists in reference to Hollywood and the lack of gender illustration across movie. Oxford defines the term as "the ways in which women and girls look at other females, at males, and at things in the world. This concerns the kinds of looking involved, and how these may be related to identification, objectification, subjectivity, and the performance and construction of gender."
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Today, the "female gaze" mostly refers to how a lady perspectives the world, and extra in particular on TikTok, how women view males vs. how males think women view males. Now enter TikTok and Strange Kevin.
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What took place to Strange Kevin on TikTok?
Strange Kevin, known as @strangek3vin on TikTok, even supposing that account has since been deleted, was once recognized on the app for growing comic strip and reaction videos. Most not too long ago, he went viral for nailing the feminine gaze in a brief video. Strange Kevin nonetheless has an Instagram and YouTube page below the same name.
OK cool. Now why was Strange Kevin canceled? Here's a breakdown of the debate.
Creator @centennialbeauty breaks down the controversy explaining that:
"Kevin is now facing intense backlash after videos from his past resurface. In the videos, he can be seen acting out domestic violence scenarios, including pretending to beat up his girlfriend for getting pregnant and pretending to smack his girlfriend against the table. It's very graphic and very inappropriate."
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so ‘female gave kevin’ is denying that he is the individual within the movies no longer circulating, wherein he jokes about violence towards girls. he additionally states that individuals complicated him with the ‘different kevin’ are racist for suggesting ‘all arab men glance the same’ and that ‘straight other folks in the feedback can’t cancel a gay guy’. all this instead of just apologising. gross. #strangekevin #femalegaze
♬ original sound - lamealanaStrange Kevin addressed one of the vital allegations in a reside mentioning very adamantly that he wasn't the man within the video announcing that "this is a crazy look bro... not only are y'all attacking the gay man, but y'all are confusing him another Arab man... this is such a bad look. This is such a f--cking bad look." Essentially, Strange Kevin is calling the ones who consider it to be true "racist" and "homophobic."
That response video felt like gaslighting. How briefly Strange Kevin's quarter-hour of repute have grew to become to notoriety.
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