#jojo Siwa

[genderkoolaid]

sorry for the celebrity drama but i just do not care about jojo siwas rebrand. i didn't even know she had (supposedly) stolen a song until my friend explained it to me because all i saw were people going like "omg look at her CRINGE makeup!!!!!!!!!!!!"

like man. how many times does a child star have to go through this before we just learn to let them be cringe for a while. i do not care if this young queer girl, who has been screamed at by adults on television since she was like 7, then was the target of so much public mockery throughout her teens specifically focused on her being seen as annoying and stupid, is being cringe in public. becoming an adult is already hellish & having to do that when your entire identity has been a child friendly brand for your whole life? the only criticisms of her ive found at all interesting are like, how she is seemingly disconnected to past and present queer culture, how she and her mother treated their girl group dancers. but god if she wants to wear sparkly pseudogoth outfits and hump girls in a music video fucking Who Cares. "cringe culture is dead" was a fucking joke literally nothing has changed wrt how we as a society treat weirdness esp of queers, kids, and girls. "cringe" is not and will never be a good critique of anyone's behavior!!!!!!

#m. #jojo siwa

[femailment]

I feel like JoJo Siwa is getting an uncomfortable and unreasonable amount of hate and gross comments. She just comes off to me as your standard baby gay. I honestly think if she wasn't publicly out as liking women and embracing that then she wouldn't be getting nearly as much hate.

#jojo siwa #radfem safe #radfems interact

[angelzonearth]

#is this mcr5 #mcr #my chemical gerard #my chemical romance #my chemical fucking romance #jojo siwa #emo

[barnes-and-noble-official]

Jojo Siwa: I'm creating a new genre called gay pop

me fr:

#posting this here as well #that made me want to DIE #and these are just artists from my playlists #there's HUNDREDS of other queer pop artists #but you're out here trying to reinvent the wheel #jojo siwa #queer music #dodie clark #clairo #david bowie #lesley gore #queen band #elton john #hayley kiyoko #renee rapp #chappell roan #mad tsai

[doubleca5t]

it's extremely funny to me that people are shitting on JoJo Siwa's rebrand by, among other things, comparing it unfavorably to Miley Cyrus' Bangerz era. I've heard several people give the take that Bangerz Miley was legitimately shocking and effective, while Karma feels like a weak attempt to do something similar and like... I can't help but think that a full decade of distance has completely distorted people's memory of the public reaction to Bangerz. Like I distinctly remember EVERYONE going in on Miley for that era. Literally all parties from all sides of american culture came together for a brief period of time in 2013 to dunk on her for being a white girl with no ass trying to twerk. She was cringe, she was trying too hard, she was too raunchy, she was appropriating black culture, she was using black women as props, the music sounded like shit. I cannot remember anyone in 2013 saying a single good thing about the Bangerz era so it makes absolutely no sense to me that people are acting like JoJo getting relentlessly shitted on, albeit for slightly different reasons, is a sign that her rebrand has failed and her career is over when Miley fully bounced back from that criticism and is now a goddamn grammy winner. What makes you think that JoJo's career arc will be any different? Like yes she's attracting a different kind of negative attention than Miley did but it's still the same principle, it's still just doing some crazy shit with the mindset of "all publicity is good publicity". You're still giving her earned media, you are literally getting played like a fiddle by this woman and giving her exactly what she wants. Oml in a decade's time JoJo will be putting out music people actually like and everyone will pretend like Karma was a genius career move and none of this ever happened because the cultural memory is ipad baby levels of abyssmal

#doubleca5t oc #jojo siwa #miley cyrus

[hughdancydance]

Everyone's dunking on jojo siwa for being cringe and dressing strange like she's not out living up to her name and having a bizarre adventure

#jojo siwa #jjba

[shaniacsboogara]

jojo siwa claiming she's revitalizing gay pop and releasing 'karma' on the same night as conan gray's 'found heaven' and chappell roan's 'good luck babe' is so poetically ironic. it's like the universe WANTS to draw a comparison between jojo and queer pop artists.

the thing that makes queer pop compelling as a genre is the unique storytelling and experiences of queer artists told through their music. that doesn't necessarily mean every song by a queer artist has to be about their queerness. they don't have to scream "hey i'm gay!" in every single song they write. but claiming to be "reinventing gay pop" should mean you're telling interesting stories about your queer experience, right???

'found heaven' by conan gray is about growing up as a queer kid with religious guilt and disapproving parents. he equates being in love in an authentic way to "finding heaven", and the piece as a whole resonates with a TON of queer people in different stages of their lives. some people can look back at their childhoods and how much they've grown since then, some can relate because they're currently going through what conan's written about, and some people can sympathize with the way some queer people are treated, even if they aren't necessarily queer themselves.

'good luck babe' is a song about queerness and compulsory heterosexuality. chappell sings about a woman she was in a relationship with who decided to settle down in a conventional marriage despite being queer. the song reflects the denial a lot of queer people go through (specifically regarding the lesbian experience) and the unfortunate way a lot of them end up repressing who they are to conform to societal standards. it's fun, it's campy, but its message is still poignant.

as for karma… there's nothing inherently queer about that song. the music video for the original version, ‘karma’s a bitch’ by brit smith, featured a heterosexual storyline. jojo buying the rights to a song she didn't write isn't inherently a bad thing, a lot of mainstream artists do that all the time. however, if you're claiming to be a pioneer of the “gay pop” genre and your music doesn't reflect any queer themes or experiences, is it really “gay pop”? again, queer artists don't have to write exclusively about their queerness, but if you try to present yourself as a voice for the queer community without telling any of their stories, you're not going to be lauded as some revolutionary figure. if any of the songs on jojo’s album are actually about her experience as a lesbian or contain any queer themes, then i think she'd qualify as a “gay pop” artist. but so far, she's given us a faux edgy, generic pop song and tried to market it as some insane never-been-done-before feat. and honestly, if her entire album is like this and she continues to market herself this way, it's a slap in the face to all the genuine artists and storytellers in the queer community.

but let's stop talking about jojo siwa and start talking about the incredible queer artists who are truly breathing life into the "gay pop" genre: chappell roan, renee rapp, ben platt, conan gray, girl in red, kevin atwater, baby queen, mitski, clairo, dodie, and SO MANY MORE (feel free to add on some of your favourites because there are so many wonderful artists out there <3)

also: if you have a different perspective on this situation i would absolutely love to hear what you think and if you agree / disagree with this! i love discussing topics like this so feel free to reblog with your own take

#jojo siwa #karma #chappell roan #conan gray #queer pop #also the fact that this rebrand is a coverup for jojo's awful behavior #like be fucking fr #don't use the queer community as a sheild

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#jojo siwa #the incredibles #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

[one-time-i-dreamt]

not a dream

It's sad and disheartening to see how many predators and generally bad people JoJo Siwa has been around since she's been a little kid and how much she's defending them now as an adult with a huge platform and immense influence.

Going to Howie Mandel's show to defend Colleen Ballinger and calling her victims liars basically... while she herself was a child that Colleen befriended as an adult... I'm sad for her. But I'm also mad at her.

#not a dream #jojo siwa #colleen ballinger #howie mandel

[iliveunderarock]

doodles for a tiktok

#I DREW VENEER IN MATTHEW'S (BIG MOUTH) OUTFIT #velvet and veneer #trolls #trolls velvet #velvet trolls #trolls veneer #veneer trolls #jojo siwa #trolls fanart #trolls band together #trolls 3 #velvet #veneer

[taylortweets]

#taylor swift #tweet #ttpd #the tortured poets department #jojo siwa #Suicide #tw suicide

[genderkoolaid]

hate to be that person but siwas rebrand is a deliberate thing to cover up the shit she put the children on her show through. aside from a kid with medical conditions being forced to continue practice even though she was bleeding from her belly button (she was told to just put a pad on her clothes to hide it and continue) she also ripped them off for a lot of money.

i wouldn't be surprised at all if it is deliberate. but that also doesn't really change my point. every single thing i've been recommended about this situation has been framed around her being Weird and Cringe. because people have been mocking his girl for her entire life & it just so happens that she has also done harmful shit which they can use to justify their obsession with mocking her. however genuine her feelings are wrt the new aesthetic, people are still more concerned with hating this girl they find annoying and weird instead of making a substantive criticism of her as an equal.

& i also think its important to point out that like. her mother seems to be the one dictating her business decisions? & i feel like its pretty easy to draw a line from her growing up on a famously heinous dance competition show to her acting heinous alongside her mom on her own show. this is not to say she's not responsible for her actions, but i also think its telling that she is the one who gets 100% of the blame while her mom isn't brought up?

like other child stars have also acted like assholes once they hit adulthood. with various motivations. and they aren't excused from their moral responsibility, but its also important to understand where they are coming from. i've seen people bring up that's she's perpetuating the cycle of abuse- which is true!- but like. has she even really had a chance to escape her own (potential, i dont want to put words to experiences i don't know about) abuse? why isn't more negative press directed at her mother, who set her up for this shit and is financially benefiting from it?

we can and should criticize former child stars but i think its vital we do so while understanding the kinds of vulnerable situations they can be in. & we should do so because we want them to grow as a person, not because we think they are Cringe and their harmful behavior is just a convenient excuse so we don't have to feel bad when we cyberbully them. i just don't see much compassion here, and i have never seen much genuine sympathy for jojo. if it is a coverup than all anyone is doing is helping them cover it up and being needlessly cruel.

#m. #ask box #jojo siwa #<- in case yall arent interested in this

[ladychlo]

Jojo Siwa for Paper Magazine.

#IM OBSESSED #LITERALLY OBSESSED #Happy pride to her #jojo siwa #lgbtq

[kurokurobonit0]

Jojo Siwa for Paper Magazine by Oscar Ouk

#ooohhhh im obsessed #that blue mohawk look #jojo siwa

[skullsnpineapples]

Queer artists like JoJo Siwa really do themselves and everyone else a disservice by acting like they are the first ones to make things about queerness. I’ll admit that explicitly queer music and media were not things that were readily accessible to me as a teenager but that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. I think there’s something much more powerful in saying “I am apart of a legacy of creators in this community, I have opportunities they dreamed of because they fought for us to be able to have them, and I want to honor that by being open and proud in ways they weren’t able to” than to pretend like your work exists in a vacuum and that you have the groundbreaking idea to make queer media.

#jojo siwa #lgbtq community #lgbt #lgbt media

[anti-amzy]

The way people are hyping up Jojo Siwa or writing off her behavior as just cringey is insane to me considering she has abuse allegations, hangs out with know predators, and has actively gone out of her way to ignore the boycott and even going as far as to post herself with starbucks multiple times. And after doing all of this she’s trying to brand herself as a queer campy artist.

#jojo siwa #lgbtq #shut up about her cringe music #y’all are focusing on the wrong things