🎬📸 Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni & The Hidden Sexist Messaging in This Hollywood Reporter Cover 📸🎬
This cover might look like a tribute to classic Hollywood, but a closer look reveals sexist visual messaging rooted in historical tropes. 🧐
🔍 Key Points in This Video:
📌 David & Goliath—But With a Sexist Twist – Traditionally, David is the underdog, but here, Blake Lively is framed as the powerful villain, while Baldoni embodies a heroic, pious male figure reminiscent of old Hollywood icons like Charlton Heston & Kirk Douglas.
📌 The “Hysterical Woman” Trope – Lively’s flowing hair & dramatic stance echo the harpy/hysterical woman stereotype, a sexist trope used to discredit women.
📌 The Nostalgic Trap – Many of these gendered visuals originate from eras when women had fewer rights (couldn’t open bank accounts or easily divorce). The “old Hollywood” aesthetic disguises sexism as nostalgia.
📌 MAGA & Anti-DEI Ideology – The imagery aligns with reactionary ideas about returning to a time when men held more power, reinforcing the belief that men need advantages to maintain dominance.
🎭 The Takeaway: This cover isn’t just an artistic choice—it subtly reinforces outdated gender roles and reactionary narratives under the guise of classic Hollywood aesthetics. What do you think? Let’s discuss! 💬⬇️
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Blake is a monster. It’s not sexist, she’s really horrible.
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Baldoni also has his back turned, as if she’s gonna sling shot him in the back
Growing up and being in my late 30s, I’ve realised how fragile men truly are.
They always say women are so emotional but they’re the ones always acting out emotionally.
Her hair is giving Medusa vibes
Yea
I absolutely love the breakdown of this and every individual element.
I have no idea what’s going down with Blake Lively, but I assume she is being hated on by people who have no business hating her just like Amber Heard was.
Idk why but that cover looks like ai generated, is it just me?
Why do they both have slingshots in this poster?? It’s just a shit image in general, I have no clue what’s going on and it looks like a giant brown mush from any distance over half a metre
I know
Blake’s hair is totally a reminder of Firestarter with Drew Betrymore
Lmao my dad’s favorite movies that Ten Commandments movie. I tried. I really did… I couldn’t even like it. Oof.