the hyperbolic reactions on both sides just highlight how hard it is to talk about things normally now. a critique isn’t an attack, and poor phrasing isn't a moral declaration. two truths can exist!
interesting convo here. good that bella advocated for herself and, to me, it makes sense that taggie is not presented the same as her counterparts who are more experienced/comfortable. "pure" is not the best choice of words. feels pretty archaic to implicitly say nudity = dirty.
Bella Maclean on the no-nudity clause in her #Rivals contract, via Harper’s Bazaar:
“It was important because of how pure Taggie’s character was. I didn’t want to sexually exploit her, and I didn’t want to do that to myself either.”
me: [deletes twitter for personal peace]
also me: [jumpscared by the new clip of taggie and rupert dancing at the hunt ball whilst at the cinema] holy fuck i need to tweet about this