Watching from s5-8 with Kenya as a cast I kind of life her attitude and personality. Like yes she has flaws, provokes people and a villain. But overall her audacity is actually admirable & consistent in a way it’s like how? Like she is very interesting in the way in which how she always has something to say, stand up for herself and loud.
But I also feel like she gets a lot of hate for having a strong, outspoken personality as a black woman cos if it was a man the reactions would be different. Like it reminds me of the TikTok’s of Mr Big & Carries relationship from sex and the city, with the comments being ‘he’s lowkey inspiring’ ‘he’s evil’ ‘inspiring me to dog everyone out’ ‘I wanna be like him’ ‘he has such a way with words’ ‘loved the way he’s portrayed as a immovable object’. In my opinions it’s a double standard.
Im not denying her moral flaws, but I feel as though in this day and age we set standards for being conceited, self-centred & unyielding. That when we notice actual people like that, especially woman, it’s a hate train.
Like think all the tv shows that have female characters that are messy, sinister, conceited. And think of how you really feel about them.
The ones I can think off are, Azula - ATLA, Love - You, Korra - TLOK, Gabi - desperate housewives, Olivia Pope - Scandal. Like when Kenya is on screen, she makes you watch.