Bella Poarch hits out at backlash over acting \u201ckawaii\u201d on TikTok Instagram: bella.poarchBella Poarch is quickly becoming one of TikTok\u2019s fastest-growing content creators, even rivaling the likes of Charli D\u2019Amelio \u2014 but some critics aren\u2019t a fan of her style. [jwplayer ZXB9LNVP] Poarch is known far and wide across the internet for her viral lipsyncing vids, one of which broke a record on TikTok for gaining the most likes on a single video. The clip in question showed Poarch lip syncing to Millie B\u2019s \u201cM to the B,\u201d with the star nodding her head to the song\u2019s beat after the singing stops. Many of her videos show Poarch making various facial expressions, like puffing her cheeks full of air or crossing her eyes. It seems that quite a few critics of her videos aren\u2019t too pleased with her aesthetic, though, with some claiming that the TikToker is blatantly trying to be childlike in order to attract a certain problematic audience. She isn\u2019t the only one coming under fire for this, either, with a particular internet e-girl who sold her own bathwater to fans also facing similar accusations of baiting an incredibly unwholesome sort online. Poarch hit back at these accusations in a Tweet on October 12, dubbing her style \u201ckawaii\u201d in reference to Japan\u2019s pop-culture obsession with the uber-adorable (take Hello Kitty and Sailor Moon, for example). \u201cWhy is it not allowed to act cute?\u201d Poarch asked. \u201cIt\u2019s a natural thing to most Asians. But people seem to hate me for it. I\u2019m Filipino, and in the Philippines, we love ulzzang and kawaii culture. I grew up with it, so why can\u2019t I just be myself?\u201d Why is it not allowed to act cute? It\u2019s a natural thing to most Asians. But people seem to hate me for it\ud83d\ude41 I\u2019m Filipino and in the Philippines, we love Ulzzang and kawaii culture. I grew up with it so why can\u2019t I just be myself? \u2014 Bella Poarch (@bellapoarch) October 12, 2020 While Poarch has been met with ample support from fans, her Tweet has sparked controversy across the social media sphere, with critics arguing to the contrary. \u201cIt\u2019s not cute when you\u2019re a 20 year-old-acting like a 4-year-old,\u201d one commenter said via Instagram. \u201cTt\u2019s just the fact that grown people are fetishizing acting childlike or acting cute, it\u2019s not ok and it feels very off,\u201d another added. \u201cI\u2019m Asian, and there\u2019s a difference between kawaii and being a 20-something-year-old acting like a child,\u201d yet another said. While this isn\u2019t the first time Poarch has been wrapped in controversy, it does open up an interesting discussion about how social media stars act online and how their style could be viewed by some audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bella Poarch hits out at backlash over acting \u201ckawaii\u201d on TikTok Instagram: bella.poarchBella Poarch is quickly becoming one of TikTok\u2019s fastest-growing content creators, even rivaling the likes of Charli D\u2019Amelio \u2014 but some critics aren\u2019t a fan of her style. [jwplayer ZXB9LNVP] Poarch is known far and wide across the internet for her viral lipsyncing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}