It’s 2020, and girls on the internet no longer want boyfriends (or cars and money). Instead, according to the newest Twitter meme, girls want to date celebrity icons from singer Zendaya to actress Margot Robbie.
The viral meme starts like this: “Girls don’t want a boyfriend, they want…” and ends with a popular female that everyone dreams of dating. Regardless of sexuality, many can relate to the meme that leaves boyfriends in the past.
“Girls don’t want a boyfriend they want Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie,” @russianwidsw tweeted.
https://twitter.com/russianwidsw/status/1219072175774273536
The girl-power meme would be incomplete without Zendaya in the mix.
“Girls don’t want a boyfriend they want Zendaya and Ana De Armas,” @auntiedyke tweeted.
https://twitter.com/auntiedyke/status/1219315988350558210
Other female celebrities, including actress Victoria Pedretti, were included in the anti-boyfriend meme. Pedretti just made her way into the public sphere as a new character on Netflix’s You.
“Girls don’t want a boyfriend they want Victoria Pedretti,” @needitdigital tweeted.
https://twitter.com/needitdigital/status/1219289065041739777
“Girls don’t want a boyfriend they want Josephine Langford,” @Afterselena_ meme’d.
girls don't want a boyfriend they want josephine langford pic.twitter.com/syWYz1hFqo
— juana (@afterselena_) January 21, 2020
Players from the USA Women’s Soccer team were also included in the meme.
“Girls don’t want a boyfriend. Girls want [Lindsey Horan] to do this to them,” @ohararoyalsfc tweeted.
https://twitter.com/ohararoyalsfc/status/1218749632274223105
And male celebrities aren’t totally excluded. South Korea singer Jungwoo from NCT made the cut.
“Girls don’t want boyfriends,,, they want a jungwoo comeback,” @nominqt tweeted.
https://twitter.com/nominqt/status/1219990060965224448
One rendition of the meme sparked controversy among Netflix’s Stranger Things fans with its mention of actresses Millie Bobby Brown, 15, and Sadie Sink, 17.
“Girls don’t want a boyfriend they want Sadie sink and Millie Bobby Brown,” a fan account tweeted.
https://twitter.com/sadienert/status/1219045303330000902
Some Twitter users in the comments said that the tweet hypersexualized the minors.
“Girls just want to be girls. Stop hypersexualizing them,” @thekimcatcher replied.
girls just want to be girls. stop hypersexualizing them https://t.co/Hbwf2NMxSu
— kim 💫 (@thekimcatcher) January 22, 2020
“So none of y’all gonna talk about how they’re minors and this is definitely sexualized media huh????” @MaxGallegos14 replied.
So none of y’all gonna talk about how they’re minors and this is definitely sexualized media huh????
— Goblin King Max (@trashywritermax) January 20, 2020
Maybe in 2020, girls—and everyone else—really just want respectful tweets.
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