美国国家公共电台 NPR--Latinas are taking back the 'Hot Cheeto Girl' archetype, Refinery29 columnist says

Latinas are taking back the 'Hot Cheeto Girl' archetype, Refinery29 columnist¹ says

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NPR's A Martinez talks to culture columnist Nicole Froio of Refinery29, an entertainment website focused on young women, about Latinas reclaiming⁴ the "Hot Cheeto Girl" identity.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Maybe you've seen them - big nails, big eyelashes, even bigger personalities⁵ - talking about Hot Cheeto Girls. There are lots of people poking⁶ fun at the look on social media and some comments that are just downright racist⁷. But Nicole Froio says Latinas are taking the meme back. She's a culture columnist for Refinery29. We spoke⁸ on the eve of a White House screening of Eva Longoria's film "Flamin' Hot," which is based on a memoir⁹ about the creation of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. And I began by asking her to explain what we'd be witnessing if we were hanging out with a Hot Cheeto Girl.

NICOLE FROIO: You can smell her before you can see her because she will take out perfume from her bag and she'll spritz it all over herself. She'll reapply gloss¹⁰. She'll maybe brush her hair. She'll maybe redo parts of her makeup¹¹. And then, you know, because of her nails, like, it's always, like, a little noisy.

MART?NEZ: They are definitely soothing¹² sounds to say the least. Now, so how did Cheeto, the actual snack, get roped into this whole look?

FROIO: I think that it's because one of their kind of self-care items, you know, from the stereotype¹³ is Hot Cheetos. So they'll always pull out, like, a bag of Hot Cheetos and they'll eat them, and they'll always offer you some as well, of course.

MART?NEZ: So there is a bit of a reinforcement of a negative stereotype, it seems like, with Black and Latina women. When you look online - and you kind of write about this in your article - that it's kind of being hijacked¹⁴ in a way.

FROIO: Yeah. So the first kind of instance that came on to TikTok was Rosa. Rosa was played by a Latino man who - he portrayed¹⁵ her as kind of, like, this kind but loud person. From then on, a lot of people started hijacking¹⁶ the concept of the Hot Cheeto Girl. And I think that they started kind of, like, infusing it with some racialized elements. And it's true, like, the Hot Cheeto Girls are always Black and Latina, but the original kind of depiction¹⁷ didn't, like, use that as a punchline¹⁸, if that makes sense.

MART?NEZ: And also that loudness is kind of mixed in with, like, this aggression¹⁹ that isn't quite necessarily the truth.

FROIO: Exactly. We're loud, but we're really kind and there is no aggression there. It's just that you're reading it through, like, a racialized, like, prism of the scary Latina girl. And so I think that the Hot Cheeto Girl kind of phenomenon is a good example of how marginalized people can take a stereotype and really turn it onto its head and be like, actually, we're good.

MART?NEZ: Yeah.

FROIO: You're just being a little racist.

MART?NEZ: How are we seeing that now being redirected in a way where it's more of a positive?

FROIO: One of my favorite creators trying to reclaim³ the Hot Cheeto Girl stereotype is Mialani Aurora²⁰ on TikTok. She actually redirects the aggression towards bullies²¹ as opposed to the idea that she's just aggressive all around and would pick a fight with anyone, which is what people think about these girls. Instead of that, Mialani does videos where it's like the Hot Cheeto Girl stands up for the gay kid who's being bullied²².

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

MIALANI AURORA: OK, you see, Samantha, that's what we're not going to do today, OK? Let me just stop you while you're ahead. Why are you talking about him? What did he do to you? Nothing.

FROIO: So, like, things like that where she's actually using that aggression and, like, that disruption for good rather than building it as, like, just aggression or just violence or whatever. It's more like she uses her powers, her loud Latina powers, for good.

(LAUGHTER)

MART?NEZ: Nicole Froio is a freelance journalist, a culture columnist for Refinery29. Nicole, thanks a lot.

FROIO: Thank you.

(SOUNDBITE OF BAD BUNNY AND RAUW ALEJANDRO SONG, "PARTY")

1 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

4 reclaiming   

v.开拓( reclaim的现在分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢？ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

6 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

7 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

10 gloss   

n.光泽，光滑；虚饰；注释；vt.加光泽于；掩饰

参考例句：

• John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点，但是没有用。
• She rubbed up the silver plates to a high gloss.她把银盘擦得很亮。

11 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

12 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

13 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

14 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

15 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16 hijacking   

n. 劫持, 抢劫 动词hijack的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• I have been told about the hijacking . 我已听说了那次劫机事件。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
• They are taking measures to guarantee against the occurrence of hijacking. 他们正采取措施防止劫机事件的发生。

17 depiction   

n.描述

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。

18 punchline   

n.（笑话、故事等的）结尾警语，点睛之笔

参考例句：

• Even then,the magical pause can strengthen the punchline.即使这样，有魔力的停顿依然可以增强笑点。
• A good joke or a mystery novel has along wind up to the final punchline.好的笑话或神秘小说都是一路曲折，直至最后的笑料或真相。

19 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

20 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

21 bullies   

n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负

参考例句：

• Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
• Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。

22 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》