Zendaya Responds To Sexist Tweet In Obligatory Perfect Fashion
Over the last few months, Zendaya has more than proven that she can hold her own in any online battle. But on Thursday, she produced a perfect and cutting response to a tweet that shamed a woman for not wearing make-up.
Zendaya has previously called out messages that have been both sexist and racist. And after coming across a message from the Twitter account Manstagram, which is probably just as misogynistic as you’re imagining.
The account has over 200,000 followers, but that didn’t stop Zendaya taking offence to an image that was uploaded by the account, which tried to shame Shannon, a YouTube makeup artist, for not wearing makeup. You can check out the cheap and petty attack below.
This is why our first date is running a mile around the track to see if you sweat the makeup off pic.twitter.com/UWxbK7Vwp5
— Manstagram♻️ (@Manstagram_) June 8, 2015
After spotting the offensive post, Zendaya decided to return with her own biting barb, which highlighted just how beautiful Shannon looked with and without her make-up on.
@Manstagram_ that awkward moment when this tweet is irrelevant cause she’s slaying both ways #wannaborrowmyglasses pic.twitter.com/4BXge1Ch4K — Zendaya (@Zendaya) June 10, 2015
After spotting that Zendaya had jolted to her defense following the aforementioned attempt at humor, Shannon took to her own Twitter account to thank Zendaya.
Women who stick up for women. Thank you @Zendaya and everyone else <3 i love you.
— Shannon (Shaaanxo) (@xoShaaan) June 11, 2015
Shannon wasn’t the only one to shower Zendaya praise for her antics, as a cavalcade of users followed up her response with their own approval, too.
This is far from the first time that Zendaya has taken it upon herself to respond to comments that she has found incorrect and offensive. Following racist comments that were made on E!’s Fashion Police regarding her hair style, Zendaya wrote out a diatribe that explained why she was so offended by the comments.
Giuliana Rancic stated that Zendaya’s hair at the Oscars made it look as though she smelt of “patchouli oil… or weed.” This led Zendaya to write out a response that showed she was wise beyond her years.
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) February 24, 2015
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