Yet amid her (highly-deserved) resurgence, last night, the actress accomplished a feat once thought to be impossible in these trying times, singlehandedly shattering an ironclad misconception about the world of fashion and beauty – Megan Fox is so badass and gorgeous, she made TERF bangs look good.
Despite the hairstyle’s association with TERFs (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists) who are generally annoying liberal arts college-attending white women with incredibly shitty takes, the actress expertly reclaimed the hairstyle on the Met Gala carpet. A testament to her status as a non-transphobe and longtime LGBTQAI+ icon (after all Fox, who is openly bisexual, has been “putting the B in #LGBTQIA for over two decades,” as she wrote in a recent Instagram post), the success of the hairstyle also relates back to the outfit’s apparent Bettie Page references.
Paired with a red, hand-beaded long-sleeved Dundas gown, featuring a thigh-high slit and an open bodice with several lace-up details, the entire outfit — especially with its subtle nods to American pinup model Bettie Page, who first popularized those bangs before they were co-opted by the most aggressively transphobic person in your gender studies class – speaks to Megan Fox’s status as a modern American sex symbol.
“I feel like I’ve always leaned into it, I’m not afraid to be sexy,” Fox explained during Vogue‘s red carpet live stream. “I think a woman who’s intelligent and also knows how to weaponize her beauty, there’s nothing more dangerous than that, there’s nothing more powerful than that. I feel like all women should embrace the fact that as the divine feminine we have a lot of power and, instead of rejecting it, I’m happy to embrace it and go for the sexy.”
So Megan, whatever you’re doing, it’s clearly working. Keep absorbing Machine Gun Kelly’s life force, girl! You look great.
OFFICIAL CRACKED RATING: 4/5 much-needed rewatches of Jennifer’s Body.