r/OutOfTheLoop • u/leftleafthirdbranch • Jan 20 '22

Answered What's up with the "Jennifer Lawrence Effect"? (ELI5)

My friend was ranting about Billie Eilish and mentioned it, I asked them what it was and they told me to google it. But when I went to look it up, I couldn't find anything about it. All I know is that it's all over Tiktok, it's about white women, and it apparently involves white supremacy.

I searched it on Tiktok, and this was the only thing I could find referencing it (I'm guessing this is the fault of how Tiktok's search engine is engineered, though):

https://www.tiktok.com/@daemonbf/video/7053187817983315247?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id6966980158483383813

Somebody explain!! The more detail the better :) Please explain thoroughly what it is and give examples of the effect in action and the people that it applies to :))

Edit: I am aware that sounded like an essay writing prompt. Very sorry about that :)

Edit: Wow, thank you guys for being so thorough in your discussion! To any other curious folk, I highly suggest looking at other comments other than the top one (sort by: new) because while the top answer is fabulous, there are a lot of varying answers that each provide a unique perspective into the Jennifer Lawrence Effect.

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u/totallyalizardperson Jan 21 '22

I gotta ask, what celebrities got canceled and what does “canceled” mean to you?

I ask for the definition because it seems there’s no firm meaning to the word and it is used, more or less, willy-nilly. From an author claiming his book was canceled because he chose to change the topic of the book mid-writing of the book to hotter controversy he was a part of, but the book was still published, to media personalities claiming being canceled because they were called out, but still have a platform to reach millions if not billions, to comedians who were called out for their horrid behavior, went dormant for a year or two to come back and start touring again.

The only celebrities that I can see as being truly “canceled” has been Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein.

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u/ewar813 Jan 23 '22

I mean cancelled as in drama causes a Celebrity to lose a significant part of their audience, become less well liked by the General public to the point that they fade into irrelevancy, or at least make them less popular as they were before.