Brat:
Charli told the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast that brat is a concept that represents a person who might have “a pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no bra”.
It has been deemed by some pop critics as a rejection of the “clean girl” aesthetic popularised on TikTok, which spurned a groomed ideal of femininity, and instead embraces more hedonistic and rebellious attitudes.
“You’re just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things some times,” Charli explained on social media.
“Who feels like herself but maybe also has a breakdown. But kind of like parties through it, is very honest, very blunt. A little bit volatile. Like, does dumb things. But it’s brat. You’re brat. That’s brat.” [BBC]
Noted in “MAGA media panics over Trump’s increasingly insane campaign,” TheCriticalMind, Daily Kos:
Then President Biden bowed out and handed the baton to his VP, Kamala Harris.
The MAGA media was disappointed, but unperturbed. They believed the Democrats would turn the search for Biden’s successor into a circular firing squad. And should Harris prevail, she would be fatally wounded by the process. Besides, she had dropped out of the 2020 campaign without winning a single delegate. They reassured themselves that she was a lightweight campaigner soon to be nicknamed into oblivion.
But Kamala proved to be brat. Her campaign caught fire. Her selection of Tim Walz as running mate paid off in spades. Her run became a supernova of buzz, excitement, and energy. Thousands volunteered. Millions poured in. Double-haters became single-haters, and cast their lot with Harris. And suddenly Trump was the old man in the race. His act was shopworn, trite, and tired.
