But you know what? It’d be okay if I did. Yes, I occasionally straighten my hair, but I’ve never fake tanned and don’t idolize Marilyn Monroe. I don’t like Taylor Swift at all, and I’ve never owned a pair of cowboy boots in my whole life. My race and sex has nothing to do with the fact that I love baking either I enjoy spontaneously going into the kitchen and whipping up treats to share with others (I actually had cupcakes baking in the oven while typing this post). However, I like Chipotle because A) it’s delicious and B) it’s actually pretty healthy (plus I think guacamole is my spirit animal- or is using the term “spirit animal” basic?), not because I’m white and biologically female. To some, the basic white girl stereotype might be funny and one of the fewer negative stereotypes about my intersectional identity. I also know that, as a white, heterosexual woman from the middle class who’s attended private schools my entire life, I have a lot of privilege in our society. I know that there are stereotypes for every kind of race, gender/sex, sexual orientation, religion, societal class, career, etc.
Who doesn’t want to be Kate Middleton?! And who hates cupcakes and brunch? Does liking these things make me a “basic bitch” too, and who decides that wanting to wear yoga pants without actually going to yoga is “basic?” On another note, to people who judge me for wearing yoga pants: have you ever worn them? They are ridiculously comfortable! That last article features things I enjoy too (and things I’d imagine people of any age, sex, and race might enjoy)- such as liking Paris, yoga pants, Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret, scrapbooks, How I Met Your Mother and New Girl, inspirational quotes, having a wedding board on Pinterest, baking, brunch, and wanting to be Kate Middleton.
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This stereotype has gone on to prompt anonymous Twitter handles, such as Common White Girl (and other spinoffs), spoof videos- like Buzzfeed’s If Guys Acted like Basic White Girls, and articles on how to be a basic white girl or even ways to tell if you’re dating a basic bitch.
Known by other psudeonyms such as “common white girl” or even “basic bitch,” the basic white girl typecast is all over social media, perpetuating a stereotype that white females who like certain restaurants, clothing, or even artists are “basic.” According to Urban Dictionary, an online “urban” website where users can submit definitions for slang or pop culture terms themselves, “basic” is: an adjective used to describe any person, place, activity involving obscenely obvious behavior, dress, action unsophisticated something that is uninteresting, vapid, boring, or uncool. In the past couple of years, a label has emerged from popular culture to become the all-too-familiar stereotype: the basic white girl.
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