AOC says, The girl's are fighting.

[Jacson6]

AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-06-06T01:17:10.288Z

[Norrrm]

1. I figured it was going to be Boebert/MTG.

[Mosby]

2. Sexist BS

AOC should know better.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. lol it's a meme that applies to all genders

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-girls-are-fighting

The Girls Are Fighting is a catchphrase used to joke about people falling out with each other publicly. The phrase was popularized by a 2019 video of American singer Azealia Banks commenting on the feud between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B in which she says, "Whaaat? What is the tea, the girls are fighting! Nooo… the girls are fighting, why?!" The Instagram Live became a notable reaction video in subsequent years, while the phrase "the girls are fighting" came to be used to joke about former friends having public disagreements.

[Mosby]

5. Like this?

I think I forget sometimes that a lot of y'all are not living in the center of queer culture, in the gayest city in the country with the highest percentage of Black people. That's a blind spot I didn't realize I had.

I did not know that a lot of you are hearing this phrase for the first time in a queer context! But it makes sense if you're an ally, or have limited exposure to LGBTQIA2S+ culture.

"The girls are fighting" is a reference to drag queens.

From threads, don't know how to link.

Or this:

Link to tweet

Sorry I don't keep up with weird memes.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Like the vast majority of memes and catchphrases in this country, it definitely *originated* in Black and/or queer

culture. It escaped containment and became more mainstream as a result of the 2019 video, and is now used to imply a little bit of schadenfreude or messy interest in people publicly disagreeing.

Sorry I don't keep up with weird memes.

No need to apologize! It can be helpful to do so, as evidenced by this very thread. If you see an odd phrase it can be helpful to google it and find a possibly deeper meaning.

[Mosby]

8. Being a meme doesnt change the sexist overtones.

Should I start calling women girls?

Banks obviously meant it as an insult.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. What you are experiencing is called context collapse, fwiw.

[Mosby]

16. Lol.

AOC used the meme when speaking to a media person at the Capitol, not her girlfriends.

She needs to learn to compartmentalize better and differentiate between social contexts.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. lol

Banks obviously meant it as an insult.

[Celerity]

18. AB herself speaking on it:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Mosby]

20. Yeah, "bitches be getting it twisted".

According to AB. Is that a meme?

She's quite colorful with her choice of words.

Link to tweet

ETA:

Here she is defending her use of the word "faggot"

Link to tweet

Calling something a meme is not some magical thing that wipes away bigotry, sexism, homophobia etc.

[Incanus]

19. Pretty sure it's not AOC who "needs to learn" something.

She's not on anyone else's lawn, in fact AOC is in her element on social media.

[Celerity]

10. No it is not, as has previously shown in another OP on this subject that was posted well before this one. nt

[Mosby]

11. What Banks said was meant as a sexist insult.

It's 2025, we don't call women "girls" anymore.

[Celerity]

12. No it wasn't. This board is just so lacking at times in discernment on even 7 year old pop cultural manifestations/memes

let alone ones that are bleeding edge atm.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. "It's 2025, we don't call women 'girls' anymore."

People do all the time in a variety of contexts. Some uses are sexist, some aren't. Some are contemptuous, some are familiar, playful, jocular or loving. It's a big world.

[BannonsLiver]

13. Yes

I’ve long had AOC pegged as a virulent sexist.

[bif]

4. DUPE

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220371485

[k_buddy762]

7. So it can be mildly offensive or sexist

but its its used idiosyncratically, its OK?

[Kingofalldems]

9. Kick this one.