"We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades"
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There is something deliciously self-aware in Lisa Bonet framing a circle of girlfriends as a world-conquering cell. Coming from an actress whose fame was built inside a carefully managed, family-friendly TV machine, the line reads like a wink at the gap between how young women are packaged and how they actually move through the world. “Take over the world” isn’t a literal threat; it’s a reclaiming of ambition in a culture that prefers female confidence served as charm, not appetite.
The key word is “renegades,” which smuggles politics into what could otherwise be dismissed as gossip or hangout time. Bonet elevates friendship into strategy. The subtext: the real power isn’t always in boardrooms or ballots, but in informal networks where ideas, tastes, and boundaries get tested. A “group of girlfriends” becomes a soft infrastructure for risk-taking, a place to rehearse new selves away from the male gaze and media narrative.
Context matters because Bonet’s image has long been read as both mainstream and “alternative” - the kind of celebrity who made bohemianism legible to mass audiences. That makes the quote function as cultural positioning: she’s not just playing roles; she’s aligning with a feminine counterpublic that refuses polite containment. It’s aspirational, sure, but also defensive - a preemptive strike against being reduced to “actress” as a decorative category. Here, the takeover is permission to want more, together.
The key word is “renegades,” which smuggles politics into what could otherwise be dismissed as gossip or hangout time. Bonet elevates friendship into strategy. The subtext: the real power isn’t always in boardrooms or ballots, but in informal networks where ideas, tastes, and boundaries get tested. A “group of girlfriends” becomes a soft infrastructure for risk-taking, a place to rehearse new selves away from the male gaze and media narrative.
Context matters because Bonet’s image has long been read as both mainstream and “alternative” - the kind of celebrity who made bohemianism legible to mass audiences. That makes the quote function as cultural positioning: she’s not just playing roles; she’s aligning with a feminine counterpublic that refuses polite containment. It’s aspirational, sure, but also defensive - a preemptive strike against being reduced to “actress” as a decorative category. Here, the takeover is permission to want more, together.
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| Topic | Friendship |
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