When my whole family and I got sick (COVID and the nasty flu) this winter, the mandatory quarantine and downtime allowed us to catch up with Season 2. gossip girl this is my favorite version gossip girlBlair, Chuck, Serena, Nate, and (I hate to admit) Jenny will always have a special place in my heart. After all, I spent a good portion of her teenage years and her 20s reading (and watching) all about her messy yet wonderful life on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
But the reboot will feature a Mexican-American actress. Sorry, but I’m always going to prefer something with Latino talent proudly occupying the center cage. Still – enjoy what you have!
and what we have in this gossip girl Zión Moreno – The 27-year-old trans actress and model from El Paso, Texas, plays Luna La, the best-dressed teen stylist mastermind in the reboot.Moreno is one of the first Latino trans actresses to be popular and beloved in the franchise gossip girlWhile she may be a relatively new face to many of the show’s audience, she was previously a Netflix star. Control Zin which she played high school it-girl Isabella de la Fuente (incidentally, there is a story similar to Zion’s own experience regarding her gender bullying).
gossip girl was euphoria Before Euphoria. It always pushed boundaries and caused many teenage parents to have minor heart attacks because of the topics and images featured in the show. GG He was known for bringing into the mainstream media all the “taboos” that teenagers and young adults do. rice field.
This new version continues the same mission of pushing boundaries, but does so with a much more diverse cast. You get a (yet very privileged) cast that is characterized by diversity.
At first glance, Luna La may seem like a secondary or supporting character in the show’s reboot, but upon further consideration, she wields a lot. In a world like theirs, who you wear and how you wear it matters, and being the brains behind Queen B’s style is an enviable position. She is a trendsetter and tastemaker that people look up to. Not only is Luna La the best dressed best of the best dressed, but she’s also, as Max Wolfe puts it, “secretly the smartest among us.” and all power!) is a Latina woman – and it is a trans-Latina woman.
Indeed, the fact that she’s the only Latina on the show and that she’ll inevitably end up solving all the problems gives it some major Luisa Madrigal/eldest sister vibes. (That’s a story for another time), but let’s take some time to celebrate.Trans Latinas have stolen the hearts of millions of people around the world.
If Zión Moreno’s Luna La doesn’t prove enough that Latina women can (and should) rule the world (or at least the entertainment industry), we don’t know what it is.
