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HBO's Euphoria follows a number of struggling, dysfunctional teens: protagonist Rue (Zendaya) is a 17-year-old drug addict grappling with depression and anxiety; Nate (Jacob Elordi) is a toxic male jock using anger and violence to mask his issues with sexuality; Jules (Hunter Schafer) is a young transgender woman fighting to fit into a still unaccepting world. Compared to them, the things Euphoria 's Kat (Barbie Ferreira) is contending with may seem tame. She's outspoken and feminist, but sexually inexperienced and struggling with negative body image. The pressure to have sex, feeling insecure — those are both issues teens have historically confronted. But as Euphoria 's June 23 episode shows, the vast, open forum of the internet has, for Gen Z, made them increasingly complicated to face.
In Sunday's episode, Kat attends a party eager to lose her virginity. She sees it as something that keeps her from fully relating to her already sexually active peers, and the party provides her with the opportunity to simply shed it like it's a winter coat. Unfortunately for her, things don't go as planned.
Once there, Kat is goaded into taking off her clothes by the McKay twins, Troy and Roy, and a boy named Wes. Intelligence wise, she could run circles around them, and we're told Kat does want to have sex. But from the get-go there's a power imbalance in the room. She's outnumbered, and like any regular teen, she's looking for validation, particularly since she's insecure, and because society is so keen to comment on and put down her body. The boys treat her like an object, and though she's clearly uncomfortable, the pressure to fit in and be seen as " the accommodating Cool Girl " sways her to play along.
In an updated version of the Madonna-whore complex , the boys give her an ultimatum: she must prove she's either "a prude" or "a slut". It's a no-win situation, but Kat realizes that pretending to be a slut will give her more social currency. She is, after all, bigger than her peers, and she'd do anything to feel desirable. The tense scene captures the fine line that exists between a young woman believing she's making a decision about her body on her own terms, and being manipulated through power dynamics.
We find out later Kat slept with Wes, and it was recorded by at least one of the three boys. Whether or not she consented to the recording becomes irrelevant when she finds out the video has been uploaded to Pornhub and shared around school. Her face is not shown in the video, but she knows it's her. Worse, her classmates know it's her. Her very private moment — one she saw as exciting and maybe even empowering — becomes public spectacle, with technology increasing its reach every second. Kat is mortified, and rightfully so: the distribution of sexual images of individuals without their consent is called revenge porn , and it's illegal in 41 states.
Thankfully, the law is slowly catching up with the rapidly changing tech landscape, with punishments for revenge porn (which falls under cyberbullying) ranging from steep fines to jail time. The consequences are even more severe if the individual involved is a minor like Kat. But at the same time, punishing the perpetrator would require actually bringing the issue to court, something that Kat — and many young women today — are disincentivized to do because the social cost is too steep.
The bullying Kat endures while trying to shut down the video on her own perfectly encapsulates the struggles young women face today: unlike men, women are judged for exploring their sexuality , and if something goes wrong — a video is uploaded without consent, or an assault occurs — the woman is blamed for being promiscuous to begin with. In a digital age where it's all too easy to share a private image among friends or screen-cap a convo to start a rumor, rarely are men held accountable for the ways in which they can, and do, damage women and their reputations. (We can see this in the recent case of Bella Thorne being blamed for taking nudes rather than the focus being on the person who leaked them — a double standard that Rue herself calls out in the first episode.)
Kat really has no choice but to try to handle the matter quietly because acknowledging it's her in the video would mean enduring outright, hostile bullying (as we see with Cassie and her leaked nudes) and potentially even jeopardizing her future. The laws may be playing catch-up, but the social stigma of being branded a "slut" is still rampant. Slut-shaming has very real consequences, especially for young, impressionable women , as we've seen with the deaths of Audrie Pott and Rehtaeh Parsons . Kat pretending the video isn't of her may make it seem like she's brazenly taking control of the situation, but it's really just a desperate act of self-preservation.
The episode also explores how difficult it is to wipe something from the internet. Kat manages to get the main video on Pornhub taken down, but despairs when she sees it's already been pirated and re-uploaded in another language. The ease and speed at which private information can be disseminated on the internet is frustratingly scary.
In the end, Kat signs up for a Pornhub membership to become a cam girl. "Upload videos. Get paid," the site's banner promises. On one hand, this can be read as a way for Kat to finally reclaim a narrative that started with her being manipulated by three teen boys and unwillingly exposed online. On the other, Kat is still chasing the same validation she was before — now it's just on a grander, global, and potentially much more damaging scale. As a minor, becoming a cam girl is not a safe forum to be exploring her sexuality in, and unfortunately, the potential that this will end up hurting Kat is high.
Perhaps that's the point: Euphoria is about teens grappling with things that are far more adult than they can or should have to. And with IRL adults failing to properly teach sex ed and consent , or to comprehend the intricacies of social media and cyberbullying , it's no surprise that the kids feel like they have to handle (and often mishandle) these issues alone. Kat makes a bold move to try to regain agency and take charge of her story, but amid a world so increasingly interested in commenting on and controlling women's bodies — especially online — that agency may never fully be hers to claim.
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Barbie Ferreira, who stars in HBO's 'Euphoria' as Kat Hernandez, was the breakout star of Sunday night's third episode, in which her character juggles sex, insecurity and the dark corners of the Internet.
Barbie Ferreira, who stars in HBO’s bold new drama Euphoria as Kat Hernandez, was the breakout star of Sunday night’s third episode, in which her character juggles sex, insecurity and the dark corners of the Internet.
The episode explored Kat’s childhood heartbreak, when Daniel, the boy she loved, broke up with her after she gained weight on vacation, and from which she never emotionally recovered. As a teen, she’s chosen an online life over a real one, becoming one of the most popular fan fiction writers on the Internet, and after her first sexual experience ends up on a porn website, she decides to embrace the attention and become a cam girl. As a result, the episode includes a very graphic masturbation scene involving a (fake) micropenis and Kat’s newfound empowerment.
Ferreira, who has previously appeared on HBO’s Divorce , spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about that webcam scene, her own experiences with fat-shaming and the escape of living online.
First, that webcam scene. What was it like to film that?
Funny enough, we shot the pilot and then the first week that we were back, I did that scene. I was really excited to do that scene, it’s so funny and so up my alley of this dark humor but also this very vulnerable, real interaction that I know many people have gone through. The added layer that it’s a micropenis, it was honestly such a fun scene to shoot because my reactions were so genuine. He was actually there and had an earpiece in and I could hear him and see the Skype video. The reaction is there, the literal scene is my actual reaction to seeing that. I couldn’t contain myself sometimes. I don’t get grossed out really quickly, so I had to channel having this be the first really crazy moment of seeing something so extreme and not understanding or computing what was going on. It was a blast to do, I know it’s funny to watch, but it was also pretty funny to shoot.
How did you prepare for that scene?
I remember the first week I came in and in the pilot I was overthinking so much because it was my first time doing anything like this, so I went in not even trying to visualize what it would look like because I wanted that genuine “Oh no! No he didn’t!” reaction to it. So I saw a peek of the room, it was in this little room upstairs with the webcam, and I was downstairs in my room and I peeked in and there was a giant jar of jelly. I don’t even know if you can see it, but the amount of detail in that room — I wish they would pan out and show you, there was a giant jar of jam that was like half-eaten and these gross little details to it. And everyone there is so cool and respectful and it was such a good experience, even when things like a prosthetic micropenis came into play. It just felt like any other day on set too, but that one day will always be extra good.
In addition to the webcam moments, your character also has a few sex scenes. You had an intimacy coordinator on set. How did that play into shooting those?
The intimacy coordinator was in almost every decision of people touching each other or showing any sort of skin, so everything was incredibly deliberate and choreographed. Most of my sex scenes I’m fully clothed, or even if I am showing something, it’s all just so talked through. You talk to her and then you talk to her again right before it. I signed off to do a lot more nudity; we just realized I didn’t even need it. As much as people are watching and being like, “Oh my god, there’s nudity everywhere,” it’s all so deliberate and specific and conveys a message. Sam [Levinson, Euphoria creator] always has reasoning for everything, and you can see it when you’re reading it and watching it.
Why was Kat drawn to this online sex space, and how did she use it to become more empowered?
I think the reality of Kat is that everyone around her is having sex or is thought of as desirable, and she just doesn’t feel that. She feels that she’s lacking in sexual experience, and she is not trying to be a prude or a virgin, and it’s almost like this frustration that no one wants to explore her sexually. That scene where Daniel breaks up with little Kat, it made me cry, actually, when I first started watching it. I know it’s a more lighthearted background for a character than Euphoria is used to, but for those who understand it and get it, it’s so sad to know to know that this girl’s whole life — and how I was also until I had to break it — was feeling invisible or even an aspect of disgust, because you’re like, “I don’t think people would find me attractive.” And to see a world in which all of these anonymous people that don’t need to be nice to you see you as a sexual person who’s hot, taking that power back and being the object of desire she’s never been — especially in this seedy place that’s also inherently sexy and taboo — it just all plays into her need to be anonymous online and get validation from it. I think the porno comments are the first time she’s ever seen people see her in that light that she wants to be in so desperately because she wants to be like everyone else, she wants to explore her sexuality.
The episode also deals a lot with bullying and being shamed for her weight — how do you think the show tackled that uniquely, and why was that important for you?
Bullying because of weight happens in such small ways, in big ways as well, but Kat really does feel isolated, and she resorts to being an online erotic fiction writer. She wants an outlet to support that, and when [in the show] I walk down the hallway and the kids behind me are making sound effects, it was written in the script, but that was direct from my life. I would be followed home from school and guys would be like making sound effects as I took my steps. So the reality of it is there’s a lot of different ways for people to make you feel bad. I also think it’s funny because the kid behind me making those sound effects is also chubby. People really have a self hatred of being fat or being known as fat, and especially in an environment where everyone thinks of you as a negative thing, it makes you feel really horrible about yourself, and your self-hatred is so deep. I didn’t feel like one day she was going to be confident, it’s this armor that she’s putting on to go into her cam girl self, which is the only persona that has gotten her any sort of attention in that way where she feels like she’s not different than everyone else and she’s actually a hot girl. That armor of being a cam girl, it’s a way of pushing back those insecurities just so you can put up that front, like, “Don’t f — with me, I’m wearing leather.” But inside it’s still there, and you can see it in every move that she makes.
Kat’s story deals a lot with her online life versus her real life. How has one impacted the other?
The anonymous aspect of it is really interesting to me, because there’s a level of vulnerability when you show who you really are on the Internet. I went on the Internet at a young age, and I couldn’t deal with being vulnerable and showing those aspects of myself. I think having an outlet where she’s validated and she’s talented and people really admire her and don’t even know who she is, it’s like she’s keeping it at arm’s length because she’s scared that if people see who she really is they won’t like her anymore and will realize she’s just another fat girl. That’s an extension of herself that she doesn’t want to mix with real life; she wants to keep it separate, because she’s scared if she mixes it, it will all go downhill. She kind of starts exploring bringing her online persona into her real life, but her new online persona, and she finds power in it, and she’s powerless at school.
Part of Kat’s storyline is also that she’s the creator of Larry Stylinson, the hugely popular fan fiction about One Direction’s Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson . What was the idea behind that?
When I first read the script, that was the first thing that popped out to me, because I can relate to that as a 22-year-old woman who lived through the One Direction age. It’s such a reality for so many people, and so many children and teens that are fans just have this escapist world. You completely give yourse
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