and if we let go of the hair of the candidates?

During the last episode of Koh-Lanta: The 4 lands, Alexa shone with her performances. But some internet users have preferred to focus on his armpits, more exactly, the few hairs that are growing there. Another example of social media's obsession with the appearance of candidates …

If we love Koh-Lanta (the intrigues! The drama! The memes!), Some commentators get on our nerves. Friday, September 25, 2020, they almost managed to ruin a hectic episode for us by attacking Alix. Indeed, the new captain of the Yellows was illustrated by an incredible victory during the pilori test, which forces the candidates to stay hung with their arms in the air to thin posts, thus showing their armpits throughout the sequence. Drama: Alix's underarms appeared HAIRY. Unthinkable for those who believe that a "real woman" should be satiny in all circumstances, even (especially?) When she is participating in a survival game on an island at the end of the world.

But while we curse the effects of patriarchy, which are felt even when we chill out on our couch on a Friday night, Alix quietly prepared her response, shared on Twitter. A new mark of his badassery, hailed by Denis Brogniart himself.

The bikini of discord

While much ink has been spilled over this underarm affair, this is not the first time that the candidates' physical appearance has sparked debate. As recently as August 28, the adventurers of the Green Tribe had used a braid of Adja, the Afro-descendant candidate, to light their fire, not without releasing some questionable valves. Racialized Internet users, and in particular, blacks, took the opportunity to recall that their hair and hairstyles were not intended to amuse the gallery.

As for the breasts, tight outfits, pads or tight outfits of the champions, they are the subject of perpetual comments on the networks. Last year, Inès was the target of criticism for the size of her bikini.
So of course, one of the great pleasures of following Koh-Lanta is having one eye on the screen, the other on the score of our Twitter valves. Except that they are mostly done to the detriment of women, and their impressive performances end up buried under waves of sexism.

An issue that the show's production is aware of. In March 2020, Alexia Laroche-Joubert, boss of the company that produces the program, reacted to the criticisms of Internet users on the outfits of the candidates. His answer: these are "they who choose the material and the shape of their clothes", and no one has the right to tell them to cover up. A message to remember by next Friday, to better focus on the sporting successes of the candidates (and produce memes as hillarants as they are unproblematic).