i really wish there were more close female friendships like amber-anna-yewande or liberty-kaz
this szn doesn’t have that, from what we’ve seen, there was the scene with indiyah and paige but yk. none of them defend each other or stick up for each other much, and what makes it worse is that the boys do with their pack mentality. i do think the girls get on and everything but there’s always that one friendhip that’s really close and i can’t see it this year
Oh my god, the lack of girl code in this series is so apparent! It's a very cold and cut-throat atmosphere, especially if you're not an OG.
The way the girls were like a pack of wolves with Ekin-Sun last week when they just rounded on her and Amber/Gemma went for it and the others just all sat to watch but no one had her back. But she's been really kind and empathetic with the girls whenever anyone has needed advice or a shoulder to cry on. ES is made of stern stuff, but the goading and disgusting digs from Luca/Jacques/Davide must really take it's toll.
Likewise Danica. She has had a really raw deal in there (entrance aside and the producers probably goaded her into that).
Davide was a proper c**t to her with that aggressive, forced upon kiss and the recoupling and no one had her back or showed sympathy. If it did happen, they chose not to air it.
There is a very uncomfortable misogynistic and aggressive vibe in the villa this year and to quote several posters most of the men this year are trash. Just very frustrating watching this year to see the double standards and downright bullying going on by the lads towards some of the women. Luca and Dami confronting Tasha like that was just out of order. Don't get me started on Jacques / Luca / Davide and their awful comments and treatment to ES and Danica. ITV should not be enabling this. This post has got me riled up. But I think when the show is over, we are going to hear some uncomfortable accounts from some of the women.
One of the posters earlier this afternoon had it spot on about Gemma acting like a head "mafia / mob wife". Just a very smug air about her and her endorsing the behaviour of Luca and Jacques. Ugh.