America Ferrera, she of “Ugly Betty” fame, is quickly becoming one of my favorite celebrities. For one, she’s stood up against body shaming more times than I could possibly count, and I’m still not over that time she made a cameo in the pro-Hillary version of Fight Song alongside Mandy Moore, Aisha Tyler, and Tami Taylor Connie Britton, among others. And just last night, the Emmy-winning actress took to the ‘gram to show off her new haircut: a short bob with some serious blonde highlights?all for a good cause.
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Ferrera, who hasn’t had short hair for nearly a decade when she was filming “Ugly Betty,” captioned the photo, “New Hair!! On my way to “Make America Ferrera Again” with @rebeccaminkoff ! Electing a new president calls for a new hairstyle! Big change abound! #imwithhair #imwithher #registertovote” Ferrera, of course, is playing on Donald Trump’s decidedly racist and misogynist slogan of going back to a time when America (the country, not the person) was even less fair. She started the hashtag #MakeAmericaFerreraAgain on Twitter, and it quickly picked up steam.
“It’s funny because it’s a play on the slogan ‘Make America Great Again,’ which is very vague, and who know what he means by that,” Ferrera told InStyle. “I started getting tweets and comments with #MakeAmericaFerreraAgain, and I was like, what does that mean" What ...