It’s possible that Tran deleted Instagram because she simply didn’t want to be on the platform anymore. It’s the latest incident in a long line of toxicity aimed at the Star Wars cast by its fans - a reminder of how loud and unwelcoming the fandom can often be. Original: Kelly Marie Tran, The Last Jedi’s breakout star who played Rose Tico, has reportedly left Instagram because of harassment. The story’s headline was changed to reflect Tran’s op-ed. The full op-ed can be read on the New York Times’ website. I am the first Asian woman to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair. “I am the first woman of color to have a leading role in a Star Wars movie. “You might know me as Kelly,” Tran wrote. Tran wrote that despite the backlash, and how it made her feel originally, she’s not giving up. And to me, the most disappointing thing was that I felt it at all.” ![]() ![]() And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from. “Their words reinforced a narrative I had heard my whole life: that I was “other,” that I didn’t belong, that I wasn’t good enough, simply because I wasn’t like them. “Their words seemed to confirm what growing up as a woman and a person of color already taught me: that I belonged in margins and spaces, valid only as a minor character in their lives and stories,” Tran wrote. 21): Kelly Marie Tran penned a poignant essay for the New York Times about her decision to leave social media following toxic backlash to her role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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