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A line about cleavage in ‘The New York Times’ review of A24’s new horror film ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ is the source of social media’s latest dust-up, this one involving Amandla Stenberg.

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00:00I'm receiving a lot of commentary on the internet for being a very naughty girl

00:06and sending a DM that I thought was hilarious.

00:11This episode of THR News is brought to you by Netflix presenting Squid Game for your Emmy

00:15consideration. Amandla Stenberg is defending her decision to call out a critic in their New York

00:21Times review of A24's new horror film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. Stenberg took to Instagram

00:26stories on Thursday to clarify why she sent a pointed DM to the New York Times' Lena Wilson

00:32after the critic posted their back and forth on Twitter late last night. On August 8th,

00:37the actress sent a DM to Wilson, writing,

00:39Your review was great. Maybe if you had gotten your eyes off my tits, you could have watched the movie.

00:44The DM was in direct reference to this line from Wilson's review.

00:48The only thing that really sets Bodies, Bodies, Bodies apart is its place in the A24 hype machine,

00:54where it doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX's latest single.

01:00Wilson responded by saying,

01:01Generally a big fan of your work, but this sure is something. Really wishing you well in your career

01:06and life. She then took the exchange public by posting it on Twitter. When the exchange started

01:12to catch some heat and headlines online, Stenberg responded via stories.

01:16I'm proud that a piece of work that I was part of was described as such in such a renowned

01:25publication. That is a really unique experience that I get to have.

01:28Stenberg said that the amount of commentary she's fielded about her chest

01:31is so extreme and has been happening since she was a teenager.

01:35I could literally be wearing a t-shirt and just because of the size of my boobs,

01:39there will be some sort of sexualization or commentary on my chest.

01:44She closed out her thoughts by addressing Wilson directly.

01:48I thought your review was hilarious. I thought my DM was funny.

01:55I did not mean to harass you. I do not wish you any harm.

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