It's a profoundly internet-brained thing to accuse Kahlo of playing up certain aspects of her identity. People on her day didn't give two shits about this flagrantly communist, Brown queer woman who struggled with lifelong disabilities and pain.

This is maybe the best example I can think of of judging someone by the standards of your own time. Who Kahlo was aged well if you're somewhat lefty in 2022, but it did her no favors at the time.