February 2012
It's My Blog And I'll Post Hate If I Want To...
curiouslycool:
You’d post hate toooo, if it happened to youuuuuu…
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All of this and…We’ve Discussed this.
I Don’t Think That Means What You Think it Means
Can someone please explain to me what you think “Cultural Appropriation” is?
I ask this because the other day, during the great Dreadlock debate, I saw post after post that was confusing “Cultural Appropriation” with “I hate white people.” Where did this come from? Where was this written or even alluded to in my post? What did you read and why did you take it that way? No, that last question I...
Random Sharing
curiouslycool:
Dunno if I mentioned this but yesterday I got an ask from a girl who wasn’t anon and had dreadlocks and wanted to understand why it was offensive. She had approached me in a respectful manner and since she did such, I responded in kind. It opened a sort of strained discussion because I could tell she was putting her own feelings and her own desires before my culture and the...
The Help: Feelings and Stuff
I have a lot of feelings about The Help. Many of which can be found in this article. For the most part, when it comes to the actual Hollywood side, it just has me in a weird space.
I want women of color who are talented and do good work to be recognized. I want this with all my heart. I also want it to not be 73 straight years of maids and whores.
Which brings me to my next problem. I respect...
Anonymous asked: What do you do with donations...
First, it goes back into the blog - I have to pay for the domain and email address associated with it (Google doesn’t give free emails to domains with the word ‘fuck’ in them). I also paid for the layout, so I try to recover costs.
I’m also a community college student on full financial aid who’s been struggling with finances since I got kicked out of Tufts for being raped and trying to speak out...
Five Important Things To Keep In Mind Before You...
paradiscacorbasi:
A lot of would be white allies freak out when people of color start using hostile language. This is nothing new.
But it occurs to me the why is something I’d never realized before.
I’ve said before People of Color are angry and they have every right to be angry.
But when a Person of Privilege is on the receiving end of that anger, they don’t understand it. I mean they...
Oh look! Another one: "Viola Davis Skips Wig for...
larepublicadedet:
Nope, the headline is derailing … a part of the Great Distractor (aka how we keep PoC under investigation and never the white social structures as oppositional culture) … it’s so easy and silly to make this goofy ass headline, but the directors or whoever makes decisions in Hollywood will never be under examination for all the stipulations and conditions they place on Actors...
Hair: Ease and Grace
I felt a bit bad about something I reblogged last night. I take full responsibility. I also want to apologize if it upset anyone. Now I want to take the time to clear that reblog up.
The first “Hair” related reblog I made had a caption about Viola Davis’ hair. I agreed with it. However, others read it very differently than I did and took issue with it. Later that night, I reblogged something...
Today We Talk about Yesterday
Topics include:
The Hair
The Help
The Curiosity
The Oscars
kyssthis16:
motheatenmusicalbroacde:
i knew meryl was going to win
#the only part that pisses me off is that she’ll be nominated again but viola will probably never get this chance again #all of these ladies are super talented but they will all probably be nominated again #except for viola
That’s why I’m upset. Not because she didn’t win. But because her opportunities to ever win and/or...
searchingforknowledge:
DO EEEEETTTTTTTTTT
I am tempted. I am not even kidding.
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heliopaths replied to your post: Oh look! Another one: “Viola Davis Skips Wig for Oscars Red Carpet”
J Lo’s nipple and Angie’s leg now have a twitter. I’m waiting for Viola’s Wig or something to be made, ugh
Goodness, I don’t see that happening but I almost want to start it myself just so I can tweet stuff like “Oh look, I am more important than the person I am sitting...
Oh look! Another one: "Viola Davis Skips Wig for...
heliopaths:
The issue is not her hair itself. If she wore a dress that stood out, they would talk about the dress. If someone shaved their head or did something outrageous with it, the media would talk about that, too. The fashion is a part of the Oscars. The point is she did not do something outrageous. She showed the hair she was born with. Emma Stone skipped a wig/ went wigless, too. Why...
Oh look! Another one: "Viola Davis Skips Wig for...
feministescapades:
I’ll be okay with these headlines when all the other ones say “SANDRA BULLOCK, STRAIGHTENED HAIR FOR OSCARS” and “KRISTEN WIIG CURLS HAIR FOR OSCARS” And why the hell is Angelina’s rogue leg not being blown up? Dafuck.
Yes, this. All day, this!
Oh look! Another one: "Viola Davis Skips Wig for...
The story itself probably doesn’t seem like the worst thing in the world but it’s the topic. The headline. The story is HER HAIR. The story will tomorrow be, her hair. If she wins tonight, it will be her Oscar and her hair. THIS IS A PROBLEM.
Is she REALLY the only woman to change her hair for the Oscars? The ONLY one?
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way-of-seeing reblogged your photo: racismschool: fuckingdone: …did anyone read…
They would say this of any woman. So rude.
They would? Where? Show me.
