Anger is a human emotion. All people express anger, including Black women. The problem is that some assume we are either always angry or that our anger is irrational, rather than a response to injustice
Most of Mindy Kaling's early career was full of punchlines and witty comebacks about how she would never lose weight because she was content with her curves and disinterested in conforming to the unfair beauty standards. Now she says she achieved her drastic weight loss by "food moderation," hiking, and strength training. The fat celebs and influencers only hid behind the battle cry of body positivity in the past because they couldn't conform to the beauty standards. But now that Ozempic is here, they can and so they do. Good for her, she looks great. But let's not pretend this is due to hiking.
The Famous Jett Jackson was the first live action Disney series to be built around a Black male protagonist.
Y’all are NOT about to sit here and disrespect Lee Thompson Young like that…
I’ve never seen people advocate for disabled people as much as when it’s defending and explaining someone saying the N word.
People aren’t being ableist towards one man for saying it, they’re questioning a culture that always has a justification for anti-Blackness.
Asking for more grace for the person who shouted a racist slur instead of for Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who had to push through being embarrassed in front of their peers.
But that’s often the expectation — that Black people are just supposed to be ok with being disrespected and dehumanized so that other people don’t feel bad.
Constantly daydreaming about #PrincessDiana’s divorce ring — a 25-carat emerald-cut aquamarine set in 24-karat yellow gold. Later worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on her wedding day, the iconic piece symbolized Diana’s independence from the Royal Family. photos: @gettyimages
will always remind people how tyra banks consistently advocated / defended the plus sized models yet people have tried to rewrite history to say she “body shamed women” when that never happened
this isn't hyperbole. i truly do think it's an actual sign of real psychosis that so many people on social media think they know the inner live and complexities of real life famous people. some of ya'll are literally no better than the weirdos who fall for their chatgpt bots.