They really hate that Ayesha likes to actively work instead of sit at home and do nothing all day. Mind you she was working as an actress prior to marriage.
whenever the conversation about black actresses not getting cast comes back around, people will say that black creators and filmmakers need to start making their own tv shows and films - like what do you think they’ve been trying to do?
every year this spread. if you read the book you would know that Starr was never depicted as dark skin. the author Angie Thomas wrote this with Amandla in mind to play her (Amandla’s activism at the time). The cover art wasn’t the author’s choice, it was the book publishers.
She's one of the few Black owned makeup brands who sells products at a reasonable price and is stjkk going strong. I own multiple products from the brand and I buy via her website. So all the "she needs to focus on dtc" talk is unwarranted and uninformed.
Too many people on Black Threads tearing apart The Lip Bar who don't even shop from the brand. Most of her sales are not with Target. And Melissa has never come online and told us we have to shop there. Her VP worded it terribly but let's not lie on Melissa's name.