Facebook circa 2005, when you needed a .edu email address, was like the wild west of social media. People posted absolutely insane shit - drug use, weapons, almost naked pictures - because no one could see it except your classmates. Or so we thought.

It’s BIZARRE. I have four girl cousins who are all younger than me and they all did/are doing the promposal thing and I just. don’t. get it.

I liked my promposals, well one specifically. It wasn’t even asking someone to prom but a response to homecoming. My sister and her friends (should I mention that they were all theater majors at the local university) dressed up like cheer leaders and did a cheer. I got to hide out in the parking lot across the street…

But look around about how lucky we are to be alive right now

Thoughtful of MTV to do with reality what it did with music.

Preach.

I wish I came of age before promposals they add so much drama to an already crazy dramatic event

Same here. I’m almost 35 and once in a blue moon I find myself worrying about what to post on my social media and I have to remind myself that it’s fucking stupid and pathetic. Thank god social media didn’t exist in my teen years. Can you imagine how insecure I would have been?

Yeah the only thing we had was Livejournal, which only the nerdy drama kids used anyway.

Literally no one did a promposal when I was in high school. You either had a boyfriend or girlfriend so it was just assumed that y’all would go to prom together, or you just asked someone/were asked “Do you want to go to prom with me?” or you were totally single and didn’t want a date so you went in a big group of…

I am constantly thinking this

SAME. Sure, I had some angsty Livejournaling sessions in college, but that’s about it. Dodged a bullet!

This. Always this. Also, getting through almost all of college before Facebook was a thing.

I would really like a _My Super Sweet 16: Where are they now?_ with all the original spoiled brats.

I find this pretty disturbing. So a company that produces beauty products is a racial “space”? Can this company not ALSO market to non black customers?

Imo as a black girl its nbd, I was expecting something racist or somethin lol. Seems like they didnt rlly represent the core dem well..but as a product you wanna be inclusive i suppose.

At the risk of getting shouted down because I have the wrong genitalia and/or genetic heritage... is this really a zero-sum situation?! Do black women really lose something by Shea trying to be more inclusive in their marketing? Is the in-group/out-group “cultural appropriation” virtue cue getting tripped here?

God forbid a company tries to expand their customer base. Jesus fucking Christ. What’s this product called? Shea Moisture? I wouldn’t know because apparently, they’re only allowed to market to a specific demo so I’ve never heard of it.

Yeah, I generally love a good social warrior battle, but this seems very minor to me. It’s not really white washing, its 1 white woman added to a commercial with many different people. Making a huge mountain out of a mole hill is why people try to use the term “social justice warrior” in a negative way. Deep breath…

I’ve been using their blow dry cream and really like it.