You are absolutely right. They seem to have deviated from a strict rubric of “sexiness”. Which is kind of nice.

Maxim was sold a year ago and recently went through a very extensive rebranding effort to make it less sleazy. Their editor in chief is now a woman. I don’t think you would have seen someone known for her songwriting and female friends giving an interview where she talks about the importance of feminism in its pages a…

How can one be “deeply unconcerned?:” Not to be all picky, but “deeply” suggests...well, a level of concern. She’s very concerned about being unconcerned?

I think the picture is eerily reminiscent of Charlize Theron’s Monster.

Talking as a straight dude....you are right. This is 100% a publicist work. She is real cute...but the sexiest woman alive? Trust me, she is missing a few things to get there.

Inserting a rapper doing rappity bits happened in the late 80s. I don’t see how that can ruin the “late 80s feel.”

But seriously though, what is Kendrick doing in a Taylor Swift video?

Nobody loves a parvenu :’(

I didn’t even mention it cuz I thought she actually said that. Lol

She might be more authentic and artistic. She might write her own songs? But is she a better singer or dancer?

She isn’t. Come on.

Rise...like in an elevator?

See, I don’t follow her stupidity closely so I was unaware that she said such awful things. I just looked up that animal comment. I knew she was not smart, but damn.

She is shitting on the Black woman who risked more, did more and is making her embarrassed. There were strategic respectability politics in Rosa Parks’ selection as the face of the bus boycott.

Considering that she’s been dead for over a century, I honestly don’t think its possible for someone to care any less than she does about this.

Yeah I don’t really have any strong opinions about her opinion or on Raven Simone in general other than the fact that, yeah, the NAACP heard what Colvin had done and because of reasons you pointed out, went with an older NAACP employee instead to do the whole front of the bus thing. That whole situation with Parks was…

That isn’t what she said. She said a bunch of incoherent nonsense that made it sound like she had no clue what Harriet Tubman actually did and that she wanted Rosa Parks ‘cause she’s more recent and stuff. Had she said what you said, people wouldn’t be so annoyed by her opinion because what you said actually makes…

But by her logic, we should also replace Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, Grant and Franklin on our currency. I mean, those motherfuckers are nowhere near current anymore.

I *think* she meant that Harriet Tubman’s story is of a different era, it’s too far removed from modern iterations of anti-racist struggle and activism, and that Rosa Parks’ story is closer (in both time and context) to contemporary struggles.

What are your thoughts on the capitalism thing? It’s not like we know that Tubman was against currency. Idk tho