Omg no one is saying that. Stop trying to silence discussions of colorism within the entertainment community. colorism and light skin privilege is real.

C'mon now, I didn't say anything equivalent to "them" not counting as black. Just pointed out that even if you're just trying to make it as rapper, if you're black you better be light skinned or TI isn't calling you up to go on his show. Yeah, the same TI that signed Iggy Azalea.

Why do we praise men and women who brag about paying child support or that they go "above and beyond what the court orders"?

I mean, I think the protection and defense of Beyonce when hooks' comment came out was misplaced. When people accuse Beyonce of not being "feminist enough" due to underlying anti-black sentiments- where WOC must go above and beyond to even have the space to claim a feminist identity: defend Beyonce with all your…

I have been thinking a lot about this (wrt beyonce great black feminist icon) and I think it comes down to this. And this is to put it in it's most simplistic form. do you want a room, bed and accommodations in the master's house? Or do you want to burn down the plantation and peace? And it's like sure there are…

This. I'm sure their spousal abusing friend Sean Penn has had plenty of "eat the cake, Anna Mae" moments. I'm really tired of people dismissing bell hooks to tour Beyonce as the feminist leader Gotham needs right now. Are we so desperate that we'll take anyone who just says they're a feminist and make them THE…

If this doesn't make you understand bell hooks' criticism of Beyonce a little better- then just admit you're drinking the kool aid wholesale.

I don't think Beyonce is being treated as the one in the wrong or anything. I think she is in the center of the story because she is the common link between the two people who were involved in the altercation—Jay Z and Solange. Add in the fact that Beyonce is a huge superstar, I think people will naturally focus on…

I think it revolves around Beyonce because of her reaction after the altercation. She just witnessed her sister assault her husband, but she walks out of the elevator smiling, as though nothing happened. It's a bit chilling, because it shows that she is projecting a persona, and her smile is not always a smile. I just…

When I was reading the post about the Blacklist finale by Jacob Clifton, I came across something he wrote that was awesome and made me think of the Beyonce image machine:

I think it depends on one's audience as much as anything. A more old school mainstream Black audience may not get the kind of self-deprecation a younger audience would innately understand.

Beyonce has SUCH a good team. Latoya and LaTavia tried to tell some dirt and their careers were destroyed, not by coincidence. Anyone who dared speak ill about Beyonce got shat on. It's so interesting how she manipulates us.

I think its hilaaaaaaaaaaarious how everyone is like "oh this is stupid, I don't care" but then people click, read, and comment. I'll own up to the fact that I find this intriguing, and I'm nosey as shit. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WENT DOWN. I'm intrigued motherfuckers...intrigued. You keep posting, and I'll keep clicking…

I don't think anyone is saying she "did" something wrong. More that this represents a "crack" in her public image because her public image isn't just about what she does, it's about her life, which includes her husband and sister. And this is something she has actively cultivated—she's not one of those celebrities who…

I for one believe Beyoncé has become the mask she used to wear.

They're enthralled by the contrast between Beyoncé's peerless mastery of her image and the utter chaos of this bare, human moment.

Thank you! She's a master manipulator, she used to go on and on about her privacy until there were no hit singles for 4, then Tumblr pics overload! I dislike the worship, she's a great artist but she's not perfect, no one is. ::countdown till Beyonce sideeyeing gif is posted as a reply::

Hooks is about radical feminist action that dismantles a white supremacist patriarchal capitalist structure.

Beyonce is successful because she has manuevers in and upholds a white supremacist patriarchal capitalist structure.

There's no math here.

Hooks has no time for pop-culture feminism. No time for games. She is…