YES EXACTLY. EXACTLY EXACTLY. Propping up the value of women who reinforce a European standard of beauty (not their fault how they look though) is the primary message of this movie, before any element of Nina Simone's life.

Nina was also outspoken about the way white culture and white power structures erased the value of Black people's contributions to music and the artistic world. I always liked this quote from her, "There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were," and I think it applies here.…

This is great. Women are so fucking stupid and ignorant about their own bodies, especially the ones who have already sought abortion counseling. One thing I've learned about abortion is that the more limitations you put on it, the less desperate women get and the more financially, emotionally, and physically able to…

Yeah, I can see that. Good point.

Rape culture is all the evidence you need that people accept rape as an accepted part of life. If you don't believe in rape culture, that would explain our fundamentally different takes on this issue.

I think people cognitively believe that Rape, as a theory, is bad.

I think I've provided sufficient evidence that we need every message about rape to explicitly say it's bad (AND that it's a horrible act - I think that's a typo in your response but I am not sure). Yes, people "know" rape is bad, but then why do the ways that it's handled by schools, the police, the courts, and in…

I would offer that the only place I haven't seen these expectations are in professions where women historically and currently make up the majority (teaching especially). I think it really does have to do with representation - when students have mostly female teachers, they compare their management style rather than…

I believe that a lot of people don't think rape is that bad. Of just the links here, those people include college administrators, government officials, everyday people (Twitter users, frat boys), and people who commit enough rapes that 1 in 4 women are raped but 97% of rapists never see a day of prison time. You can…

http://www.oneinfourusa.org/

I think she's saying the cover is trolling, not the article itself.

Everyone knows rape is bad.

Roboposter is a troll! I suggest leaning hard on that dismiss button :)

Beauty might not have a gender, but this photograph doesn't illustrate a challenge to any other standard of beauty. #hater #cynical

That really says it all, doesn't it?

My guess - it never does.

As Shonda Rimes says:

I respect this. Not just that he said it, but because he seems to have really internalized the personal responsibility he has of putting this image out there. He didn't just excuse it by saying, "I was immature," he said he was immature but that he still regrets it now.

From the evidence that we're talking about it, I would say this graffiti is making an impact beyond the custodial staff.

Right? If they felt there was any formal channel they could take to get proper action, they would have taken it (and probably did already). This is a sign of desperation to get people to listen.