Hollywood's punishment of Mo'Nique's "attitude" problems is emblematic of the way Black and brown women and girls are punished for non-conformity to standards for white femininity (complacent, quiet, obedient, eager to please) throughout all our systems, beginning with school discipline. It is a punishment, y'all, and…

"She wears leotards! Why doesn't she wear pants like a proper feminist? I can't listen to her views on feminism and support for Black and brown women because of the leotards! It's almost like I'm only here for Black women's feminism until it slightly displeases me and then I give up (because I was never really here…

Look, everyone on this thread just really cares about North. They feel really bad for her. I mean, not really bad, it's all just a pretense for judging Kim for being a bad mother (which likely goes back to thinking she's a slut for making a sex tape - you can't really say that here though amirite?). Besides, you know…

I agree with you! Except I wouldn't go so far as to blame Kanye - it's all about Kim being a bad mom.

Look, everyone on this thread just really cares about North. They feel really bad for her. I mean, not really bad, it's all just a pretense for judging Kim for being a bad mother (which likely goes back to thinking she's a slut for making a sex tape - you can't really say that here though amirite?). Besides, you know…

YES. THANK YOU. I feel bad about it too. Not in a way where I feel bad for North, just in a way where I can judge Kim for being a bad mom (which probably goes back to me thinking she's a slut for making that sex tape, but I can't really say that here because it's a feminist blog). Kids clothing companies taught me…

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THANK YOU. The idea that anyone but a mother is to blame for a perceived failure to conform to exactly we've been prescribed as consumers is beyond me. Has the world gone mad??

YES. THANK YOU. Kids clothing companies taught me what to buy, er, I mean, what's appropriate for a kid. Those companies - whose main inspiration is their bottom line, er, I mean, a child's comfort - know what's up! A doll is a thing you dress up in clothes! Unlike a human child, which you dress up in clothes!

I totally agree. Kids wearing anything besides what's been deemed "kids' clothes" (by kids clothing companies trying to sell a product) are no longer kids. Kim is fucking up North's natural aging process and the entire time continuum for the universe and it's uncool. Everyone knows that wearing black is bad for babies…

Um...pretty sure North being at ANY fashion shows is a reflection of Kim's failures of a mother and has nothing to with Kanye. He's a man, after all.

Woah, woah, woah. You have CLEARLY not been consuming the right literature for what is "best" (and remembering that all deviations from "best" mean you have failed as a mother and since that is the most important role for a woman, you have really failed as a woman). Thank white, male, heterosexual, capitalist God you…

I like seeing North wearing clothing that the power of advertising taught me isn't toddler-wear. If I didn't see it on a baby on tv or in a catalog (where I was being told to buy it), I know it's wrong! You see, companies that make babies' clothes are obsessed with ensuring the babies' comfort (definitely not making…

I'm so here for OCM but must know more about going no shampoo (I tried and it was a disgusting failure).

Sharpton is great as litmus test because he helps me weed out white people that aren't really down for the cause. If someone's support for equity is contingent an activist's likability, they were never really here for it anyway.

#dontpanic

Ah, the hair combing. The show is everything for visibility and cultural affirmation. Not to mention having the star without makeup — honey. That's good for everyone. [Hands praising emoji].

Yes, this exchange spoke not only to the harm of sexual abuse, but also addressed how seemingly infallible and objective systems (created by men and power) do not get justice for the marginalized and require us to navigate injustice on our own. Given that the show functions within a legal framework, I thought her…

Oh you're in luck - we're comparing women to animatronic and CGI dinosaur simulacra.

Right. What other medical procedure do people euphemize to any extent? Abortion is health care!