How does mentioning that Whitney had a lesbian relationship “tarnish her character” with anyone who isn’t a raging homophobe? 

The real reason she was told to stay in the closet was so she could exist as an avatar for men to project their fantasies onto.

Hot take: maybe she’d be still be alive if she hadn’t felt she had to conform to heterosexist norms. 

i wonder how much of whitney’s darkness was due to her having to suppress who she really was.

This isn’t just some person. It’s Robyn. The central figure of her life before Bobby Brown came in to smear shit on the walls. I think she’ll have insight about Whitney that needs to be heart - that she wasn’t just the crack addicted hot mess she devolved into in her final years.

Also: he talks about Fredrick Fucking Douglass the way you would talk about the teenaged manager at the Quik-E-Mart. “Oh yea, Jonathan is doing an amazing job. Really great. Always makes sure the Slurpee machine gets refilled. Really excellent.”