Let’s see:

Yeah, I think Beanie was trying to be as nice as possible. She didn’t know what the gossip was about and she doesn’t know Lea Michelle personally, but Lea wrote a nice message on her Instagram. None of that is shady.

Seems to me Jezebel is actually the party trying to pit women against each other: Feldstein never said she doesn’t know who Michele is, yet somehow that’s the headline Jezebel decided to go with.

Came here to say that! Feldstein seems super sweet in this clip but the article and headline make it sound like she’s throwing serious shade and it’s obnoxious AF.

She didn’t say she doesn’t know who “she is”. She said she doesn’t know her whatsoever, which is less Mariah and more just honest.

I’ll give you that there’s plenty of selective outrage in the world. But, I will say that there’s also nothing wrong with holding some people to a higher standard because they are supposed to be geniuses and, therefore, better than this. But, also, I don’t think there’s ANY overlap between Dave Chapelle haters and R.…

Was going to say the same thing. The author went in the complete opposite direction and is, as a result, no better than those insistent on forcing their kids to strictly adhere to gender norms.

Having taught pre-school for a million years, you hit that right on the head. Boys (especially very young ones) don’t put boys in the front seat because they know about or have any ideas about oppressing women, they do it because they are expressing THEMSELVES. Which is incredibly healthy. It would be more beneficial…

Gender-neutral parenting is important as far as teaching kids they can be who they want to be without adhering to historic gender norms. Nothing wrong with women truckers or male ballet dancers and it’s toxic to suggest otherwise. But messing with your kid’s toys seems a step too far. If you’re kid is into logging…

It gives a quick but fascinating overview of “shaming culture” from the bible, to the middle ages, to present. Then they have 4 or 5 vignettes of recent (2017-present) people who did something on the internet that resulted in them getting “canceled,” and what it was like in the moment and what has happened to them…

I think it is categorically a good thing whenever Lewinsky is able to profit from her undeserved public humiliation and (at least at one time,) infamy.

That’s fair, but it’s the assumption that lighter skin is “better looking” that’s the issue here. There are plenty or dark skinned actresses who are better looking than irl Stagecoach Mary but they chose instead someone who looks nothing like her when it would’ve been just as easy to pick an actress that shares her…

You object to engaging with people’s issues like they are not a monolith? There are hierarchies and sub hierarchies. Of course things are complicated. 

DEEPEST APPRECIATION to you! I posted a lengthy reply before seeing yours, but as you can see I’m in the greys. Feigned inability to grasp the issue is disingenuous. Thanks for saying it where it can be seen.

I think these comments are from women who have no idea the damage that colorism can do. They see black people and assume we are all the same and should just be happy to be represented. We are not all the same and darker women get fewer opportunities. The replies are very disappointing.

I object to your stance that lighter is more attractive and that’s the main problem right there. You’re right the Jezebel has less of a leg to stand on than they used to but beautiful women like Issa Rae, Micheala Cole, and more would have been more appropriate than Zazie Beetz.

these comments are strange. colorism is a very real issue. I don’t think anyone wants to lay the responsibility of colorism at the feet of light-skinned people of color (and yes, light-skinned people are still POC and this article says nothing to undermine that notion), but this article is trying to grapple with a…

Wang had a piece in The New Republic last month:

Ah, there was a good couple months where it seemed every other week had a writer saying they were leaving.

Writing for The New Republic since June/July.