it’s not so much the agenda of politics that leads, it’s the effects of toxic masculinity and rape culture on men’s behavior. There is a LOT of re-education that has to happen in terms of what behavior is ok and what isn’t. I am not ok with calling every man a narcissist and an asshole, but men do need to step up and…

I have a friend who was falsely accused of rape. He was exonerated and the woman who accused him admitted she had lied. During the whole thing (let me add, he was 20 and she was 19), it was, in fact, possible to support him while also listening to her claims. These are the kinds of situations adults find themselves in.

i think it’s also important to recognize how bad behavior by men is normalized in society, so men may *not* necessarily realize they’re doing something not ok, because “everyone does it” and society generally allows them to get away with it.

Precisely. Reactions to a story like this set a precedent. If women are believed, more women will feel comfortable coming forward when it happens to them. However, and how it usually goes, if women are blamed, it impacts how everyday people react when it happens to them. They think, “If these Hollywood stars aren’t…

Paltrow & Jolie are from Hollywood families. If Blythe Danner’s daughter and John Voight’s daughter didn’t feel comfortable speaking up for fear of repercussions, what does that tell you about the level of power Harvey Weinstein had over the entertainment industry? I hope this illustrates for people how deep this…

Except that Darius has amazing talent as a songwriter and singer. My takeaway from this article is that Iggy worked really hard, but couldn’t overcome her suckiness.

“Would a black woman who wanted to rap have been told to do pop instead? Would a black woman, even one from Australia, be told she wasn’t welcome?”

she picked the wrong costume to wear without having a gimmick to distract people, that’s the difference between her and “talented” rappers. everything that can be said about her could be said about riff raff; but he never became mainstream popular enough for anyone to care.

She was given HUGE breaks by powerful mentors without any indication that she was anything but a lure to get more men, specifically black men, to be attracted to the “white black girl”.

Died at, “She’s hot...maybe we can pull this off.” Mens they are all the same.

Why, thank you.

Black people with no real-world claim to the mythical life underlying most hip-hop tracks have indeed found success, because they could talk the talk and look the part. That a model-hot white Australian could parachute in and do the same thing is pretty much the epitome of white privilege - even with little talent,…

He told her she was a white woman with an ass because that is the primary reason to pay her attention.

Yeah, it wasn’t a decade of people holding her back. It was a decade of people saying “Hmm, she’s hot... maybe we can pull this off.” and then realizing she just didn’t have the chops. And then another person saying “Hmm, she’s hot... maybe we can pull this off.” etc.

By “exotic”, these dudes mean “look at Becky with the big butt over there!”.

She compares herself to Keith Urban, but Keith Urban doesn’t go around pretending to be a redneck and adopting a fake Southern accent.

You are ignoring the many, many times that Ms. Hope makes the case that ultimately the problem with Iggy is that the raps are not good. The contrast with Eminem is instructive; his raps are technically great with clever, meaningful rhymes and a grace and ease to the flow; more importantly his voice feels authentic and…

It was white privilege (and good looks) that had people coming to her in the first place, it was white privilege that got her a string of extremely capable mentors in the rap world, it was white privelege that gave her chance after chance until she finally got a solid song, and it was white privilege that saw that…

What I find amazing is that she had folks falling over her left and right trying to make her a pop star a la “a Fergie, Gwen Stefani or Britney Spears”, and she *still* insisted on trying to rap - trying to use a style that demands a cultural connection she did not appreciate and did not bother with. Christ, *ICP* is…

...Man, I think I’m going to keep coming back to this piece all day, thinking about it more. Upon reflection, this bit is really sticking with me: