Tisha Campbell kind of alluded to having issues on the set of “School Daze” too when she was 18. In the cast commentary, she says something about her mother being uncomfortable with some of the scenes and the male gaze on her daughter (she was present while shooting for obvious reasons).

Let’s hope Irina Shayk’s genes are real sharp...

I mean, if you don’t want to be stabbed, don’t ask to be stabbed so.....

If “The Help” is her only reference for racism in the 60's then she was never going to try to learn about it in the first place. I just wish people would just be honest about not caring about black people or our history. 

Not necessarily. Some people do/did but certainly not all or most. My dad and his family are from the deep South, none of them sound like that. Even the old ones who are the same ages as these characters. So, it is frustrating when every time a black southern character is depicted, they always make them use an exaggera…

Her child is presented as a triumphant way to repair the mistakes of her mother before her and a victory against Hitler’s policy of forcibly sterilizing black Germans: this mixed baby will show the world what she could not.

I was in college (northeast women’s liberal arts college where people should know better) when this movie came out and GAH, the number of white women who quoted that phrase around me was ridiculous, especially around finals period.

That’s interesting? What kind of tv are you watching? I’ve always gotten the impression that people outside the U.S. don’t really know that black Americans exist. Case in point when I’ve been abroad, people always assume I’m African or Brazilian or from the Islands but they never guess American.

It’d be interesting too to see who is included in this group of Latina actors. My partner (who is Latina) was always disappointed that representation didn’t include indigenous Latinas, dark skinned mestizas or afro latinas unless they were playing a maid or deviant character. So, while these numbers look good if…

YES! I’m not from Massachusetts, but I got the sense that she really cared about Boston communities and she came across so passionately about it. I’m excited to have someone whose so energized and ready to go represent me. 

I’m DYING for a period piece about black people that aren’t being oppressed. Just one movie where we can just focus on black bodies in gorgeous clothing, and hopefully before Ruth E. Carter retires...

I’m embarrassed that I know this, but Selena’s mom left a shady comment on a fan account that was asking the same question. Apparently it was Selena’s decision, even though her mom tried to talk her out of it.

YES! I’m tired of the naked dress, but it looks so good on her frame.

I think of Yeezy almost like normcore taken to the most extreme points of irony, trashcore. 

I think the whole fight was planned and just based on existing tensions between the sisters so it doesn’t seem too fake. They’ve been subtly nipping at Kourt’s work schedule (or lack thereof) for the past 2 seasons so it’s not surprising to see it come up in a larger plot line now. The show was starting to get boring…

Yeah, I don’t know if Noah was forced, but she definitely had lip and cheek filler underage. I think if you’re an adult and you want to modify your face, fine. But I think the very least that these Hollywood parents could do is limit the body modifications to just piercings until they’re of age. Sometimes you have to…

False rape allegations were actually a common tool used to either imprison or justify violence against black men and black communities during the time this story was written. See Scotsboro Boys, Rosewood Massacre, Emmett Till (who wasn’t accused of rape, but was murdered because a woman lied and said that he whistled…

False rape accusations have a completely different history in the black community than they do in others. Like DialogueDub said, they were frequently used as excuses for white communities to perpetrate violence against black men and sometimes entire black communities (see Rosewood Massacre)

The Alexis interview was amazing. I watched Pretty Wild and Bling Ring and the person she is now seems healthier and more focused. I’m genuinely happy for her. Reality TV is not there right now, but it’d be awesome to see her do a short docuseries like the old school True Life (maybe on Vice or something millennial…

Finally, a black period piece that doesn’t center around slavery or Jim Crow or other forms of black suffering, it can be done! Can’t wait too see what they do for black hairstyles of the time. I for one am hoping to see how she would pull this off with just a hot comb and a coal stove: