“Both, like Hepburn’s famous incarnation of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, have mastered the art of transformation, from head to toe.”

It’s because Audrey Hepburn is Peak White Girl*, and therefore the biggest possible compliment they could give to Lupita.

So apparently Claire Danes’ gown...

EVERYONE GO THE FUCK HOME. ALL FUTURE RED CARPETS ARE CANCELLED. THE SUPREME HAS GRACED US WITH PERFECTION.

Ok but I’m all about Emma’s take on the theme and her general wonderfulness?

I think it might also have something to do with the british and their WONDERFULLLL colonization of Asia and Africa.

That is the truth, but are you just going to pretend centuries of colonialism that had its basis in the supremacy of whiteness doesn’t really factor into it? Sure, fair skin indicates that you’re rich and you spend your time indoors, just like bound feet did in China. BUT, White skin in media, in the culture and IRL…

I know some people are going to brush this away, but I cannot tell you how harmful these ads are, how pervasive and how damaging. Being Afro-Brazilian on one side & Indian on the other, I see this shit in both my cultures, and with a lot of my female friend and family circle and I still, at 45 years old, I still can’t…