trendy for black people or trendy in general? Because as long as I've been of party going age (almost a decade), I've been aware of the omnipresence of the Black People's All White Festivities:

Sure, for her family; for the public, I think it's okay to remember that she physically assaulted someone just a few months ago and she's not a person we necessarily need to put on a pedestal. I say this as someone who liked her style and music, and I don't consider her to be anathema on the level of a Roman Polanski…

To be fair, if it's a man, Jezebel (or a commenter) brings up past physical violence anytime said man is mentioned in an article. If a man does it, he is sentenced to be an awful human forever; if a woman does it, she's forgiven within a couple of months. I'm not saying this to condone violence by or to either gender,…

No, we don't need to hate her, but I think celebrating her is in poor taste. That was less than a year ago. I hope she doesn't feel entitled to assault this man, too.

Per Us Weekly:
Solange is killing it!

Remember when she assaulted a family member in an elevator? We're totally cool with that, right? Because, female?

That's actually highlighting a big part of the issue though; a lot of this isn't seen in the cultural and historical context, where it is inextricably tied to race issues. By coming to an article about these issues and saying "but he's great for other reasons" is derailing, and also kind of smacks of a society that…

I'm naturally thin - not very curvy. The "real women have curves" thing genuinely hurt my feelings when I first heard it. I understand what you are saying but I'm obviously not the only person that took it personally - I'm not playing dumb - I'm just another self-conscious woman.

Average size + average weight + average height does not an average woman make. The "average woman" fits maybe one or two of those categories, and her body could starkly contrast another "average woman" who may fit into another one or two. There is no fair nor accurate way to determine what an "average woman" looks…

Even if it were universally recognized that the phrase "real women" refers to average women, not every woman has an "average" body. Everyone is on a spectrum and that needs to be justly represented. So what if everyone knows that real = average? That doesn't make it any less morally reprehensible that those who don't…

no one is playing stupid. People do recognize the phrase for what it is. Body shaming anyone is not ok. Hence the "we're all real."

You should be accountable for what is, if I'm giving you the benefit of a doubt, the failure of your intent. I'm not trying to make it a popularity contest, but the stars don't lie. Quite a few others share my reaction to your comment. Perhaps it's not all of us with the problem.

Please just take accountability and move on.

The bottom line is that your comment was tone deaf and derailing at best, and you should probably own that.

Both Kim and Saartjie chose fame as a profession.

And yet this article is not really about Goude, and it's certainly not about who he procreated with. Don't delude yourself thinking you weren't saying anything about race when you choose those methods, on this article of all articles, to defend the work of a white male photographer who fetishizes the black female…

If you're to invoke Grace Jones as if she's some sort of old school rendition of "I have a black friend" you also need to recognize the areas of toxicity that were inherent within their relationship which led to him leaving her when she gave birth, of which he claims bore Jungle Fever out of "his emotional turmoil."

im having rouble with the title of this article, it's almost offensive this woman was literally put through hell, the title of this article should be "Fetishizing the African Female body isn't new news"

I'm curious as to what end you mention Goude's relationship with Grace Jones. It hardly absolves him of nor precludes him problematic or racist intentions in his work.

Not only is there the matter of "freaks" being regarded as less-than by the general population, there are issues of labor hours, amount and schedule of wage payment, etc., by which the employed across all of European society were mistreated by their employers. Within the frame of what she had to work with, Ms.…