On the other hand, I come from a very white family that maintained the standard, pernicious Cherokee princess myth, and when my brother got tested we found out our family had more Neanderthal blood in us than anything else besides white folks. So, not everyone has a lengthy history of hidden white-passing ancestors,…

I know you’re making a joke but it’s also a good point. I had my DNA tested after getting colon cancer (I’m only 39, and gave up beef for a decade, so you know, things didn’t add up. I’m cancer-free now). My dad had been doing genealogy for years for both my mom’s side and his and we thought we knew everything, but…

Well....I don't know what you call this. Roasted Turkey color? Jersey Shore?

Except that it is? Celebrities literally post things on their public Instagram accounts to get as many likes and comments as possible. If she wasn’t looking for a response from the public, she would make her account private. And when you go looking for a public reaction, that will inevitably include some reactions you…

Having ancestry you didn’t know about? It’s not unusual.

Sure. there’s just a bit of moral outrage over people even daring to comment to her in the first place that I think is silly. She specifically put it out there to discuss. So people are. She has every right to snarkily reply back.

Sure, and I’m responding to all the negative comments because (by posting an opinion on the Internet) I accept that I’ve invited others to share their opinion as well.

And here’s why your comment is dumb: The fact the comment DOESN’T want attention from strangers is WHY they don’t make their social media public.

Much as I hate to admit it...you’ve got a point. Personally, I don’t care what celebrities do, eat, fuck, buy, smoke, etc. but if you put it out there, you have to expect feedback, both positive and negative. Now if she was at a restaurant, trying to enjoy a meal in a public setting as people do, and someone stopped…

Yeah-it's fine. It's just mildly annoying that she's on a crusade about how people need to stop talking about what she eats while pregnant when she specifically is posting about what she eats when pregnant.

Ugh so stressful. I think everyone just does their best, and healthy babies have been born for thousands of years with people just making the best decisions they can with the information they have.

this doesn’t really have any analog to a face-to-face conversation at all though; it’s a single famous person broadcasting mundanities about her life to thousands of anonymous strangers and soliciting responses. not sure why anyone would expect people to behave as if they were the same thing

I mean if I post my meal on facebook for attention then I am expecting people to comment on it, yes. If someone commented “I’m concerned that you’re drinking 2 buck chuck in that picture. I heard it has arsenic in it” I wouldn’t be upset or offended about it.

Of course-but I think there’s a difference between posting that to her friends/family and publicly. She can do what she wants, but it’s soliciting opinions from strangers.

No, I haven’t.

“Also, this is gendered AF”

Sure-I get what she was trying to do. And I think people are generally rude. But I also think you ARE soliciting everyone’s opinions (provided of course that they aren't abusive) when you post a LOOK WHAT IM EATING WHILE PREGNANT pic to the Internet.

I’m sorry your pregnancy was difficult!

Isn’t it though? I’m not in the camp that thinks that celebrities are automatically fair game just because they are famous, but when you post something to Twitter or Instrgram and don’t make it private, aren’t you expressly soliciting public comments? What if the author of this post complained that we were talking…

Where do we draw the line though? Chris Brown fans gave him a pass because he is talented and young. Obviously what Rihanna said wasn’t as bad as domestic violence, but I also don’t think outrage is a necessary response to Rihanna. A bit of criticism and social commentary (one of the purposes of Jez) is an appropriate…