“girly” and “boyish” are still patriarchal, stereotypical notions that don’t mean anything though.

Good for you. But that might also be influences of the world; not just you. Children absorb “what is appropriate” and ideas about what “girls should wear” not just from parents but friends, etc. too, and I think that’s why the other commenter was saying that they don’t “live under the rock.”

Don’t see why the argument is “since other celebs are problematic too, why point out this one who’s also problematic?” instead of “they’re all problematic and we should talk about it.” So you can never talk about an appropriation of a black celebrity because it’s black-hate? That sounds even more narrow-minded to me.

I do point out other people’s cultural appropriation all the time. It’s very odd that you chose to decide that it was “off” because Rihanna is black. If you ever saw me around I’m also just as vocal about other celebrities in general regardless of race, not just a “single celebrity.” Perhaps I should have been more…

But you are still trying to stereotype what constitutes “male clothing.” Why cling to that notion when you can just let your child choose what they feel comfortable wearing?

Just curious, what was so organic about them gravitating towards traditional “girlie” things? Do you mean that they ought to, or just that that was their nature, or...?

Move in the right direction! I also want to go a step further and say that brands should stop describing frilly, pastel styles and clothing like skirt as “feminine” and suits as “masculine.” Gender stereotyping benefits no one, especially if you want to move towards a society that encourages free gender expression.

Fair enough. I may have a strong reaction to celebrities who act as if they are affecting social change, when it seems that such empowerment shtick is mainly self-serving; and I feel that celebrities like Rihanna and Beyonce usually get blind celebrity worship despite their wrongdoings. But thanks for explaining why…

That one (which is honestly offensive, and it was a rice cake) and also her doing “Asian eyes” with making slits on her eyes, all the while still appropriating Japanese art for her album.

YOUR community? How do you know that as Asian how I feel about what “community” I identify with? And your point about hypervisibility does have merit that I haven’t thought about before, so I agree that I could have worded that a lot better. But your generalization of what people must be if they identify as Asian is…

I only said that because people treat casual Racism agains Asians as harmless, whereas if it was a different race they wouldn’t say such. Fuck you too, and why follow me? I’m so sick of your know it all attitude on this forum, where you act like you are open to discussion but is never open to anything other than…

So you’re assuming that if I’m Asian, I’m anti black and I can’t be upset about someone being racist about Asians? Good to know. Racism is racism.

I also don’t see how she changed her tune, as much as she is only sensitive to racial issues that concern her. But I assure you casual racism is very aggressive and malicious, not to mention that someone who is fine with doing that with millions of viewers doesn’t really care how it is perceived as, so long as it’s…

Cause celebrity worship. Hah...

You keep insisting it was never malicious or aggressive. To whom? To YOU? Are you asian?

I’m sure it is totally not terrible and racism is not that bad either /s I don’t know why you keep trying to write off her racism as not that terrible, when the country is now run by casual racism gone wild. Racism is racism.

Not to mention that it is really rich of her to say anything about racism when she has been racially insensitive to a whole group since, virtually she debuted. If you are racially ignorant against a whole group and good towards your own, you’re still a racist.

Imagine if someone did that to an African-American person. People are generally very lax about being racist against Asians because it’s considered harmless, and it really is not. It’s also not a harsh judgement because there really isn’t anything like a “celebrity feminist,” it’s all PR (tinyurl.com/theloveclub).…

Do you really think Riri even cares, this is just PR. The girl is a horrible racist towards Asians so her empowerment only extends to wherever the money’s at.

Um she already has, so many times. She is super racist against Asians. Empowerment only when it gives her $$$