Petito’s parents are currently grieving. But one gets the sense that once they get the criminal investigation part of this is over, they will sue the Laundries. As they should.

Sigh. Same here. The reasonable doubt crowd who always ignore the “reasonable” qualifier.

Incredible just how many passes Brian Laundrie has had. From the police not recognizing a serious case of domestic violence; to the police throwing up their hands when he refused to cooperate (like it’s stopped them from tailing POC suspects before); to the police believing he would just sit tight until they have…

They sound like the burns hot and fast couple that is pretty fucking exhausting to be around. Nobody is surprised and everyone is relieved when it flames out.

You are way out of your depth. She is a black woman, period. But she is not a dark skinned black woman. It is not that hard, to consider both concepts. It’s even easier to just sit this one out.

Right? People who love the klan precisely because they LARP as light skinned black women sure have a lot to say on the topic of colorism.

This woman has always been beautiful. Adele has been stunning in every era and iteration of herself. The “upgrade” talk is down right insulting. The woman has never taken a bad cover photo.

This is a very long winded way of saying let’s talk about colorism except how light skinned people benefit from colorism.

Right?! It’s weird how the reaction to this article was to be proudly and loudly display just how ill informed the audience is on the issue. For people who claim they want to see Jezebel address more inclusive issues, they clearly haven’t bothered to find out how colorism has been discussed across the Black diaspora.…

It’s depressingly predictable how when a systemic problem is being addressed people are quick to derail the conversation by highlighting how it inconveniences individuals. She has to consult with publicists who she pays precisely for image management? Quelle horreur! Nowhere in this article does it imply that mixed…

Insane that people want to pretend that Jewish women’s whiteness erases the fact that they are often excluded from conventional white beauty standards. Isn’t there a thing where many Jewish teenagers get a nose job to fit in like  Asian teenagers who get eyelid surgery? These reactions are ridiculous. Both articles…

Must be fun over there in 1999. We left “all women just need to support each other” feminism behind for good reason. Flattening women’s issues into a fantasy sisterhood leaves many people out. Can anyone point out to me where Beetz was blamed? This article is about casting decisions, which you are absolutely correct,…

This is classic whataboutism. We can talk about policing people’s identities. But, raising it now just because we are talking about colorism smacks of deflection. Dark skin women are called names indicating they are “too black/dark” and receive racist treatment. White adjacentness takes the off some of the indignities…

You don’t have a coherent argument. Either colorism is not real, or it’s real and too pervasive to do anything about it (nice defeatism there by the way). Ask yourself why you feel you can confidently dismiss any merit to the conversation. Since you are policing “real women’s issues”, please provide a list of issues…

All of this. The audience here can’t understand the points raised, so they are choosing to be righteously angry they were asked to even think about it. 

Thank you DaisyLady and misterzen lady. These comments boil down to “I’m too tired of performatively keeping up with issues to understand yet another problem other people may face”. People are not a monolith. Things are complicated. No shit. 

You object to engaging with people’s issues like they are not a monolith? There are hierarchies and sub hierarchies. Of course things are complicated. 

It’s weird how defensive light skinned POC get when the issue of colorism comes up. If Scarlett Johansson gets taken to task for taking roles she shouldn’t, Zazie Beetz, Zoe Saldana etc should also rethink if they are right for these roles as well. Nowhere does this article lay the blame on Beetz. Using her picture is…

Sinema is the walking embodiment of the limit of representation in power. People get used to their new status right quick and forget that they used to walk in the average person’s shoes. This asshole thinks she earned everything that has come to her via others sweating to put her in office.

Washington isn’t the actor she first yelled at. Some poor unnamed dude who probably has the most to complain about in this story was the actor. But agreed, maybe Denzel Washington liked the actor’s decision to play up the shame. I can see why DW would be pissed that Ellen Pompeo unilaterally assumed she knew better…