Thank you, Zeba Blay, for writing this article. It’s such a painful topic that’s frequently dismissed by those not affected by it-including the aforementioned light-skinned Black/Africana folk. It’s steeped in historical and contemporary White racism and it’s so demoralizing to witness and experience the…

I think these comments are from women who have no idea the damage that colorism can do. They see black people and assume we are all the same and should just be happy to be represented. We are not all the same and darker women get fewer opportunities. The replies are very disappointing.

these comments are strange. colorism is a very real issue. I don’t think anyone wants to lay the responsibility of colorism at the feet of light-skinned people of color (and yes, light-skinned people are still POC and this article says nothing to undermine that notion), but this article is trying to grapple with a…

Hey at least they didn’t cast Scarlett Johannsen! 

The first trailer for The Harder They Fall looked really cool, and I was glad to see Zazie Beetz’s star continue to rise. But I didn’t know Stagecoach Mary was a real person, and numerous movies has featured her before without trying casting her like... this.

I have no doubt she had a meager upbringing. By her own account, it was a story of deprivation with no phone, water, or electricity in the abandoned gas station her family lived in. The problem is that it is HER story. Her mother and step-father have filed documents in court showing they paid the phone, water, and…

You must cringing if not I am for you. Denzel Thee Washington has been married for 100 years to Pauletta Washington and they have 4 kids. Not sure what Black man you are confusing him with that is also a noted actor, director and icon with “ a ridiculously large family he is always showing off” but let me know when…

This should be the surgeon general’s warning.

When I see such narrow waists combined with super wide hips, it's obviously fake. Your internal organs have to go somewhere!

It’s just so frustrating. I understand why someone would want to edit to feel better - I still go in and touch up acne. But even for those who are attuned to the idea that these pictures are all touched up significantly, you’re seeing it and internalizing it and it SUCKS.

I lost 100+lbs through an eating disorder, so…

Everyone on insta is fake.

Yes, this has the stink of Patti LuPone. You may have been wronged, but you're being a huge bitch. 

On the one hand, Ellen Pompeo fought tooth and nail to be paid equitably and considered an anchor on the show when the network tried to say it was all Patrick Dempsey.

I strongly suspect you are right

I can’t imagine who in Hollywood has the gravitas to “listen motherfucker” Denzel. Wow.

Very sad. I know in some states that the police are required to take someone into custody if they see obvious scratch/ bruise/stab marks on a victim. It’s not really up to the couple…. because of course people will say “Oh never mind, we are ok now” when the police arrive. I only know this because I accidentally…

And now he’s predictably disappeared, now that anyone with an IQ above Kumquat knows he’s murdered her.

It’s his affluenza-white-male-privilege at work.

I don’t know much about how law enforcement works, but I can’t imagine why the police weren’t keeping a closer eye on the boyfriend. Seems to me that there was plenty of reason to consider him a possible flight risk. Guess he snuck out a back window or something?

Which is, let's face it, every woman. Even those they pretend to like.