Do not include the Williams sisters in that. They got so much racialized and sexualized hate based on their looks and Compton origins (and still do, especially obviously Serena); they NEVER got the stroking from the WTA that the pretty blondes did. And there were plenty of "mannish" and lesbian accusations about…
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Amen. People don't get that it takes training and talent to make it look easy and natural. This is a perfect example of how human beings talking on camera can all go so horribly wrong.
Did you see "Now You See Me"? I already loved him, but the way he looked in that sent me to my bunk on more than one occasion. He made magic sexy instead of cheesy, which is very hard to do. On the other hand, the traditional "pretty boy" in the film, Dave Franco, does nothing for me.
What is the source of your discomfort? Is it like mine, the fact that I was a grown-ass woman when he was in Billy Elliot and now I frequently think about sopping him up with a biscuit? Because I could find that reason marginally understandable. Ahem.
You're getting push back from a bunch of angry people who don't want to feel badly because they've done what you say you haven't. It makes them feel better to insist that descending to homophobic or racist slurs in the heat of anger or inebriation is just "human", and that by asserting you have not or would not do…
I do not believe it about Angela. I won't. That's unicorn tears, black-eyed peas, cornbread and awesome don't crack-ness.
Both Exene's tweet and the ridiculous source she links to use inflammatory language and conflate the "White House" with the CIA and imply that a particular program carried out in Pakistan with a specific goal is actually a generalized shadowy government program recently active in the US and was designed to "kill…
That is a specious comparison. The objection to Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone is grounded in two salient facts: 1. Nina Simone's skin color and features, how she was treated because of them, how she conceived her own identity as a black woman and activist because of them, and how they informed her music and art,…
I feel sorry for you. Your immersion in fact-free paranoia has clearly corrupted your ability to think critically, and your last sentence betrays you. Magical thinking may be comforting, but it is rarely productive and tends to inhibit social relationships and steady employment. I sincerely hope you obtain the help…
No, no, no. Not Betty Crocker. Pillsbury. Funfetti. He said exactly what he meant.
I can't go with you on Ramsay Snow, but I strongly approve of your choices. Jason Isaacs and David Morrissey = Bad boy British deliciousness.
Rewrite the history of blackface, my ass. You need to actually read the history of blackface. Ever heard of Bill Robinson? Bert Williams? Black minstrel and vaudeville performers were forced to wear blackface to perform. So were lighter-skinned black film actors. This is the kind of fuckery that shouldn't be…
It might interest you to know that much of the criticism has come from African Americans, including Jamilah Lemieux of Ebony, Elon James White of This Week in Blackness, blogger Torchy Brown, and many others. The critiques I've read have all been from the black blogosphere and Twitterverse. I know if something is…
I know this is hard for you to grasp, with all your constant references to the "Beyhive" as if you just discovered the term, but its just possible to see Bill O'Reilly's race-baiting, slut-shaming attack on a hugely successful and conventionally married black mother for the bullshit it is without being a Beyonce…
I LOVE this movie, I love fry bread, and do I ever love Adam Beach.
Is it really so strange that I love you now?
And he just doesn't seem to have enough energy to do any of those things, which I why I'm convinced he just may know The Secret.
I am unable to stop giggling at this. Unable.
Not true! I have Prada and Gucci prescription sunglasses. I have severe astigmatism and am nearsighted, and have rarely worn sunglasses in my life. But for my last couple of eyeglasses, I've been able to get a deal on an eyeglasses/sunglasses combo. I'm in NYC, so that may make a difference in terms of…
I'm really not trying to be rude, but I'm not sure why you keep misrepresenting what the article is about and what is being said in these comment threads. I don't know if you are being deliberately obtuse, or if you just truly don't understand the original post. NO ONE SAID A BIG BUTT IS A NEWLY DISCOVERED FEATURE…