WORD.

We had a similarly objectifying staff discussion about that film.

She was definitely there, we just couldn’t find a cleared picture—and Happy belated Pride!

The slideshow photos are cleared, fine and functional. The Instas are showing up for me, but are iffy for others, so I’ve removed them.

I have all these same issues—and truthfully, this one photographed darker than it looked in person.

Agreed, and submitted as evidence: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/10/18636008/revenge-porn-supreme-court-first-amendment-illinois-chefs-warehouse

Ahh. Fair.

I mean, pretty much all cosmetics brands use computer-fluffed models, so while I hear you, in that way, she’s not terribly different from Fenty or others.

I actually did legwork attending events and meeting folks to use in this post, so you may consider it organic. And yes, I have receipts.

As noted above, this apparently picks up right after college graduation, so only four years from where the show left off.

There’s only so much of an article we can quote without referring you back to the source. That part was significant, but basically would’ve taken us way over that prescribed point.

Well, if the child is your grandmother’s, and therefore your mother’s younger sibling, then yes, they are your aunt, which is what Angela was saying. Even if she’d been born a year after Angela, she’d still be her aunt.

Honestly, I’m surprised that read as a non-apology, or what else we we should’ve said, since we really do think Ava’s fly AF, and we were sorry if any offense was taken (I actually prefer that to “I’m sorry you’re offended, which squarely places the responsibility in the lap of the injured, buy acknowledging no…

I’m not and was never disagreeing with how white people use it or a term like “boy.” We alluded to that; obviously without giving it the weight you clearly feel it deserves. I simply don’t choose to do that, and stand by the belief that their intent doesn’t dictate the terms of how we use it amongst ourselves—as…

Admittedly, I was answering on the presumption that like many other terms (some of which I referred to above), we were intending this primarily for in-community use only, as that’s the context in which our group was discussing it (though that may have been unclear; Anne adding in the perspective of her culture’s use…

Neither do we. We were really debating the macro of it, since it became a hot topic on Twitter. As you see, we fell on both sides of using the term for ourselves, but in regard to Ava or anyone else’s stated preference, we respect that.

Jez did a hilarious exposé/montage... https://jezebel.com/snooping-through-the-instagram-of-beyonces-latest-enemy-1835296273

All valid points.

I think Anne did illustrate that beautifully, and as a 40-something myself, I do empathize with those sensitivities (see: my comments on “Ma’am.” *shudder*). Some of us are just not willing to throw the whole term away, as we experience it as one of endearment, but this is definitely a “do you” scenario.

OHHHHHHHHHH...my bad. Honestly, I couldn’t initially dignify that with a second glance, but you are CORRECT.