A lot of people were tweeting me with “Well how can you be mad at Complex? You don’t own tweets, so they can do that post.”
No, I do not own tweets. Let me explain. Tweets (the ones not locked, at least) are public domain. You’re agreeing that your tweets can be used as long as the person gives…
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Haiku
we are sudden stars
you and i exploding in
our blue black skins
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She looks ill. Somebody find out what happened to this girl’s face. What in the hell?
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…ain’t no coming back from this one. I’m getting mauled by a wild animal and you taking pictures?
WHEN I TWEET A COMPLAINT TO A COMPANY.
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you know, there were several media responses to this video calling it “racy” and even comparing it to porn. the youtube comments are mostly people calling her trashy and guys boasting that they’re getting off to it
the video consists of nicki minaj doing tame cute dances in a few different swimsuits on a beach (quite possibly a callback to her childhood; the ethnic makeup of the backup dancers reminded me of trinidad)
which just goes to show you that black women are coded and read as hyper-sexual, always, and lord help a black woman who wants to wear a damn bikini on a beach — she can’t be cute or have fun, she’s being “pornographic”
there is nothing racy about that video, but of course since she is a black artist and a female hip hop artist at that, then they will degrade her no matter what.
its her in relatively conservative bathing suits doing pin up poses.
but thats a black body right there so
SEXUAL BEAST
any time a black woman owns her sexuality/flaunts her body, it will be seen as ‘too racy’ because we are often oversexualized in the media.
Interesting perspective.
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I am a breast cancer survivor. I've had things fall off (my hair), cut off (my breast), reduced (the other breast), replaced (the breast that was cut off has been reconstructed)... and now... I'm all about dating, exploring this world and trying to find out who I really am. Let me show you glimpses of the world I see. Funny, sexy, gross, moving... LIFE in big bold letters and music.
