I was today years old when I found out mischief, the company that makes these, are a marketing firm pretending to be a fashion house and design stuff like this to go viral but don’t actually sell product.
Lmao…the way that autism has become y’all’s go to excuse to explain any behavior you deem odd in both yourself and others is actually problematic. Tip toeing on eugenicist thinking me thinks
One thing about the Puerto Rican Princess is she is extremely anti “i no black” rhetoric from Afro Latinos or biracials Lmao. She missed the internalized anti-black lessons in them latinx primary schools😂
Also ironically I had to pull up these images a few months ago as a reference of what not to do when using gorilla imagery in creative works lmao not surprised it’s making its rounds again cause still can’t believe it got the green light
Lastly—-the idea of Lebron walking into Conde Naste, Annie sliding that Mad Brute picture across the table, and him rubbing his hands together and saying “I’m in!” has been sending me for years😭😂
It’s so funny how so many of the black feminist girlies make a comment like this once in a blue moon to remind us that despite the optics, they still in a cage fight with respectability
@hannaehwrites
Joseline will spew the most misogynistic whorephobic classist rhetoric but when it comes to Blackness she puts her kufi on and stands at attention lmao
@Socratic_Nerd
@erinoverbey
Yeah i think it was one of the more popular WW2 propaganda posters. I saw it in a high school us history class and instantly recognized the reference when that Vogue cover dropped years ago.
@PostalUk
So first no one cares…and now none of this matters because Lebron was OK with it. You should join a high school debate team, I know you’d be the MVP
Amber Rose can identify however she wants but she moves through black spaces and is accepted in black spaces. But not only is she half white, but also half cape verdian and that’s the section of Africa that refuses to acknowledge their African lol
And to be clear there’s nothing wrong with autism. Being autistic is morally neutral and I suspect I am. But can we acknowledge the diversity in human personality and interests without it being attached to a diagnosis?
@writelikeryan
Idk I feel like them branding themselves as an artist collective also just feels like a subversive marketing tactic. Their goal seems to be to make money and staying in the cultural zeitgeist by saying they are making vague & topical commentary on street wear
we should always push our community members to be more radical and imaginative, but y’all are telling people who can’t afford homes or life saving medicine to center anti-imperialism, and it’s not making sense I’m sorry😓
You saw two black women photographed showing the depth of their skin color and the imperfections and raw details of their features….and said “this is mid! stone the photographer”….lets unpack that dudes 💁🏿♀️
Duke was offered money by Quakers to start the university but they didn’t want to be anti slavery so the Quakers ended up investing in another local school...I can’t remember which one
Unrelated to my sex crazed rant but why did my former co-worker whose long term partner passed away just say “you know — they don’t tell you that one of the worst parts of being a widow is being suddenly celibate.” I SCREAMED.
And what part of that is Annie Leibovitz making mid creative choices and having an aesthetic signature that doesn’t always land vs yall projecting anti black beauty standards on certain subjects 🧍🏿♀️
Joseline don’t know what the fuck a Dominican or North African with 4C hair is talking about when they say they struggle with Black identity…it’s hilarious to me every time.
@thealexocho
when one said she put Vaseline on her face as a moisturizer, while everyone else was saying petroleum is poison, I just decided that nothing mattered anymore lol
75K is no longer a lot of money almost anywhere in this country, and I think the larger point is that many people are living off of and raising families on less than that
Remember when I said yall treat white people like mystical creatures? Well I should have added that y’all treat anyone whose not Black like a Disney hero
@Black_Daria1
My theory is that Asian men are most invested in taking care of families. I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing or not. But I’m trying to recall if I ever heard of a deadbeat Asian dad.
a full meal cost $3 in Bali because exploitative post colonial effects on agriculture and how poc in other countries can sustainably price their labor but go off lil passport
A full course meal cost $3 in Bali. But you just paid $300 at Ruth’s Chris in Vegas to stunt on the gram, but you can’t afford to go out of the country because it’s too “expensive”.
K.
They dont have on makeup which is obviously an aesthetic choice, they didn’t use warm light to illuminate tones in their skin…another aesthetic choice…the portraits are close and personal…an intentional aesthetic choice…but yall find them bad. Curious.
Gen Z is smarter because of what they have access to, largely because of cultural shifts spearheaded by millennials. 2023 Teen Vogue doesn’t become a beacon of accessible political discourse without 2010 Tumblr. Everything is connected
And let’s get to this…:what about this gives bad? If yall wanted to make this point yall need to put up her bigger fumbles. Which to me is never the lighting but always the movement direction and creative.
Annoying people have found this so it’s muted. Wear your mask, get a flu shot, stay in even if you just have a cold, get boosted, those ATH test be lying sometimes byeeeeee!
@opinion_black
Sorry to go on and on, I just hate to see questionable accounts spreading misinformation among the black folks. Media literacy is important and xenophobia serves no one. I believe that retaliation has a place in movement’s, but this is literally a lie.
@softalexxxx
@MyFavesBeDead
all the white people under this black persons tweet defending the possibility of a white person having dreads....during this specific moment in our country????....you’ve learned nothing, read the room
@tayarisha
Omg Rue we would be anti joining the Spades because she doesn’t do groups or labels though she loves Selah. Selah would be torn between dealing contraband and keeping Rue sober. Someone write it up!
Black girls living in luxury is a whole movement that needs to be well documented. Please girls don’t listen to these fools saying you’re doing too much or Now’s not the time to flex because we have actually suffered too much!
the people have coined more titles: we’re hoopla hoochies, hoopla hoes, real page turners, audible angels, kobo kittens! ——-respect us!
P.s - if you like lord of the rings all the ebooks on sale for $2 or less today 🫡
Caresha’s Met afterparty look deserves more praise. The details on this Duran Latink dress? The tassels are box braids! Marni at this styling. It’s camp. It’s Miami. It’s high fashion dark wave cotoure.
@aditinnnn
the day black zoomers start making tiktoks in tall tees and mesh beauty supply slippers while cranking that batman as a dub from college hill plays in the background...that’s when I’ll feel attacked 😭😂
The worst thing Annie Leibovitz ever did was that Lebron photo and I feel like her work that is in that vein is what people should be on her head about, not her boring lazy old lady lighting.
I know were not “supposed” to say stuff like this, but I’m consistently fascinated by how we as leftists often introduce concepts into mainstream conversations, as if everyone is using these lenses, and that the lens is clear and understandable and readily applicable
I think it’s important to criticize aesthetic choices as they don’t exist in a vacuum—especially artist like Annie. but as a creative director I’m also wondering what it looks like expand the cannon and possibility when photographing black people.