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    Image of I_can_still_pitch I_can_still_pitch
    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
    Try this Ty: "It was a dumb idea. We shouldn't have done it. Sorry."

    So easy and simple. That is how you "apologize." It's a different thing than "attempt to justify" or "rationalize."
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
    I see how it's a problematic photo shoot concept but I still don't really think it's analogous to "blackface". It is problematic in other ways- it essentializes and co-opts races for artistic effect. That's a problem. But it's not "blackface". It is possible for a racial shoot to be problematic without it being "blackface"... I don't know if I feel comfortable using this term to describe something like this. I can't really explain why.
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    11/19/09

    @TurtleSpeak:
    I'm okay with calling it blackface. It might be possibly well-intended blackface, but it's still blackface. It doesn't have to be the clowny Sambo version to be blackface. It's still appropriation. Here's where it gets blurry: like actors, models are hired to create an illusion. Would this even be an issue if models of color were adequately represented? Would everyone be free to paint up as they pleased?

    I'm not sure what to think. As an artist, it makes me sad that racism affects even the most innocent exploration. There are things that you might be drawn to aesthetically that you might have to pull back on because of how they'll be percieved.
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot

    THERE IS NO TYRA ONLY ZUUL!
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    11/19/09

    @TransFat: Are you the Keymaster?
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    11/19/09


    @TransFat: You have to admit, the resemblance is striking.
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    11/19/09


    @TransFat: I'll see your Zuul and raise you one Google search for "80's hair."
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    11/19/09

    @TransFat: Dana/Zuul: the original hapa.
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    11/19/09

    @wordinedgewise: Wow. Suddenly my h.s. photo from 1986 doesn't seem so hairageous. Nice 80s find.

    ps-This is the only time I've ever resembled Ms. Weaver—when she played a sexed-up demon from an 80s movie. Crazy.
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    11/19/09


    @rodmanstreet: Maybe we should send this to Mr. Jay. I would kill to see an 80s film babe shoot: Dana/Zuul, Weird Science gal, Ally Sheedy as the Basketcase...wait they did that one...

    @wordinedgewise: It's bad enough when I'm stifling laughter about my own joke, but this put me over the top. I had to excuse myself from my desk to stop the giggles in the bathroom. Now that I'm back, they are too.
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    11/19/09

    @hovy: I am the Gatekeeper.
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
    It's my number one passion in my life to stretch the definition of beauty

    I thought her number one passion was slutshaming.
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    11/19/09

    @Understater: I thought it was smizing.
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
    Thanks for slipping that "sorta" in the title of this post. I watched this yesterday, and that SORTA came through loud and clear to me. But I felt like that was more Tyra's egomania than anything else. "Me? Admit a mistake?"
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
    They didn't even do a realistic job on the makeup...
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
    Hmm, "batswana." Is that like Botswana, only with more bats?
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    Image of La Chica Lucy La Chica Lucy
    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    When are people going to realize that if MILLIONS OF WOMEN AROUND THE GLOBE are willing to risk cultural shaming, severe bodily injury, and death itself because they do not want to give birth, NO ONE can stop them from taking those risks, no matter how many damn laws you pass. It's pure misogyny: We will force you to undergo bodily torture for nine months and risk death just to give birth. Oh, and then you're on your own. Fuckers.

    (sorry for the shouting) #antichrist
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    11/05/09

    @La Chica Lucy: I have a real problem with this kind of thinking. Pregnancy isn't "torture"; birth can be very safe when it's supervised by a qualified physician or midwife. I think there needs to a be a real effort to curb the need for abortions in the first place and make sure that a much higher percentage of pregnancies are wanted ones. That means making sure that men are taught from an early age that there is never a good reason to rape a woman, that rape is any sex that doesn't involve full consent. Contraceptives need to be made more available and more affordable, and more mainstream so women can choose their relationships based on what's comfortable, not on their financial situations . And, BC needs to be more effective, which can only be done if the money is put into it, and maybe more BC methods for men, too. There needs to be more support for women who do want to keep their pregnancies - more prenatal support, more midwives and OB/GYN's, more flexible career options.

    Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare - rare because women should be able to access resources to prevent unwanted pregnancy and shouldn't be at such high risk to be raped, not because pregnant women are forced to not have abortions. #antichrist
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    11/05/09

    @Dancingfrog: I know pregnancy can be safe and not all pregnancies are torture. My point is these people do not care about women. At all. If they did, all of the things you describe above (which I agree with) would already be happening. #antichrist
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    11/05/09

    @La Chica Lucy: Ah - sorry for the misunderstanding! #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    I would like to adopt Malia. A kid after my own (nerdy) heart! #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    I demand the immediate development of a kitty-appropriate swine flu vaccine. Quite discriminating against my family, public health officials and pharmaceutical companies and parents who think that their human children are *s0* great. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @this moi!: It's not that kids are so much greater, they are just so much more annoying when sick. My cat hides in the basement when he is ill, but my son thows up on me. The squeaky (and in this case pukey) wheel gets the grease. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    discrimination is a major threat to the mental health of African American women.

    As an African American man, I can only offer my two cents but, uh, duh. In other news, water is wet. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @Trulymadlyme: BREAKING NEWS: fire is hot and that cigarette you're smoking? Bad for you. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @jenrobe: Also? Gravity. Still the law of the land. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @Trulymadlyme: Are you sure? I think we'd better commission a study to find out. I'll start the grant application process now! #antichrist
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    Image of brenbrowning brenbrowning
    11/04/09

    @Trulymadlyme: It seems that it should be obvious, right?
    I did my senior capstone for my BS last year in "Reducing stigmatization of mental illness among the African American population of Portland" (longest title ever), which really opened my eyes to the extent of the discrimination and lack of cultural competence amongst mental health professionals. There is a clinic in Portland through OHSU that offers culturally competent care specifically for African Americans and Africans as well as SE Asians. I enjoyed working with the providers at the clinic. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @brenbrowning: Maine? Or Oregon?

    But yes. A part of the mental health issues of pretty much every single brilliant African American I knew in college and law school is derived from the fall out of racism. You do deal. But it can sting. And depending on one's resilience, it can be utterly debilitating. It's fascinating work and I'd love to learn more about what you do. #antichrist
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    11/05/09

    @Trulymadlyme: Oregon.
    My professor for the capstone is an African American man who has mental health issues that went undiagnosed for decades in large part because of his race. Either he didn't fit "the mold" of someone with those disorders, or it wasn't suggested that he seek treatment because within his community there was a feeling of distrust of medical/mental health professionals (understandably!). I took every class from this professor I could as an undergrad and am now applying to do the MSW program at the same school to learn more from him. I am trying to find my place of where I will be able to best serve people of color within the mental health/human services field. It was heartbreaking and infuriating to learn and see how people of color in my community were being treated when they tried to seek help. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    The ass was what concerned them, not the fact that he's obviously in the midst of fucking that girl? #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    'The imagery is "dream-like," which makes it somewhat removed from reality, and thus inoffensive'

    This sounds like the logic that concludes something can't be offensive if it was intended as a joke. I mean, I'd support a poster with an entire ass hanging out. But the "logic" makes me giggle. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    Aw, I am so sad to hear about those poor girls in North Dakota. What a frightening way to go. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @jenny_dreadful: I know, especially since they called for help - I wish they had all been unconscious. So sad. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Willem's Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge"
    I am so saddened and scared by the death of the three college students in North Dakota. The thought of being trapped and frightened and waiting for help that never comes is terrible. I hope that their families and the women that received the distress calls find peace. #antichrist
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    11/04/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I'm pretty sure they drowned. it was a car, not a submarine. #antichrist
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