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    feministabroad: I don’t think Amber Rose is Black. I am not even sure if she is mixed with Black. But she is bi-racial. And calling bi-racial people Black without t... more »
    Sarah Sommeliera: I think a bit of history might help put into context why the image of a caged black woman is so deeply problematic. The story of Saartjie Baartman ("T... more »
    PhoebeCormorant: Check out The Amazing Grace Jones in her own words along with her incredible photos: http://www.theworldofgracejones.com/ I recently saw her perform ... more »
    Keep it cool: You are ignoring a key intellectual point: Grace Jones is the shit. more »
    juniper: I for one am interested in the stories behind Grace Jones' photoshoots here. Did she have any creative control over the images? Were they her idea? Ho... more »
    GiovannaSpider: An interesting analysis, but I think the more interesting question is, what do your observations do to Jenna's objection that the images exhibit the f... more »
    History Major: Not to be crass but is Amber Rose even black? I was under the impression that she was white/hispanic? more »
    ninles: I don't think race is the issue here, it is simply that Grace Jones is fucking ferocious. Amber Rose, on the other hand, looks like the weaker link ju... more »
    SisterSonny: Grace Jones is so fucking awesome. more »
    sshacker: While I see the Jenna's point, I often wonder if this constant criticism is one of the reasons that there are so few black women visible in the modeli... more »
    Pugnacioun: There's also a marked difference between the feel of the two sets of photographs. The pictures with Amber Rose seem far more submissive and sexual, wh... more »
    dandelionbrowne: Because of the fact that we don't control our own iconography, images like the ones Goude shot ends up being representative of blacks as whole as opp... more »
    Highsmith: Doesn't Shakira put herself in a cage in her new video. Women unfortunately often willingly participate in their own objectification. Shakira is ... more »
    sybann: we ARE animals. Came back to add: most of these shots pretty much suck for MANY reasons, but mostly beccause of the traditional objectification of al... more »
    otherginger: I'm reminded of when they created the Spice Girls-at first Mel B was something really awful, like "Urban Spice" and then they went "subtle", put her j... more »
    ThaLza: Any woman in a cage is wrong. more »
    slowpoke.r: I don't know that we've actually progressed at all. Taking out the more offensive elements makes the subtext just that much more subtle but doesn't re... more »
    RStewie: It's a blot on the already blotty Fashion Industry that they are so regimentally racist to any other race than Caucasian. Yeah, I said it. That's wh... more »
    GirlyQ is a manta ray: Question (And I really am asking here). I find it offensive to have a picture of any woman in cage. To me, it speaks to women as chattel. Did it bothe... more »
    lavenderstain: Amber Rose has got NOTHING on Grace Jones. But really WHO does? more »
  • #imageconscious

    Why Photograph A Black Woman In A Cage?

    Amber Rose's photo shoot for the latest issue of Complex magazine has some wondering about fashion's ongoing fixation on the idea that black women are animals. More »
  • #chrisrock

    Chris Rock Opines On Interracial Dating

  • #shadesofgrey

    Black Women Resort To Dating White Guys