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more about #race more comments → BytheSea: Who thinks anyone at Entertainment Weekly has read all six volumes of Remembrance of Things Past? Proustian my ass... more » rtms: I'm getting kinda teed off with the promotion of Tiana as if she's the first and most greatest cartoon female ever. Belle was not passive, Mulan was m... more » randomnessish: Hold up hold up. This is in theaters?? *grabs coat, empty computer chair spins wildly* more » Oleander: I want to be thrilled that Disney is depicting a mixed-race relationship. It sometimes amazes me when I look at ads or TV shows or movies that depict ... more » MerryLilly: I'm going to see this! This is the Disney I grew up to like, not the Miley Cirus etc craziness of today (yep, I'm an old bish). I know they're trying ... more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Am I the only one that think Naveen is quite possibly the handsomest prince since Eric? more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I am going to return to an old tradition of going to the CD store on the way home from the movie to pick up the soundtrack. I promise you I will know ... more » AfroJezeBella: The Star Ledger took the "good hair" thing too far. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I know it's problematic, but I still want to see it because I want it to make money so that Disney won't have the "well it didn't make any money!" exc... more » JessickerFletcher: I still disagree with the opinion that having a light-skinned prince is a negative factor in this film. Every Disney film before this had a prince and... more » AfroJezeBella: Why does MSNBC gotta call Snow White pasty-faced? That's just mean! Sure she looked like chalk, but still. more » TransFat: For all those who have been anxiously awaiting a return to hand-drawn animation as much as a black (amphibious?) princess, I hope this film does gangb... more » Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: Why is it sad that the prince is light-skinned? more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Good Lord, people. Are we really still in this much denial, as a country? Still? more » Magister: If I'm reading the abstract correctly, they showed two identical photographs to the test subjects, one of which had been manipulated and Obama support... more » -
#racerelations
Commenting About Race Is Complicated
Yesterday, Latoya riffed on a Wall Street Journal article about the new black Barbie dolls, and the prickly issue of reflecting a vast diaspora of people in one mass-produced toy. Her post was great; some of the comments were not. More » -
#criticalmass
The Princess And The Frog Is Full Of Magic
The Princess and the Frog is finally here! How does it measure up? After the jump, critics weigh in on Disney's first Black princess. More » -
#colorstruck
Supporters Lighten Obama's Image; Detractors Darken It
The National Academy of Sciences published a study that FINDS a correlation between a person's political views and darker or lighter representations of Barack Obama. But does this study prove anything we didn't learn during the OJ Simpson trial? More » -
#racerelations
Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot
According to StyleList, the first seven minutes of Tyra's talk show yesterday were devoted to discussing the "biracial" shoot on America's Next Top Model, in which some contestants had their skin painted with dark makeup. Tyra said: More » -
#filmschooled
Precious Reactions Interesting, Infuriating
I finished reading Push last Thursday and saw Precious the following day. Although the latter opens this Friday, I'm already horrified at a lot of the discussion prompted by the film. Did these people watch the same movie I did? More » -
#barbieworld
Dear Mattel: This Is How How You Make Barbie More Diverse
Feministing points us toward doll-maker Loanne Hizo Ostlie, who has been creating modified Barbies for over a decade. Over at her site, Tabloach Productions, her modifications of Barbie (and long neglected Skipper) are amazingly detailed... and stunningly diverse. More » -
#barbieworld
New Black Barbies, Same Old Controversy
The mainstream media has finally caught on to what the black blogosphere buzzed about two weeks ago: The premiere of the So In Style (or S.I.S.) line of Black Barbies. But are the dolls going to be an adequate representation?
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#filmschooled
What We Talk About When We Talk About Precious
The buzz about Precious has continued steadily since its premiere at the Sundance film festival. As we creep toward the November 6th release date, I'm wondering how the reviews reflect the themes surrounding the movie - both intentionally and unintentionally.
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#stateofthegenderunion
Time: 'State Of the American Woman' Is Peachy Keen
Time Magazine's new " The State of the American Woman" special is really an update to an article series that was published back in 1972. In it, writers reflect on the past before joyfully declaring that things now are just swell.
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#thenannydiaries
"Don't You Just Love Your [Insert Ethnicity] Nanny?"
"When $800 strollers hit the market a few years ago, it looked as if baby status symbols had reached a new odd, capitalist apex. Now[...] primo credentials trade in a different kind of capital: nannies." Specifically, the brown-skinned kind.
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#complicatedconversations
What Does "America's Sweetheart" Really Mean?
Yesterday, we posted about Melanie Oudin, the 17-year-old tennis player who has been deemed the "savior of tennis" and "America's sweetheart," but several commenters brought up a valid point: why her, and why now? More » -
#kidstuff
Not That Innocent: Teaching Kids About Morals, Race & Mental Health
Do preschoolers need therapy? Are babies racist? Two stories this week challenge the notion that kids live in an innocent world, free of the problems and stereotypes that complicate adult life. 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.
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#calltylerperry
Black Women: Grab Your Cats — We Will All Die Alone
"Marriage eludes high-achieving black women: Many remain single and childless, according to new research." Fuck. And to make sure they rub the salt in the wound, there's a big ass picture of Barack and Michelle. More » -
#raceplay
Stereotypes Run Rampant In Marie Claire's Asian Trophy Wives Article
Hybrid vigor? Check. Rebellious little Asian girls trying to piss off Daddy? Check. To be fetishized or true love rehashing? Check. Ying Chu's Marie Claire piece "The New Trophy Wives: Asian Women" is an article steeped in self-aware confusion.
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#marketingfail
Is Germany's Green Party Taking Marketing Lessons From PETA?
The caption reads "The only reason to vote black." Yeah, that's what I said. More » -
#blackwhite
Dancing Around Race Relations: Prom Night In Mississippi
Last night, HBO aired Prom Night In Mississippi, a documentary "starring" actor Morgan Freeman, who, in 2008, offered to pay for the senior prom at Mississippi's Charleston High School under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. More » -
#stickysituations
When Do You Stop One Abuse, And Can You Stop An Abuser?
Last month, Liv Tyler pulled over to check on the welfare of a child she saw being yelled at and got in a argument. NY Times writer Spence Halperin had the same thing happen to him on the subway. More » -
#miseducation
SATs, College, And "Books That Make You Dumb": The Politics Of Academic Merit
Sonia Sotomayor didn't do very well on the SATs, but she did really well at Princeton. Walter Kirn, whose experience was the opposite, wonders what this says about the way we measure "merit." More » -
#immaculatecollection
Can Madonna & Mercy Ever Just Be Mother & Child?
And when it's a rich white mom and an adopted African child, can it ever be that simple? Well, says one mom, yes and no.
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