my biggest issue is that black women are the type of women to splurge on beauty / clothing products for more reason than one, and you … market against them? the hatred for us runs so deep and it’s so stupid to watch when people don’t understand that.
As someone who is passionate about beauty/fashion you explored the politics of this industry that i often also find myself thinking about. I think it’s bery wild in the context of even performative political correctness for lululemon to communicate such explicit exclusion of black women. There is also a weird feeling I get when I consider that the owner is a man: what are the gendered implications of men having such direct profound impact on women’s fashion, body politics, desirability etc? Idk I don’t like it
secondly, i keep seeing it, and i keep wondering, what about our bodies in these clothes, and our people's bodies in these clothes, makes it 'GHETTO' ? sick and tired of it.
Exactly. It’s more of the same narrative black women are constantly subjected to. So my next question is why are we giving money to that company in an effort to try and subvert the narrative, it doesn’t make any sense
a question that seems fairly simple, but i fear the answer is rooted deeply in our confusion of our own self-worth and the ever-clinging of outsider acceptance.
and like you said, the EMBLEM 😠 we're still dying, killing and slaving away for emblems. my goodness
my biggest issue is that black women are the type of women to splurge on beauty / clothing products for more reason than one, and you … market against them? the hatred for us runs so deep and it’s so stupid to watch when people don’t understand that.
Such a lovely read 🫶🏽🫶🏽
As someone who is passionate about beauty/fashion you explored the politics of this industry that i often also find myself thinking about. I think it’s bery wild in the context of even performative political correctness for lululemon to communicate such explicit exclusion of black women. There is also a weird feeling I get when I consider that the owner is a man: what are the gendered implications of men having such direct profound impact on women’s fashion, body politics, desirability etc? Idk I don’t like it
firstly, you're my journalistic icon.
secondly, i keep seeing it, and i keep wondering, what about our bodies in these clothes, and our people's bodies in these clothes, makes it 'GHETTO' ? sick and tired of it.
Also thanks so much🤭🤭
Exactly. It’s more of the same narrative black women are constantly subjected to. So my next question is why are we giving money to that company in an effort to try and subvert the narrative, it doesn’t make any sense
a question that seems fairly simple, but i fear the answer is rooted deeply in our confusion of our own self-worth and the ever-clinging of outsider acceptance.
and like you said, the EMBLEM 😠 we're still dying, killing and slaving away for emblems. my goodness