![]() ![]() It reminds me of when she won the Academy Award for her role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave and folks were upset because she won for playing a slave. It boggles my mind that some people are really questioning her presence on that cover and whether it’s some sort of pity move by the magazine’s team. Now, as for the folks who are throwing hateration in Lupita’s dancerie for being on the cover of People, I want them to please tuck in their salty. If we’re mad at the cover with the two white women and one ethnically ambiguous biracial woman, then we need to know what we want him to do to make it right. And this time, he blatantly placed a chocolate lady on the cover, and folks feel like he’s trolling. Had he ignored critics, he’d really be showing that he had no damns to give about the feelings of those who felt shafted by his lack of mahogany. Honestly, I see this as a can’t win for losing situation. Would he have done it had he not received backlash from that first cover? Not sure. However, could this Marilyn Monroe cover seem a bit cheap? Sure. I wasn’t upset at the cover of GIRL either because, in spite of it being somewhat monochromatic, I’ve never gotten “I hate dark black women” vibes from that dude in particular. Pharrell using this beautiful, dark model for the cover of this song doesn’t upset me, and it’s because I do want to think he’s taking a direction to fix what people spoke about in the past. Does he wake up and bathe in unicorn tears and towel off with phoenix feathers? I just want him to stop being selfish and tell us about the voodoo he do (shout out to Lauryn) and share the secrets to looking 25 for 45 years. ![]() Maybe I give Skateboard P a longer rope than others because I love the song “Happy” and the fact that he refuses to age. I see it, and I acknowledge the frustration of my sisthrens.Įven so, I’m not upset. Also, his choice to use a woman who is chocolate is being seen as an attempt aims to get folks to shut up about the cover of his GIRL album. ![]()
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