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(108,898 total)“There’s the whole Buddhist thing about the essence of a bowl being its emptiness—that’s why it’s useful. Its emptiness allows it to hold something. I guess that means that design must talk about something else. If you make design about design, you’re just stacking bowls, and that’s not what bowls ar…”
— Frank Chimero, Frank Chimero on The Great Discontent (TGD)
“The red carpet, of course, is here to hide the rivers of blood that will eventually pour down from the cornucopia, when Donald Trump, flanked by his two eunuchs, takes the stage. By eunuchs I mean Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus, who clearly checked their balls at the door this election.’”
— Stephen Colbert, WATCH: Stephen Colbert’s crashing of the RNC is a sight to behold
“How eerily history seems to be repeating itself! But this time it is the fate of the entire nation that hangs in the balance. Trump is a stormily dynamic change-maker who will surely win this election unless the Democrats get their house in order and nominate a figure of honor and integrity. Bernie…”
— Camille Paglia, Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump’s real strength and Clinton’s fatal sleepwalking
“Because when you look beyond the millions of dollars, fans and followers, Minaj is simply another black woman being accused of divisiveness by a white feminist for pointing out racial inequality.”
— Yomi Adegoke, Taylor Swift has just proven that she's white feminism's off-beat, bambi-legged patronus
“By centering Minaj’s observation around herself, and thus shifting the narrative into a Nicki vs. Taylor story, she silenced Minaj, dismissed her experiences, and derailed an important conversation about race and gender. Swift tried to deflect Minaj’s criticisms of the music industry (again, not abo…”
— Zeba Blay, Taylor Swift's Tweets To Nicki Minaj Are Peak 'White Feminism'
“There is a difference between an artist who actually employs women to further her feminist message and one who seems to expect them to surround her as though bounce boards there simply to magnify her own limelight.”
— Amy Odell, Kim Kardashian Didn't Just Ruin Taylor Swift, She Ruined Taylor Swift's Squad
“"Women shouldn't take down other women" is one of the most tired and tiring tenets of pop feminism, slung around by celebrities on social media whenever one of their squad members faces a slight, either outright or the kind you only get if you read into it just the right way.”
— Amy Odell, Kim Kardashian Didn't Just Ruin Taylor Swift, She Ruined Taylor Swift's Squad
Tagged: White Feminism
“The best example of Swift’s white feminism is when Nicki Minaj posted about the racism and antiblack misogyny that fuels award nominations after the announcement for the MTV VMA’s in 2015... Swift loves to instigate everything about herself, and then didn’t respond to Minaj until numerous articles w…”
— Ashleigh Shackelford, A Liar, A Scammer: Taylor Swift is 'That Bitch' that Lives for White Feminism