“The way Lena Dunham talks about black men is peak white entitlement... Dunham is entitled to her own perspective and story, but not to the minds and thoughts of the black men around her.”— Zeba Blay, huffingtonpost.com
“I'm always glad when the industry expands beyond only straight white men in power positions, but so much "diversity" in Hollywood amounts to a room full of white women and white gay men.”— Ira Madison III, twitter.com
“Only white people can imagine a past that was better than now. Only white people have nostalgia. "You grew up rich," they say. "Your daddy is a doctor." They want me to possess their whiteness, too.”— Megan Fernandez, thecommononline.org
“It feels like something has shifted. It’s too bad that it’s probably because so many of the women that were assaulted by Harvey Weinstein are famous and white and everybody knows them. This has been going on a long time to black women and other women of color and it doesn’t get out quite the same.”— Jane Fonda, huffingtonpost.com
“Weinsteins victims are white and famous and that's why we care... The same attention has never been paid to women in other industries when they’ve come forward—women who certainly have more to lose than a movie star—and certainly has never been paid to victims who are women of color.”— Kevin Fallon, thedailybeast.com
“In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.”— A. E. Housman, amazon.com
“I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards... He was like, 'That's a marshmallow. That's a child. That's a dog.' It wasn't mean—he just seemed confused... The vibe was very much…”— Lena Dunham, nickiswift.com
“No offense, but, uh, men being in charge has never done me any good.”— Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, twitter.com
“But we can also drag Swift for being a respectable white woman that often performs purity (more whiteness) and constantly plays the victim card, using her white femme womanhood to navigate conflict in ways that avoid accountability or culpability. Especially when this conflict is her pinning the bla…”— Ashleigh Shackelford, wearyourvoicemag.com
“White people expect me to be held accountable for some shitty things some black person did, but tell them they have a responsibility to fight against white supremacy and suddenly they're unique individuals that shouldn't be judged as a collective.”— Kat Blaque, ivy-baby-sweetheart.tumblr.com
“When a white female artist pens countless songs bashing her ex-flames & former friends without their stamp of approval, it's considered "musical genius" and "art" but when a black male artist does so, it's considered "character assassination." Another racist double sandard in our country which must…”— Daniel Preda, rxse-gxld.tumblr.com
“Ultimately this involves three unfathomably rich and famous and annoying people who will continue to be unfathomably rich and famous and annoying. But what Taylor did is a form of what Darth Susans have been doing since America’s inception. Using the inherent empathy and benefit of the doubt her Whi…”— Damon Young, verysmartbrothas.com
“Syrian refugees are the threats? No. The biggest threat to our society is the white male ego.”— Dylan Goldberg, twitter.com
“Men desperately need to learn the difference between being attacked and simply not being catered to.”— Melissa McEwan, shakesville.com