Et tu, Amy Poehler? What’s so funny about desiring a big, black woman?
By Guest Contributor Tami, originally posted at What Tami Said Fat, black woman. Big, black chick. Those descriptors are lazy comedy shorthand in a racist, sexist and sizist society. Want to bring on...
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Elle Magazine Tries To Show Us Gabourey Sidibe’s ‘Lighter’ Side
By Arturo R. García The good news: after getting sidelined for that infamous Vanity Fair cover, Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe is on one of the four covers of Elle this month. The bad news: Looks like...
View ArticleState of Georgia, Race, and Weight
Gaps between white experiences and non-white experiences pop up in the strangest places. Raven-Symoné has a new comedy on ABC Family called State of Georgia. This is her first comedy series where she...
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Epic Fail Of The Week: DC Comics Drops The Ball On ‘The Wall’ in Suicide Squad
By Arturo R. García The image above is the last page of DC Comics’ new Suicide Squad #1, which debuted yesterday. And to the chagrin of many fans thus far, the woman in the panel on the left is writer...
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Miss(ed) Representations, Part One: ‘I’m a Culture, Not a Costume’ Campaign
By Sexual Correspondent Andrea (AJ) Plaid Longtime Racialicious readers know this time on the calendar has prompted the R to read someone (or several folks) about their racist costumes or some other...
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Excerpt: Sonita Moss on Gabourey Sidibe’s problematic character on The Big C
Is “overweight underachiever with an endless arsenal of clever one-liners” a euphemism for sassy fat black girl? Why yes it is. Enter Sidibe, or Andrea, a student who cuts class, uses foul language,...
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The New York Times Offers Reasons ‘Why Black Women Are Fat’
By Guest Contributor Erika Nicole Kendall, cross-posted from A Black Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss … for crying out loud … good grief. I had lots of thoughts about this op-ed, simply because I struggle...
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Meanwhile, On TumblR: Seriously Cute Kids, The Glamourbaby Diaries, And...
By Andrea Plaid I finally figured out that I change my hairstyle every decade or so. In my fourth decade, I decided to forego the bald and grow out my hair without going to locs, like I did in my 30s....
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Meanwhile, On TumblR: Octavia Spencer Snubbed At The Newsstands
By Andrea Plaid I have to admit it: as much as I loved seeing Octavia Spencer giving some serious 60s retro sexiness on the cover of Elle, I would’ve loved to see Elle give more women of color some...
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Pitch Perfect And Its Far-From-Perfect Portrayal of Asian-American Women
By Guest Contributor Nisha H. Cast poster for the film “Pitch Perfect.” Via mockingjay.net. Pitch Perfect is a film that tells the underdog tale of a nearly-defunct a capella group, the Barden Bellas,...
View ArticleQuoted: Adios Barbie On Stereotypes And Body Image
Supporters of the “Black is Beautiful” campaign and several others similar to sought to redefine beauty in ways that both included and uplifted black women from what Princeton professor Imani Perry...
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Two People I Dislike Immensely Unshockingly Do Something I Dislike Immensely
by Joseph Lamour *Warning: Strong Language* We’re living in an age where almost everything a person shares with their friends can now be permanently filed away on a server somewhere (in a room, not...
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Controlling Portions, Controlling Pregnancies: Race And Class Panic In New...
Poster for New York City’s “Real Cost of Teen Pregnancy” campaign. Via NYC.gov By Guest Contributor Sayantani DasGupta This month, New York City launched a new campaign called “The True Cost of Teen...
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Quoted: Chill On Rachel Jeantel, Already!
Rachel Jeantel is a teenager, a 19-year-old girl who told the world what she heard that fateful February night on the phone with her longtime friend Trayvon. From the news reports produced by the...
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Quoted: Gabourey Sidibe At The Ms. Foundation Gala
“Gabourey, how are you so confident?” It’s not easy. It’s hard to get dressed up for award shows and red carpets when I know I will be made fun of because of my weight. There’s always a big chance if I...
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