xoxo, tara.

so-treu:

i need you to come to terms with the way white women have facilitated some of the most unspeakable violence upon black and brown and indigenous people, bodies, and community. often in the name of white womanhood. often in the name of freedom. often in the name of feminism.

i need you to understand that you killed Emmitt Till. i need you to think about all of the black men and boys that have been murdered because either you accused them or your men took it upon themselves to defend *your* honor. i need you to look at pictures of lynched bodies and think about what role you played in it.

i need you to know the names of the women raped by U.S. military in countries we invaded, in part because feminists said we needed to save the women and/or children and supported the various invasions.

i need you to know that those reproductive rights you all are up in arms about were created via the destruction and maiming of black and brown bodies. i need you to know who Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsy are, and what was done to them. i need you to know the names of the Puerto Rican women who were lied to and who died so that The Pill could bring you your precious sexual liberation. i need you to know the central role white women played in sterilization programs that targeted black women, poor women, anyone they deemed too “feeble” to procreate. i need you to think about why more big name feminist organizations are up in arms about the most recent kick up about contraception than about sterilized black women getting compensated for what was done to them.

i need you to understand that at this point, it’s not about privilege. it’s not about you being able to find products that work with your hair no matter where you go. it’s about people’s lives. it’s about WOC lives and a centuries old disregard white women have shown for them. it’s about that fact that white women have been an active agent in the destruction of our communities, our histories, and our families. for centuries.

and WOC don’t owe you a damn thing. not. one. thing.

so get that through your skulls then maybe we can work together. maybe.

purpleone:

This song is like every thing I hate about Lupe Fiasco in one song, but without a decent melody, good flow or clever wordplay. It’s not a song, it’s a 5-minute sanctimonious screed to a beat. The moral universe as written in this song is that women who call themselves bitches, who dress like video vixens are being disrespected and that’s totally their fault. Who are they being disrespected by? Men who will judge them based on their clothes and call them bitches in a negative way, not in the positive way the women themselves might envision it.

Does Lupe put any kind of scrutiny on men who judge women based on their appearance? Nope. If they do that it’s because they grew up with moms who called themselves bitches, because clearly, it is a woman referring to herself as bitch that is the root of misogyny and hatred towards women. So you see ladies it’s really all your fault that men disrespect you. If you respected yourselves in the way Lupe has pre-approved for you, men would respect you too. Clearly women should wither before Lupe’s superior judgment and change their Jezebel ways so as to gain the much lauded Male Respect™. See ladies? Your worth is not in your lady parts! Oh wait:

Bitch bad, woman good
Lady better, greatest motherhood 

Well it’s not in your lady parts being used in ways Lupe finds unbecoming of a woman. Best part is Lupe still gets away with saying ‘bitch’ for 5 minutes. So edgy, yet so respectful. With all this slut-shaming and woman-blaming, it felt like Bill Cosby had recorded a rap track. 

Lupe has fallen off so much. Shame.