![]() White women will fight to obtain food stamps for black women, but don’t let us have a yacht, pretty clothes or – God forbid – payment of money we are owed. And it’s clear that when those needs involve money, social class and privilege (say, lounging on a yacht), there is no room for perspective. They’ve used the power of the state, of the police, of the courts, of the media, and of individual white men to harm black people, including black women, time and time again.” She goes on to say, and I agree, that what really has white feminists upset is that in the video Rihanna, a black woman, puts her own needs before a white woman’s needs. Mia McKenzie addresses this point in her blogpost This is what Rihanna’s BBHMM says about black women, white women and feminism: “White women have been unapologetically violent towards black women for centuries. She then describes Rihanna thusly: “I’m actually starting to wonder whether she might not have some kind of medical condition which prevents her from keeping her legs – as well as her stupid trap – shut.” She, like others, was also quick to note that Rihanna, first seen dressed in “some sort of voodoo fashion” in the video, tortures a rich, blonde, white woman, but is never punished for her crime. Among the more egregious criticisms came from Sarah Vine of the Daily Mail, who called the video “repulsive” and said it featured an “endless stream of filthy, violent and downright misogynistic images”. I was reminded of that scene over the weekend while reading through all the tweets ( #BBHMMVideo), thinkpieces and commentary about Rihanna’s new video for Bitch Better Have My Money, mainly from white women who felt the video was either anti-feminist, misogynistic, or both. Patsey is at at first stunned, then distressed, and then utterly shut down. The act itself happens in a moment, but its impact is unending. The sky is blue, grass is green, Castiel Novak is an asshole (and maybe, just maybe, Dean Winchester is too).There are many horrifyingly poignant scenes in the film 12 Years a Slave, but among those that have stayed with me most resonantly is the scene in which the white Mistress Epps (played by Sarah Paulson) abruptly lashes out and scratches the face of her slave Patsey (played by Lupita Nyong’o) with her fingernails in a grotesquely accurate demonstration of white female privilege so ingrained that it has become instinctive. ![]() Castiel and Dean Winchester Being Idiots.Know Your Enemy (Murder Husbands Edition) Language: English Words: 90,400 Chapters: 9/9 Collections: 1 Comments: 813 Kudos: 1,385 Bookmarks: 129 Hits: 30,948 Now if only they could agree on a color scheme for the wedding. Still, it’s nothing they can’t handle with a little finesse and sarcasm. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people on both sides of the law who want what they have, and will stop at nothing to take it from them or take them down. Language: English Words: 87,399 Chapters: 9/9 Collections: 2 Comments: 735 Kudos: 1,692 Bookmarks: 155 Hits: 35,133ĭean and Cas have everything they wanted and worked (read: killed) hard for. Something’s gotta give (and it ain’t gonna be Cas). Hold the Line (Love isn’t Always on Time)ĭean finds himself becoming pulled further into Cas’ world of blood and violence, struggling to balance his domestic life in the suburbs with what he feels for Cas. ![]() Next thing he knows, Dean’s making a deal with the devil wearing an angel's face and he’s at odds with everyone and everything he thought he knew. But then, shit happens- and well, let’s just say that Dean, Sam, and Charlie don’t handle it in the most conventional of ways, nor do they consider the consequences. He even has a house with a white (well, gray) picket fence. He’s married with a kid and has his own successful business. Dean is living the life of a middle-class suburbanite.
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