I just want folks to acknowledge the bulk of this Lizzo hate ain’t about her music at all.
Big girls aren’t supposed to be confident+assured. We’re supposed to be in the background and take up as little space as possible.
Lizzo ain’t that and folks are mad.
Big girls aren’t supposed to be confident+assured. We’re supposed to be in the background and take up as little space as possible.
Lizzo ain’t that and folks are mad.
Sis was naked on her album cover. She performs in lingerie, dances and twerks like the rest of them.
Lizzo knows better.
She knows she’s supposed to be fully clothed in the church choir singing solos and starving herself to be given half a lukewarm chance at a solo career.
Lizzo knows better.
She knows she’s supposed to be fully clothed in the church choir singing solos and starving herself to be given half a lukewarm chance at a solo career.
Lizzo said and did some things on social media that made me cringe...as have other industry sisters...as have other sisters outside the industry...as have I. AS. HAVE. NIGGAS. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
The fact those missteps become justification to deny support/talent is telling.
The fact those missteps become justification to deny support/talent is telling.
Big girls don’t get grace.
Be very clear: I know Black women, as a collective, are maligned.
I’m talking specifically about the brutal BS big girls endure for choosing to exist.
So much Lizzo is facing is because she’s a big girl and is making more room for her big assed self.
Be very clear: I know Black women, as a collective, are maligned.
I’m talking specifically about the brutal BS big girls endure for choosing to exist.
So much Lizzo is facing is because she’s a big girl and is making more room for her big assed self.
...and “...but Lizzo a pop artist” argument is dumb.
We can’t say Black people invented every genre of music then say those outside “Black” genres ain’t making music for us, too.
Michael Jackson is the king of pop. Every genre, literally every single one, bows to Beyoncé.
We can’t say Black people invented every genre of music then say those outside “Black” genres ain’t making music for us, too.
Michael Jackson is the king of pop. Every genre, literally every single one, bows to Beyoncé.
re: Soul Train Awards
When non soul singing Black men have won Album of the Year without this level of resistance and vitriol, to do this to Lizzo is peak misogynoir and Black women—even those who are progressive—can uphold sexism’s blood stained banner from time to time.
When non soul singing Black men have won Album of the Year without this level of resistance and vitriol, to do this to Lizzo is peak misogynoir and Black women—even those who are progressive—can uphold sexism’s blood stained banner from time to time.
The politics of winning+losing, especially in entertainment, leave much to be desired and should be critiqued.
Winning, though an amazing feeling, has always been subjective. Losing, almost always undeserved, is never about the artistic production in question.
Winning, though an amazing feeling, has always been subjective. Losing, almost always undeserved, is never about the artistic production in question.
Black folk who create art in an industry+world that don’t give a damn about them should be commended.
Big Black girls who do it while in a community that only loves them if they have the *right* big girl aesthetic should be celebrated.
Do your own work and leave Lizzo alone.
Big Black girls who do it while in a community that only loves them if they have the *right* big girl aesthetic should be celebrated.
Do your own work and leave Lizzo alone.
