This is, at least, a constructive criticism, rather than a base insult—and as you said, she owns her particular brand of hustle, however palatable/unpalatable it may be.

Ironically, she acknowledges all of that in the article—and no, I’m not a Cardi stan, nor do I personally agree with all of her life choices. I’m just not here for black women being arbitrarily dragged for the same things their white counterparts do (i.e. the other three covers I posted).

And who’s lowkey insulting…

I’m not your bro, but as I wrote in the article you may not have deigned to read, this is her daughter’s first cover, and is one of four motherhood-themed covers Vogue is publishing for January. Do you feel these women are using their children/pregnancy as accessories, too?

Again...do you...but I’m also not sitting my bare ass on a toilet seat, and that’s pretty much the same theory.

We won’t even get into the well-exhausted washcloth/washing your legs/allowing pets on cooking surfaces debates...we are a very fastidious people, on the whole.

I promise you, collectively, black people are even more hung up on hygiene.

I mean, Oprah’s also a former pageant winner (Miss Black Tennessee, I believe), but yes, it’s all about the platform.

I’ll make sure to say something at brunch tomorrow.

It’s addictive!

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I repeatedly noted that the Met’s performances are sold out—but that your best bet is to see it in cinemas on December 4, where I’m seeing tickets as low as $13.95! The link above will allow you to search by theatre...and get an up close and personal perspective on the performance.

I entirely hear that—though I was a 14/16 sista most of my career. That said, she cited Naomi Campbell as an example, who not only initially rose to fame well over 20 years ago (although Loni took exception to others bringing up models from that era), but also represents a type of aspirational black beauty—which is…

I am in agreement with this.

All of this. I agree.

I wouldn’t know, as I didn’t approve them.

My presumption is that he waits outside the exam room (God, I hope so), and was not trying to infer otherwise, but he clearly insists that she sign away her right to privacy so that he can be updated by her gynecologist.

Thanks!

Plus, they’ll service it in perpetuity.

If you’re referring to Megan, that’s typically how campaign appearances work. However, as a company, we label any sponsored content and The Glow Up only accepts product for the sake of reviews, so this is not that. We, like a gang of other fashion media, are simply reporting on Megan’s first fashion campaign. End of…

You’re right...I was kinda quoting Linus.