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You know, this Doja situation has affected me in a weird way that I haven’t experienced since Aaliyah’s passing.
Let me explain...
Let me explain...
Upon the initial allegations, I was very confused and nothing managed to add up to actual receipts...until all the puzzle pieces came together and everything I’d been seeing the past 6 years was put into context with what we discovered yesterday.
I was/am a huge huge fan of her’s, and I really connected to her versatility and craft.
I felt completely bamboozled. All of this has been in my face this whole time and I didn’t even realize it til the controversy blew up.
I felt completely bamboozled. All of this has been in my face this whole time and I didn’t even realize it til the controversy blew up.
I questioned that Dindu song for years but never went out of my way to look into it. It never crossed my mind that Dindu Nuffin was a slur...like what?
When her homophobia tweets came out, I blindly looked away in the same manner and I ask myself what does that say about me?
When her homophobia tweets came out, I blindly looked away in the same manner and I ask myself what does that say about me?
I know that was a part of her past, but why did it take her present actions for me to realize the type of person I was supporting and praising?
It’s just a really crappy situation all around. I’m hurt, disappointed, and I feel more than anything a sense of sadness for her. This is a serious issue of internalized racism and hatred that idk will ever be worked through and healed.
This isn’t just an issue of race play and kink shaming. This isn’t just an issue of immaturity. This is a situation where someone has taken trauma and hurt they’ve carried with them throughout life and contructed an unproductive and destructive defense mechanism to cope.
As an adult I’ve managed to be objective and not get attached to celebrities (cause none of them are feeding, fucking, or financing me anyway), but the exception present day has been her...until now.
The celebrities are people at the end of the day. Flawed, normal people with more money and access.
Cancel culture is nonexistent. That’s a whole topic in itself. But while I can’t say how I’ll receive her music in the future, right now she’s def on pause until further notice.
Cancel culture is nonexistent. That’s a whole topic in itself. But while I can’t say how I’ll receive her music in the future, right now she’s def on pause until further notice.
I hate typos. Here’s is my acknowledgement of any typos present in this thread. My bad. You get the gist.
