this is such a good piece. https://twitter.com/ohheybrittany/status/1291029337395924998

I feel like.. being a BIPOC in fandom you tend to notice things that normally aren’t picked up on by an artist/the majority of white fans and it can be kinda alienating because you feel kinda insecure voicing your discomfort and told that you’re overreacting.

I remember a few years ago DNCE did a cover of Work by Rihanna and besides the fact that it was literally horrible, it came at a time where the past few weeks was black people voicing their discomfort with the song being covered due to its celebration of the Caribbean. It wasn’t

a song like Diamonds or Stay.. it came off as a mockery of patois + Caribbean people as a whole. They had the best of intentions, but it shouldn’t have been done whatsoever. I’m not from the Caribbean, but I have family that is and it felt really... gross?

That’s just one of the many times that I felt just.. uncomfortable with a situation concerning one of my favorite artists and sometimes it just feels not worth it to say anything because literally no one else gets it. anyway, I hope you all read the article.

Last thought: I think a lot of the reason we praise our favorite celebs is because the bar is in literal hell, lol. We’ve grown up with them not having a single intellectual thought on politics so when something bad happens we look to our faves with some inkling of support.

So in turn, the smallest thing they say becomes revolutionary??? Them tweeting out “happy women’s day :)” or “black lives matter ” starts to mean so much because for so long they stood for so little. And still do. Maybe fandom needs to die idk