My commentary on the homophobic and misogynistic slurs rapper Azealia Banks threw at repeat transphobe/misogynist Perez Hilton via Twitter were screengrabbed to much attention yesterday. There’s only so much one can say in three 140-character posts so I must expand this a bit.

In no way am I an Azealia stan (I haven’t followed her career beyond seeing her on one of my fave shopping sites ASOS.com) and my tweets should not be taken as a defense of her foul speech (I’ve heard from others that she has songs with lyrics blasting trans women). Slurs are slurs especially when thrown with hurtful intent - no matter who the offender.

My tweets should be taken as a criticism of the media’s habit of highlighting black and brown celebs who say horrible things, while a gentle touch (or blind-eye all together) is utilized when white celebs say equally transphobic or misogynistic things. 

The media’s selective treatment of these situations needs to be called out.

We must analyze who is at the helm of these stories/bylines/institutions and why certain communities/people of color are demonized, publicized and labelled as more homo/transphobic, and why the use of “f*g” or “f*ggot” is an outright slur that raises much frenzy, but “tr*nny” is seen as more of a debate (or ignored all together) when used with the same vitriol intent. 

1. miaouing likes this
2. mayathestrange likes this
3. crystal-cat-loves-ac likes this
4. youfelinedevil reblogged this from lemonstolemons
5. musicnerd likes this
6. peacelovemusichappyness likes this
7. infinitelyartistic reblogged this from janetmock
8. infinitelyartistic likes this
9. atrapforfools reblogged this from janetmock
10. lali-m reblogged this from how-it-feels-to-be-colored-me
11. how-it-feels-to-be-colored-me reblogged this from fuckyeahmtfsofcolor
12. will-oh-whisper likes this
13. uttermusik likes this
14. blu-bun reblogged this from fuckyeahmtfsofcolor
15. blu-bun likes this
16. melissa-42 likes this
17. transientlarva likes this
18. fuckyeahmtfsofcolor reblogged this from janetmock
19. mint-julep-testosterone reblogged this from bratsy-cline
20. vbfdoee reblogged this from princekarkat
21. gothicfeverdream likes this
22. madame-scary-von-spooky-britches reblogged this from janetmock
23. paraphrased reblogged this from infamousnfamous
24. ohmycarling reblogged this from fallopianrhapsody
25. augustcanary likes this
26. i-go-to-pieces likes this
27. i-go-to-pieces reblogged this from ineedtothinkofatitle
28. niptune-godofthesemen reblogged this from ineedtothinkofatitle
29. miss-ner-do-wells reblogged this from ineedtothinkofatitle
30. miss-ner-do-wells likes this
31. adashofguiltandpleasure likes this
32. glamourpuke reblogged this from ineedtothinkofatitle
33. itsme-j reblogged this from ineedtothinkofatitle
34. itsme-j likes this
35. labyrinthofdenouements reblogged this from ineedtothinkofatitle
36. ineedtothinkofatitle reblogged this from queerdeviance
37. thecoffeebreaklife reblogged this from howtobeterrell
38. chry-santhemum reblogged this from imbrittsimpson
39. rockinrobnhood likes this
40. imbrittsimpson reblogged this from janetmock and added:

    Everyone should read this woman’s full article here: http://www.xojane.com/issues/janet-mock-azealia-banks-perez-hilton....

41. kingmaeve likes this
42. helloqtie reblogged this from scaramouche
43. b0otyclap likes this
44. dietgrandma reblogged this from supjeffreydahmer
45. supjeffreydahmer reblogged this from janetmock
46. xmasandribena reblogged this from genderbitch
47. aezlo likes this
48. eksviai reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever and added:

    All my prayers end in “And lord, help me to someday be as perfect as Janet Mock.”

49. drunklikemud likes this
50. voreyeur reblogged this from sara-huynh
51. Show more notesLoading...