Psychology Today

So I've been meaning to post more and to post more opinion things but I often try not to post opinion things on this site because I get afraid that I'll rant or be wayward or seem unprofessional. So now I don't even start.

I'm not completely sure which one is worse.

So my thoughts on this whole Psychology Today thing has managed to get more unfocused over time. For those of you who don't know, a blogger for Psychology Today wrote a post a couple months ago explaining why black women are objectively less attractive than other women. If you don't believe me read The Angry Black Woman's blog about the whole issue. Because of the anger people have had  about this the post is gone but there are several places you can read it.

I was going to talk about this during my Miss Representation Review as a list of things black women and girls have to deal with. While its possible there's people out there writing  posts that say  white women are ugly dogs no "scientist" would ever argue that. And I'm sure that if this particular blogger had gotten that from his interviewees he would have started over again.

Now, many of the blogs that I read have had nothing to say about this issue or they haven't really discussed it. well. Angry Black Woman had women submit pictures. So through this discussion [and lack of discussion] I was trying to figure out what the appropriate response was. While I love The Angry Black Woman site [alot] is the response "Hell Yeah I'm Pretty!"? I still don't know.

No one has really discussed how the world we live in has fostered this kind of nonsense. This will happen again and again and again.

But still nothing will change.

We will never see a black woman with natural hair on television. Or not coated in pounds and pounds and pounds of make up.
We won't see a black woman of a darker complexion very often on television.
I'm trying to remember the last time I've seen a black woman hold a book (for fun). [Not a book of spells, not a cook book]
I very rarely see two black people share a plot together or really talk to each other. (*cough* Parenthood, *cough* Community)

Luckily there are a few indie movies that I think may have a chance to heal things (slightly)

Dark Girls 
-This may very well be the saddest trailer you ever watch. I hope that when this movie is finally out there is an adequate discussion of the media's role.

Dark Girls: Preview from Bradinn French on Vimeo.

The Untitled Black Lesbian Project