![]() But what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly. "As Black women, we're always given these seemingly devastating experiences-experiences that could absolutely break us. At the end of the day, she's more than just pretty." -to The New York Times Magazine in 2014ġ1. At the end of the day, she has to take her makeup off. I don't care how sexy or beautiful any woman is. That's the one thing you have to let go of as an actor. It's infinite and that's the only way we can do what we do is that people use their imaginations so that we can be included in it." - to in 2015ġ0. You can only shine if you're included in the narrative, and narratives start when you put pen to paper and you use your imagination. "You can't shine if you have two lines in the background as a bus driver. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you." -to BuzzFeed in 2015ĩ. "Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Your gone and i gotta stay high how to#I wanted to see who we are before we walk out the door in the morning and put on the mask of acceptability." -during How to Get Away With Murder' s For Your Consideration panel in 2015Ĩ. I work out five days a week, and I'm still not a size 2. "I see a lot of sexy women who are hard, cold, look like they have windswept hair and lip gloss and light makeup when they say it's no makeup. The colorism." -to Entertainment Weekly in 2015ħ. And it's not always the same working with black people, because of the internalized racism. There's a plug to it: You all have to be skinny! You all have to be pretty! You all have to be likable, because that's the formula that works. "The internal sexism within womanhood is very predominant in Hollywood, because we all want to be successful. I think to serve is to heal, too." -at Variety's 2014 Power of Women luncheonĦ. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |