As it was widely reported, Amber Rose, feminist hero and all-around bad bitch, took to social media yesterday to put GQ on blast -- making some very legitimate points about why she wasn't okay with the subhead they chose to use for her profile.
However, as is the way the vitriolic Internet works, Rose was soon being lambasted for speaking up for herself -- not to mention being called shit like "salty" for voicing her discontent with the piece.
GQ applied the Ether to Amber Rose and she salty as hell pic.twitter.com/9rBNJOkG8X
-- DJ Akademiks (@IamAkademiks) October 20, 2015Amber Rose can't possibly be mad at GQ when she though the name "Slut Walk" was ok and posts something sexual dam near everyday on her IG.
-- Christopher Stewart (@SpeedyLVFoodie) October 20, 2015Amber Rose will pose nude for a magazine shoot--just don't call her 'Kanye's ex' https://t.co/VfevPMIPu1 pic.twitter.com/J7N9971062
-- People magazine (@people) October 22, 2015AMBER ROSE IS A HYPOCRITE AND SHOULD NOT BE A FACE OF FEMINISM . SHE SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE ABOUT WOMEN !!
-- ℓunα (@lucititty) October 21, 2015But why is she being disrespected for standing up for herself? Why is she being called a "HYPOCRITE" (all caps) and shaded by an otherwise even-handed celebrity news publication for celebrating herself in those nude photos? Because she loves and owns her body? Because she's taking back control of her own image -- one that's been constantly scrutinized and needlessly sexualized by the public without her consent?
Amber Rose should be in the spotlight for her activism -- the reason she ostensibly agreed to the profile in the first place -- and not for who she's sleeping or has slept with or the fact that she's "thick." Of course she's going to be upset when the work she's been doing against institutionalized sexism gets boiled down to a subhead focused on the fact that she was Kanye's ex and "Wiz Khalifa's baby mama" set on clawing her way to the top?
Amber Rose should be in the spotlight for her activism -- the reason she ostensibly agreed to the profile in the first place -- and not for who she's sleeping or has slept with or the fact that she's "thick." Of course she's going to be upset when the work she's been doing against institutionalized sexism gets boiled down to a subhead focused on the fact that she was Kanye's ex and "Wiz Khalifa's baby mama" set on clawing her way to the top?
Rose if her own person, defined by her activism and courage, rather than the men she used to be involved with. Let her continue doing her thing, one "Slut, Hoe, Goldigger, Bitch Whore" red carpet dress at a time.