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text 2014-02-08 01:10
Reading progress update: I've read 2%.
Celebromancy - Michael R. Underwood

Skillful description of Lindsey Lohan, without saying it's her.

 

Also, if Ree has a "Puerto Rican" complexion than there's some serious white washing going on in the covers of these book.

 

WTF?

 

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text 2013-10-01 22:18
“He Looks Mixed Race”. “Divergent” & White Privilege.

"I don’t think [Veronica] Roth has much say on the casting of the film of her book ["Divergent]. She certainly hasn’t been on lengthy bragging sprees about how “interfere-y” she’s been like Cassandra Clare was with “The Mortal Instruments” (her backtracking on that has been one of the pop culture highlights of my year). I understand not wanting to annoy the film’s producers or cause a fuss that could turn into something more public. However, her noted U-turn on the issue has to be addressed. We have to discuss the wider implications of what she’s said, what she hasn’t said and how the white privilege prevalent throughout the fandom and the industry has polluted the world at large."

 

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