She is so DAMN amazing.

Leave it to Vogue to ONCE AGAIN not be able to see past the end of their Caucasian-focused and obsessed noses.

I loved how our young girls came down hard on some famous Caucasion male designer last summer, trying to claim Bantu knots. Nice progress to me because I was laughed out of grade school once upon a time when my mom did my hair up in Bantu knots.

The strong backlash, without the Internet back in the day, against "the Bo" was a thing of beauty.

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we know it can suck in many ways, but I love how empowering it is for those who have been marginalized in other spheres -- and still are.

Now that I think about it, and this is just my perception, I think young black women very specifically have used this space in a fabulously fierce way to stand in their truths....speak up and speak out.

because to me a huge part of being marginalized is being silenced, even in a simple thing as fashion, pushes the same narrative that we have no history/no contributions whatsoever to the world before Europeans arrived, when the opposite is the truth. Vogue made a mistake but it did not go uncorrected. to balance. They'll most likely do it again and we'll squash the next one. Frustrating on the surface but I enjoy squashing

What's so great about the way that Lupita handled this was that there was no snappy comeback, no tude. Just a well placed picture and a couple of informative words. Super classy. Just like everything else about this woman.

She is exquisite and, from the outside looking in, every time I have seen her speak or appear, she is perfection. Pure grace in action.

That young black man on the far right of the pic...he looks like that actor, Michael B. Jordan, is like "Dayyyyyyummmmmmm, sister!"

She really is stunning. (Note the woman in the back, on the left, who seems to be wearing a dress with similar fabric and color. Must be a new "in" color. I like it a lot!)

The color is dreamy and seems to work on both skin tones. But Ms. Nyong'o showing all that radiant skin really cinches it, to me.

I have a feeling the other woman was also thinking, "Dayummmm, she looks REALLY good."

So talented and just stunning!