Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 "I’m the least person that acts triggered, but these names HAD ME SHOOK. Society already views dark skin as inferior and unwanted. Light skinned girls are praised for their eurocentric beauty and are always the subject of “get you a lightskin/white girl” memes on the internet that rack up thousands of retweets. Darker skinned girls like myself, grow up perming their lovely, natural afros because they want the soft silky hair that barbies and lighter skinned people are praised for having. They have to endure the “you’re so dark I can’t even see you” jokes and the “why is your skin the same color as poop” jokes. They have to work extra hard to silence themselves and hold their anger at injustices because they don’t want to perpetuate the unattractive “mad black woman” stereotype. Scrolling through ColourPop’s instagram page, they have a variety of women with different skin tones looking fierce in their products. They almost fooled me into thinking, finally, here is a budget friendly, high quality makeup that values the diversity of their target audience which made me want to spend an extra $20. The names of their sculpting sticks really revealed to me how this company views dark skin." Full OP-ed: http://www.affinitymagazine.us/2016/09/19/dear-colour-pop-my-skin-color-is-not-a-typo/ Also worth mentioning: After looking up what "dume" meant, Urban Dictionary told me it's a slang word/insult for somebody who is mentally slow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,571 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 wtf is gummy bear? These make no sense. Inside my head I have the best time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Palutena 3,147 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Those names are TRAGIC, like who is in charge of coming up with that mess? Adoremus in caelum, Palutena. Dea luminis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Yes... because illuminati is so flattering... evil satan worshipers... oh how white skin is so glorified by society. lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgalriri 1,124 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 this is dumb. people are reaching. they want to be offended by literally ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. get over it. so sick of these cry baby people every where Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Gale 7,575 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I don't really get it. All the names seem tragic to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, Sizzily said: wtf is gummy bear? These make no sense. like most of these make no sense anyway but what are the chances that the three darkest shades ALL have names that all have connotations to negative things. like come on. they might as well have named a darker one "feces" or "burnt thanksgiving turkey". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,571 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Just now, Supersonic said: like most of these make no sense anyway but what are the chances that the three darkest shades have names that all have connotations to negative things. like come on. they might as well have named a darker one "feces" or "burnt thanksgiving turkey". I think they mean Dume as in Portugal. If not, wow bitch, they ****ed up. Inside my head I have the best time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 One of the concealers for dark skin is literally named "Yikes", it doesn't get more passive-aggressively obvious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,388 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 4 minutes ago, MJHolland said: Yes... because illuminati is so flattering... evil satan worshipers... oh how white skin is so glorified by society. lol. I think they're all just stupid names Dying at "Yikes" though "Yikes" at whoever's in charge of naming these things. "Adulting", "Illuminati" like how about some actual colors? Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 12 minutes ago, Supersonic said: like most of these make no sense anyway but what are the chances that the three darkest shades ALL have names that all have connotations to negative things. like come on. they might as well have named a darker one "feces" or "burnt thanksgiving turkey". Who said these are skin types of foundation? They could be eyeshadows It's a reach to call them racist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Just now, MJHolland said: Who said these are skin types of foundation? They could be eyeshadows It's a reach to call them racist They're concealers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 The three products in question now have been renamed to: Bloom (Yikes) Point Dume (Dume) Platonic (Typo) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 18 minutes ago, MJHolland said: Yes... because illuminati is so flattering... evil satan worshipers... oh how white skin is so glorified by society. lol. 4 minutes ago, MJHolland said: Who said these are skin types of foundation? They could be eyeshadows It's a reach to call them racist YIKES was all this just a TYPO FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 1 minute ago, Supersonic said: They're concealers. Adulting, dove, and easy peasy are all shades for people of color? Meanwhile illuminati (satan worshipers) is a white bish shade 1 minute ago, YourSweet666 said: YIKES was all this just a TYPO It was a perfect illusion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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