Featured Posts

To top
Title Image

Backlash Tag

20 Aug

Nike model Annahstasia Enuke on the backlash against her

Nike model Annahstasia Enuke on the backlash against her
When Nike put out their recent campaign last week, they could not have known the storm it will cause, although they probably could have guessed. When Swedish model and artist Arvida Byström posed for Adidas Originals’ Superstar range in 2017 with unshaved legs she received death threats, while Ashley Armitage’s campaign for razor brand Billie featuring women’s body hair prompted strongly negative reactions. The image in query here, featured Nigerian-American visual artist and musician Annahstasia Enuke along with her arm raised, revealing a small patch of hair on her armpits. While many praised the brand for showing visible underarm hair, as we all know women existing of their natural state is usually met with outrage and the backlash soon arrived, with many commenters...
Continue reading
29 Sep

Irv Gotti Doubles Down On His ‘Truth’ About Ashanti,

Irv Gotti Doubles Down On His ‘Truth’ About Ashanti,
var playerInstance_9PPTURJq = jwplayer("jw-video-9PPTURJq").setup({ playlist: "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9PPTURJq", autostart: false, repeat: true, mute: true, aspectratio: '16:9', sharing: { sites: ["facebook","twitter","email","linkedin"] }, cast: {}, floating: { dismissible: true }, autoPause: { viewability: false }, displaytitle: true, displaydescription: true, controls: true, related: { displayMode: 'shelfWidget' }, advertising: {"client":"googima","tag":"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=&iu=/21698916284/ess/VideoCelebrity&impl=s&env=vp&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&sz=1000x1&description_url=__page-url__&tfcd=0&npa=0&vpmute=0&vpa=auto&vad_format=linear&url=__page-url__&vpos=preroll&unviewed_position_start=1&v=9PPTURJq&pmnd=0&pmxd=60000&ad_rule=1&cust_params=ttid%3D9PPTURJq%26frnch%3D__item-franchise__%26environment%3D%26kwblock%3Ddis,Bui,Abb,Microsoft,Wal,Air,DIS 2,CapOne,CapOne2,CapOne3,Coca,UPS,mcd,Targetbos,Buick,Toyota,dentsu,Johnson","vpaidcontrols":true} }) Ashanti’s name has been within the news repeatedly this past week in consequence of Irv Gotti’s latest documentary series, The Murder Inc. Story, on BET. The conversation began when Gotti made an appearance on the N.O.R.E podcast, Drink Champs, and went into great detail about dating the singer while he was separated from his wife. When their relationship became the main focus of last Tuesday’s episode of The Murder Inc. Story, audiences began to accuse the label CEO of being obsessive about Ashanti. And even label mate Ja Rule spoke...
Continue reading