This Woman From Houston Made A Lot Of People Mad Just By Expressing Herself

Wait. So it's good to have brains and beauty but not if you're Beyonce? Someone explain this.

Cue Janet Mock!

Tumblr user thequeenbey made this GIF set of Janet Mock talking about another backlash against Beyoncé being guilty of being sexy while having a brain and opinions on the VMAs. (The horror!)

Also, in case you're wondering what the "respectability politics" Janet Mock refers to in that last image (I know I was wondering), I'll try to sum it up: It's when one group (usually the majority) tells another group (usually the minority) HOW to be respectable. The criteria is usually/always arbitrary. The way to be respectable is usually achieved when the minority group mimics the majority group enough to be "respectable." You can read more about that interesting concept here.

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