On Azealia Banks:
Azealia Banks is an ignorant homophobic artist who happens to make great music. Her attack on gay men as a female is interesting considering she claims no one gay man is going to take her femininity. Azealia Banks would like you to believe she is this feminist social warrior, but considering she said the follow:
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After Hilton and other observers decried Banks's language, she became indignant. "A ****** is not a homosexual male. A ****** is any male who acts like a female. There's a BIG difference," she wrote. "As a bisexual person I knew what I meant when I used that word … When I said acts like a female I should've said acts like a ****." Her only apology was appended with a "lol".
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-The Guardian, 2013
I'd consider her anything but. She wants gay men to stand up for women issues, yet she considers men who act feminine to be lesser than a man. Azealia does not endorse the strength of femininity. Azealia does not endorse the freedom of gay men either, knowing that they can very well act like a female or not. Azealia endorses the notion that a "****" is something to be ashamed of. Why does she continue to use negative words to associate with being a female? Because she is not a feminist. No, Azealia is just as a much a sexist as she is racist and homophobic.
On White Gay Men and Black Women:
I like to divide gay culture into two different communities: those who worship muscular "straight acting" white men and those who run in the parades and are part of the community. The former, when they emulate black women, could be considered offensive. They're taking from a culture yet won't admit that it is a beautiful culture. The latter, however, is intertwined. Gay slang and black women slang have mingled together but it isn't one trying to be the other. It is used in the communities and is considered gay more than it is considered black. There is a difference between "acting" black and "acting" gay.
On Gays vs. Women:
I find some of the criticisms on gay men coming from women interesting. A lot of people claim women don't get along with each other, and the same rules apply to a gay man who may have a lot in common with said women. Yet you don't here a lot of gay men speaking up for women rights, and that could have something to do with the fact that gays have a lot of issues to deal with as well. Gays can't be the spoke people of race, sex, and gender relations as one singular minority. Let's just judge the person for who he is.
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