The open letter that I wrote to the girls and DM'ed the link to Aubrey. From my Tumblr:
Open Letter to Danity Kane
Before I start this post, I sincerely hope that each of these ladies will read this post. Aubrey, Dawn, Shannon, and all the Danity Kane fans who have stood by these ladies since their journey on Making the Band begun.
I would first like to say, I write this letter with complete humbleness, respect, love, and passion for a group that I have not only continuously bugged my friends, loved ones, and even pestered my boyfriend on a daily basis about my excitement that I was FINALLY getting new music from you ladies.
After reading your official statement to your fans, I hope that after tirelessly supporting your reunion over the past 12 months that you will now hear the from the heart, unfiltered truth from us.
To begin, i’d just like to express my severe disappointment in Dawn for resorting to physical violence, irregardless of whatever had taken place behind the scenes. You have called Danity Kane a family, sisters, and you most certainly do not place your hands on your sisters or anyone else for that matter. As a woman who has become an inspiration to young women, the community of New Orleans, performers, songwriters, musicians, poets, people and hearts all around the world, disappointing and let down is not even the words to begin how myself and many fans must feel right now.
But this is not completely your fault.
Aubrey, Shannon, I am going to quote something from your official statement post.
It breaks my heart that this violence is followed by no sign of remorse. For the past year, I watched small lies turn into bigger lies. Those bigger lies turned into verbal abuse. Now the verbal abuse has deteriorated into a physical assault. I put what I knew was right second to what I knew I could handle for the sake of the big-picture success this incredibly talented group of women could have achieved together. It was my goal to prove that with enough understanding the issues behind the scenes could be resolved, and we could continue to create content for one of the most inspiring fan bases I have ever witnessed. I realize now that in order to achieve that reality all three girls would have to want that. And, unfortunately, only two of us put our solo ambitions and lives to a halt and consistently put the team first.
That part, along with another part of this post is what had me the most pissed off. Let me elaborate on this part first.
It is the most disheartening that as a group and as individual women with so much respect for yourselves that you allowed this to continue for so long. In the long run, I ultimately feel like the success of this group was more important than your own emotions, the emotions of your fans standing along side of you, and ultimately, the respect for the music you sang, performed, and said came from your bond and heart. I can’t help but feel like each one of your is personally responsible for continuing in something you doubted for what sounds like so long. It comes off as greedy and makes myself wonder what your true intentions were.
Like I said at the beginning of this post, this is my humble and respectful view given what you have told us, what I have read over the course of these past few days, and even what I have seen in recent appearances, most specifically your interaction on the red carpet during your Las Vegas gigs.
The second part I would like to speak on:
This decision to stand by our principles may affect our future. Our pocketbooks. Our careers. And the list goes on and on.
This part of your statement disturbed me the absolute most, to be honest. Obviously, being an indie group, we understand the financial struggle you may have endured, but for you to speak upon your “pocketbooks” is extremely disrespectful to each and every person who has supported you.
What about my pocketbook? The $200+ ticket that I paid for to see you ladies on tour in San Francisco and hear pieces of an album I won’t even be getting? The $10 and some odd cents that I paid to support your new single on iTunes buying it over, and over, and over? Myself and each Danity Kane fan who has spent any sort of money supporting you ladies, we will see absolutely no return.
Now, i’d like to just speak upon one more thing that really has me hot. Obviously, you ladies tirelessly recorded an album, spent time in the studio, meetings, on your iPhones/Blackberry’s, promotion, and overall bettering of your brand over the last year, but let me ask you something. What about my time? What about the time of each Danity Kane fan, each person who has helped promote your “sisterhood”, Lemonade, your tour, your previous album efforts, your two number one world record breaking albums?
I value my time very much, I am a hard working student, I work, I go to school, and even though I cannot blame you for that, what about my time? The time I have dedicated to supporting you on iTunes, Twitter, Instagram, and even Facebook.
I obviously understand that right now, there is hostility, hurt, anger, and sadness, upon very much more emotions from each of you three ladies right now. But, personally, your actions and even your pointing fingers blame in your statement right now is very unprofessional. The fact that a mere days after this incident, you ladies have decided to slap each and every fan and supporter of your craft in the face by not even trying to reconcile or take personal responsibility for your actions. This includes Aubrey and Shannon. If you ladies had been doing business stuff behind Dawn’s back, you were very wrong. This is not your solo career, this is a group effort. This is a branding effort from each of you combined, not individually, as two, but, only as three.
Dawn: the fact that you have not spoken or apologized to your fans for your violent actions is disturbing, and if you have even tried to justify them in your mind, it is even more wrong. If you do not want to apologize to Aubrey, that is fine, but the apology tweet you have tweeted for the music, it’s ********. You need to apologize for the fact that you got physical. Being a woman in a girl group, not only young women look up to you, but i’m sure many adult women do as well. How do you justify your actions to them? You don’t. You admit your **** and try and move on, not brush it under the rug.
In final, i’d like to say that I love each of you ladies. Your presence, music, pure, raw talent and ability to fight through all of the **** thrown at you this year is remarkable. Especially as an independent group. I truly hope that you realize that your fans who have waited all of these years for this reunion and this album will somehow be rewarded as we deserve. If reunited as Danity Kane once more and you are able to put this behind you, solve it, and move on, I hope that as the sisterhood you women claim to be, you receive all the respect and credibility as artists and individuals that you each deserve.
