Everything that Upset the Internet this Week
Happy Friday friends! It’s finally the weekend, which means you’ll likely be arguing about politics and pop culture with your friends over cocktails. (Or maybe you’ll crawl under the covers and troll the Internet with savage comments. To each their own!)
Either way, if you plan on bickerin with someone this weekend, best to be informed! (Not that that has stopped anyone on the Internet before…) From Nutella to Stranger Things to Topshop fitting rooms, here’s a roundup of the controversies that rocked the Internet this week.
Lupita Nyong’o is photoshopped on the cover of Grazia
THE STORY: For their November 2017 issue, UK magazine Grazia digitally smoothed the Lupita Nyongo’s hair. Which was, in the Oscar-winning actress’ words, to “fit a more Eurocentric notion of what beautiful hair looks like.”
THE REACTION:
Disappointed that @GraziaUK edited out & smoothed my hair to fit a more Eurocentric notion of what beautiful hair looks like. #dtmh pic.twitter.com/10UUScS7Xo
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) November 10, 2017
Why did Grazia edit Lupita's hair?! That's actually crazy.
— #DateChallenge (@Oloni) November 10, 2017
For the same reason you edited out Lupita’s Afrikan hair on your cover, maybe they are trying to look like your ideal ? https://t.co/APBV488H9p
— Mandinga (@Phakama) November 10, 2017
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Hey Grazia, don’t touch her hair. I’m going to go ahead and let Lupita take it from here: “Had I been consulted, I would have explained that I cannot support or condone the omission of what is my native heritage with the intention that they appreciate that there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women’s complexion, hair style and texture.”
The magazine has since apologized in a statement on Twitter, writing, “Grazia is committed to representing diversity throughout its pages and apologizes unreservedly to Lupita Nyong’o.” Grazia goes on to say that they would “like to make it clear” that no one on the staff made a request to the photographer “for Nyong’o’s hair to be altered . . . nor did we alter it ourselves.”
HOW WE FEEL: ?
The Stranger Things kids are still just kids
THE STORY: Finn Wolfhard, a 14-year-old actor who plays Mike Wheeler in the hit Netflix show, was being criticized by the Internet after a video reportedly surfaced online, showing him heading into his hotel without stopping to take photographs with fans. In the same week, 27-year-old model Ali Michael shared a photo of Finn on her Instagram story, with the caption, “Not to be weird but hit me up in 4 years @finnwolfhardofficial.”
THE REACTION:
Damn… seeing fully grown adults wait outside the ‘Stranger Things’ kids’ hotels etc , and then abuse them when they don’t stop for them…
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) November 6, 2017
Wtf?! OMG! So paedophilia is ok as long as the kids are famous? Seriously I despair at the world sometimes, so wrong and disgusting ???
— DracAl (@lordal13) November 6, 2017
Hey everybody! I don't wanna ex-communicate anyone from this fandom, but if you are for real you will not harass my friends, or co-workers. Ya'll know who you are.
— Finn Wolfhard (@FinnSkata) November 8, 2017
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Yes they’re superstars, but at the end of the day, the kids of Stranger Things are IRL kids. For the multiple generations who love the series, this may be easy to forget — but it shouldn’t be. They have a right to the normalcy of being a 13 or 14, regardless of their A-List celeb status. Sure they’re famous, but that doesn’t make commenting heart eyes on their Instagrams or camping outside their hotel any less creepy.
HOW WE FEEL: ? ? ?
Nutella is changing their recipe
THE STORY: Nutella said in a post to its German Facebook page that it was “fine tuning” its recipe. There will will be less cocoa and more powered milk, which will increase the spread’s sugar content.
THE REACTION:
Nutella have changed the recipe! ? Whyyy!
If it ain't broke don't fix it!
It's lighter in colour & has more sugar in it…#NutellaGate pic.twitter.com/6kz4mnTaik— Noémia Melo Ferreira (@meloferreira2) November 7, 2017
How dare they tamper with Nutella's recipe. Leave the chocolatey goodness alone
— roshy ✖️ (@RoshhNosh) November 7, 2017
Don't let the fake news distract you from what really matters. #Nutellagate you won't get away with this act of terror
— lamoureux & the wolf (@seigneurloup) November 8, 2017
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Seriously though, why mess with a good thing?
HOW WE FEEL: ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️
Topshop introduced gender-neutral fitting rooms
THE STORY: Topshop has announced that its changing rooms are now gender-neutral, following a viral complaint from a trans customer who claimed they were refused access to female fitting rooms.
THE REACTION:
No @Topshop Christmas shopping here. One daughter, two sisters, four nieces, three sisters-in-law and four goddaughters. Bye!
— Lizbeth (@ProtectFemales) November 6, 2017
I respect that @Topshop want to make life easier for trans-identified customers, but compromising women's safety is an unacceptable consequence.
— Sister Outrider (@ClaireShrugged) November 8, 2017
Its not a feeling. Its fact. These are men wearing womens clothes & you want to allow them in changing rooms with young girls? Are you mad?
— CommonSense (@FreeSpeechGB) November 7, 2017
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: This is complicated. On one hand, if you have a problem putting on clothes in an enclosed area a few feet from another human, change rooms are not for you. Many of the people outraged here are transphobic jerks. But on the other, there is definitely difference between being able to enter the fitting room as your identified gender, and a completely unsegregated space. Working in retail, I saw a lot of naked female bodies. Those dressing room curtains never close all the way (which TBH is the real problem here. Fitting rooms should always have lockable doors.) It’s uncomfortable for cis and trans women to strip down knowing that a male could very easily sneak a peek through the crack in the curtain.
HOW WE FEEL: ? ?
Either way, if you plan on bickerin with someone this weekend, best to be informed! (Not that that has stopped anyone on the Internet before…) From Nutella to Stranger Things to Topshop fitting rooms, here’s a roundup of the controversies that rocked the Internet this week.
Lupita Nyong'o is photoshopped on the cover of Grazia
THE STORY: For their November 2017 issue, UK magazine Grazia digitally smoothed the Lupita Nyongo's hair. Which was, in the Oscar-winning actress' words, to “fit a more Eurocentric notion of what beautiful hair looks like.”
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/Lupita_Nyongo/status/928815665862942720
https://twitter.com/Oloni/status/928916251186954240
https://twitter.com/Phakama/status/928875289836445696
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Hey Grazia, don't touch her hair. I'm going to go ahead and let Lupita take it from here: "Had I been consulted, I would have explained that I cannot support or condone the omission of what is my native heritage with the intention that they appreciate that there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women's complexion, hair style and texture."
The magazine has since apologized in a statement on Twitter, writing, "Grazia is committed to representing diversity throughout its pages and apologizes unreservedly to Lupita Nyong’o." Grazia goes on to say that they would "like to make it clear" that no one on the staff made a request to the photographer "for Nyong’o’s hair to be altered . . . nor did we alter it ourselves."
HOW WE FEEL: ?
The Stranger Things kids are still just kids
THE STORY: Finn Wolfhard, a 14-year-old actor who plays Mike Wheeler in the hit Netflix show, was being criticized by the Internet after a video reportedly surfaced online, showing him heading into his hotel without stopping to take photographs with fans. In the same week, 27-year-old model Ali Michael shared a photo of Finn on her Instagram story, with the caption, "Not to be weird but hit me up in 4 years @finnwolfhardofficial."
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/927652819083153410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpersbazaar.com%2Fcelebrity%2Flatest%2Fa13443545%2Fsophie-turner-defends-stranger-things-kids%2F
https://twitter.com/lordal13/status/927659245272797184
https://twitter.com/FinnSkata/status/928406893986422784
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Yes they're superstars, but at the end of the day, the kids of Stranger Things are IRL kids. For the multiple generations who love the series, this may be easy to forget -- but it shouldn't be. They have a right to the normalcy of being a 13 or 14, regardless of their A-List celeb status. Sure they're famous, but that doesn't make commenting heart eyes on their Instagrams or camping outside their hotel any less creepy.
HOW WE FEEL: ? ? ?
Nutella is changing their recipe
THE STORY: Nutella said in a post to its German Facebook page that it was "fine tuning" its recipe. There will will be less cocoa and more powered milk, which will increase the spread's sugar content.
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/meloferreira2/status/927898304180047872
https://twitter.com/RoshhNosh/status/927823301912809472
https://twitter.com/seigneurloup/status/928399333359157249
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Seriously though, why mess with a good thing?
HOW WE FEEL: ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️ ⚰️
Topshop introduced gender-neutral fitting rooms
THE STORY: Topshop has announced that its changing rooms are now gender-neutral, following a viral complaint from a trans customer who claimed they were refused access to female fitting rooms.
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/ProtectFemales/status/927628971214364674
https://twitter.com/ClaireShrugged/status/928284319218651136
https://twitter.com/FreeSpeechGB/status/927795861152813056
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: This is complicated. On one hand, if you have a problem putting on clothes in an enclosed area a few feet from another human, change rooms are not for you. Many of the people outraged here are transphobic jerks. But on the other, there is definitely difference between being able to enter the fitting room as your identified gender, and a completely unsegregated space. Working in retail, I saw a lot of naked female bodies. Those dressing room curtains never close all the way (which TBH is the real problem here. Fitting rooms should always have lockable doors.) It's uncomfortable for cis and trans women to strip down knowing that a male could very easily sneak a peek through the crack in the curtain.
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