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Playwright. Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. Twitter's gay Catholic aunt. Author of the time travel series THE REWIND FILES. Long threads, all caps, can't lose.

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    1. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      This is similar to the well-intentioned but messy conversations around "Moana" and whether or not it's "revolutionary" to depict a Disney princess who doesn't need/want a love interest. You can't divorce race from these conversations.

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    2. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      Letting a woman of color be the most beautiful princess in all the land with princes swooning over her, and letting a white woman exist outside the rigid framework of white femininity as a prize given as a reward for white male chivalry, would be way more subversive.

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    3. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      The REALLY revolutionary princess movie is the remake of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" starring Brandy, because it gives the full-on sparkly gown, adoring Prince Charming, "most beautiful woman in all the land" princess treatment to a Black girl.

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    4. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      And while I would literally die for "Moana" I would argue that actually Merida is a more subversive movie archetype because we EXPECT the "independent woman who don't need no man" character to be a desexualized woman of color and it's more rare if she's European/white.

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    5. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      That doesn't mean Moana is not awesome!!! It just means that there are really important ways in which the stereotypes we raise girls with are different based on race and you can't take that out of the equation. It doesn't minimize any of those individual characters or stories.

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    6. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      In the same way, it doesn't detract at all from how awesome it is to watch your career as a plus-sized female comic continue to ascend, if you could open your eyes and ears a little bit to the ways in which Black women have been laying this groundwork for years.

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    7. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      I know that many other people have tweeted you links and entire threads and articles listing other plus-sized women - of many ethnicities! - who have headlined romantic comedies before the year 2018. That doesn't mean we don't all understand how big a deal this is for you.

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    8. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      But the two women specifically mentioned - Queen Latifah and Mo'Nique - have been at this for DECADES. It is not a stretch to say that anything anyone claims to be the "first plus-sized woman" to accomplish, was probably already done by Queen Latifah in the nineties.

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    9. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      And yet there is this perception that - because Queen Latifah does not appear to be SUFFERING for her size - that the label of "plus-size", worn as a badge of honor, "look what I've overcome to get here," doesn't apply to her. And that's super, super problematic.

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    10. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      I just want to encourage plus-size white women to be extra extra aware of the ways in which women of color get erased from the conversation when we talk about making space for bodies of different sizes, because it's FREQUENTLY rooted in white supremacy we aren't examining.

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      Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

      anyway @RebelWilson I hope you read this and sit with it a second and maybe take a step back from feeling like you're being attacked or your accomplishments diminished. We gotta lift each other up, and that means fairly crediting the women who got there first.

      11:38 pm - 2 Nov 2018
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        2. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 2 Nov 2018

          TO CONCLUDE: EVERYONE NEEDS TO STOP ERASING QUEEN LATIFAH, LOVE OF MY LIFE, FIRST PLUS-SIZED WOMAN TO DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD /fin

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        3. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 5 Nov 2018

          obligatory end-of-accidentally-viral-thread self-promotional tweet: hello this is my feminist mom/daughter time travel adventure about Watergate and you might like it if you enjoyed this ranty thread https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986115746/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_Wzq4BbXSATMMM …

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        2. Waïki Harnais‏ @WaikiHarnais 3 Nov 2018
          Replying to @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          Wow, you're good. I actually learned a lot. Thank you for this thread.

          1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
        3. ¥eezy.‏ @yayahCreative 3 Nov 2018
          Replying to @WaikiHarnais @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          Same. @mich_a_lay you gadda see this 🔥💜

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        2. LaynieDane Just Wear a Damn Mask!!!‏ @LaynieDane 3 Nov 2018
          Replying to @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          I hope I can handle it as well as you just did when I need to stand up and call fellow white people out on things rooted in racism. I know it's important work to try to do as allies.

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        3. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 3 Nov 2018
          Replying to @LaynieDane @RebelWilson

          for me it's like . . . you need to just let it be okay that you're uncomfortable, and lean into that instead of away. not everyone who says something harsh to you is a "hater" who should be blocked. sometimes there's important info in that callout we have to let ourselves hear.

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        2. Trump’s Tiny Tears‏ @trumpstinytears 4 Nov 2018
          Replying to @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          You have amazing amounts of ill-conceived psychobabble to spout about people whose defining characteristic is that they can’t stop eating. Being fat is not something to be celebrated, it is something to be completely ashamed of, this plus-size fad will pass.

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        3. Teresa Warren‏ @Teresalweaver 5 Nov 2018
          Replying to @trumpstinytears @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          You just said it all in a nutshell, and I notice nobody said a word yet. That's the truth no black or white defining moment in any of it. Just plus size, and really don't need to be proud of it. Craziest crap I ever read.

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        1. Røb Łé Røñé.‏ @robertlerone 4 Nov 2018
          Replying to @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          Excellent. All of it. I learned something today.

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        2. SimonSmith Points=Premium  ✈️‏ @Simon_W_Smith 4 Nov 2018
          Replying to @clairewillett @RebelWilson

          Hmmm I think you’re more upset that Rebel has not responded than the subject matter, imo

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        3. Claire Willett‏ @clairewillett 5 Nov 2018
          Replying to @Simon_W_Smith @RebelWilson

          a) she did respond, I'm upset that she only responded to a white woman and apparently continues to block women of color who said all this same stuff to her first b) NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR OPINION, BYE!

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