Last week was interesting; plot twists galore, discussions on boundaries, insecurity, and of course, Harry and Meghan dominated the twitter space.
If you're still on facebook only, you might not know that Keke Palmer went to see Usher in concert, in Vegas. As he is wont to do with any celebrity who comes for his show, he serenaded her. There was hugging. There was dancing.
Keke was wearing a black sheer dress atop a bodysuit, which showed off all her gorgeous new curves.
While we were all cheesing and saying 'aww, she's really enjoying those motherhood curves' her baby daddy was eating sour grapes, gnashing his teeth and fisting his hand. After probably working himself up into a frothing rage, having watched the video for the fourth time, he proceeded to post this on twitter.
I'm not one for respectability politics. I'm sure I once was but that was a while ago and I don't remember it. I don't beleive in performing for the crowd which is what respectability politics is in a nutshell. I don't much subscribe to it because it comes with a heavy doze of hypocrisy. This same man who is trying to slut shame Keke also posted a pic of her in a leopard print one-piece, shaking her new ass. That same man also posted a pic of himself in his underwear.
So these standards and morals that he has are very selective.
This man was perfectly within his rights to be upset, to be jealous about Keke kiikiiing over Usher. But that was a conversation to be had in their house, in person, not blasted all over the internet for all of us to see. So you have to ask, what was he trying to do? Humiliate her? Did he think the internet would side with him - a man whose name nobody even bothered to find out - over Keke fucking Palmer?
Can we get serious for a minute?
Why are men so delusional?
Anyways...
I made a small observation. For about a day and a half, everyone was in accord that Keke BD was a fucking idiot in the wrong and Keke should dump his ass. But of course, the forces of evil rallied and the "It was Keke's fault" guys came out of the woodwork.
One thing I've noticed about these vultures is that they always have an angle. Hate is for profit. People hang around trying to come up with an angle to provoke outrage and then peddle that for clicks or whatever.
Then there are those who literally go around looking for something to be mad about.
Both of these kinds of people do not contribute positively to your mental health. Social media on it's own isn't poisonous. It's the tendency to focus on the negative that is.
Because of all this with Keke, an ex-girlfriend of Jonah Hill posted texts showing how controlling he was, using therapy language in a bid to control her. As a result, the entire twitterverse had an enlightening conversation on boundaries - what they are, what they aren't.
As a last hurrah for twitter - if indeed it is dying - it was not bad.
