You ever think about how Janelle Monae is an incredible actor on top of being one of the greatest, most ambitious musical geniuses of this generation and she still lost a Grammy to Kacey Musgraves???
i mean i do think about how they’re both talented musical geniuses who deserved to win and about how we shouldn’t pit women against each other
I’m all about not pitting women against each other but I’m even more about acknowledging the fact that the work of white women is always, always privileged and valued by the establishment over the work of black women no matter how talented, prolific, or deserving they are and no matter how many fields they excel in.
Musgraves’ album was fine, Dirty Computer was a different class of work entirely backed by a decade of increasingly ambitious albums and Janelle deserved that win more than anyone.
(via readingontheroof)









