By Grainger Heavensbee | Social Media | September 28, 2015 |
By Grainger Heavensbee | Social Media | September 28, 2015 |
Rapper Azealia Banks may understand exactly why Idris Elba can’t be the next James Bond,but like Rose McGowan, she apparently has a tendency to paint the entire gay community with one broad stroke, lumping all gay men into a category of misogynistic woman haters.
Banks’ views on the LGBT community were made known yesterday when she went on a tirade against gays, and British actress Alison Newman (East Enders) got caught in the crossfire, after Banks compared the LGBT community to the KKK.
@Charliecondou @AZEALIABANKS Definitely deleted. What an unfathomable idiot.
— Alison Newman (@alisonnewman) September 27, 2015
Newman called Banks an idiot, and Banks responded by suggesting that Newman uses Botox.
@alisonnewman Botox those frown lines. Juvederm those lips. Get a tan. YIKES!
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
Newman jumped back into the conversation to defend her laugh lines.
I didn't know who this woman was but on responding to the wonderful @Charliecondou I received this. She's charming! https://t.co/79wzTnmHhM
— Alison Newman (@alisonnewman) September 27, 2015
And for the record. I'm 47 yrs old. I love my frown lines & my skinny lips. Most of my wrinkles are from laughing. And Botox is poison.
— Alison Newman (@alisonnewman) September 27, 2015
At this point, someone else called Banks a c*nt and she went off.
@AZEALIABANKS @finkowska Wow. Awful.
— Alison Newman (@alisonnewman) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman you're confused. You've allowed gay men to convince you that u owe them respect while they refer to you as fish and cunt.
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman if gay men are allowed to take words originally designed to hurt women and make them colloquial, then why can't I ?
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman are their feelings more important than ours? Why do they deserve respect that they don't give us?
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
@AZEALIABANKS Everyone's feelings are the same. What's your problem?
— Alison Newman (@alisonnewman) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman I don't have one. At all. The gay community is asking me for respect that they are not willing to reciprocate. Point blank
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman If I have to stop using derogatory language to refer to gay men. Then they must give me the same courtesy. Simple.
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
@AZEALIABANKS @finkowska They don't.
— Alison Newman (@alisonnewman) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman @finkowska have you ever seen an episode of rupaul drag race? Or been the only girl at the gay bar? THEY DO.
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
@alisonnewman @finkowska "she's so slutty" "oh yeah she's a hoe" "yaaaas bitch" "fucking cunt" the list in endless.
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 27, 2015
If I am to be a part of an LGBT community I want to be in it with people who aren't so weak or so easily moved ya know.
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 28, 2015
Words are not tangible things. You all CHOSE to get upset. Remember… Offense is only TAKEN, it is never given. 😇
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 28, 2015
I cannot speak to Banks’ perspective or personal experiences, but Alison Newman seems to be an odd target for her ire.
(via Mashable)